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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Reliable Sources review: ads by Amazon, Samsung, Cox, Starz, Ad Age, and others appeared on white supremacist outlet VDare's X account; Starz ends X advertising — The Elon-Musk owned social media platform, X, confidently claims that it harnesses industry-leading brand safety tools to ensure …
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Wall Street Journal:
How advertisers are responding to X's Community Notes, which is impacting political ads and the trust of major brands, including Apple, Samsung, and Uber — Major brands including Apple and Samsung have had critical notes attached to ads. Political advertisers have raised concerns about the tool heading into campaign season.
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Newser and @db@bla.daanberg.net
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Source: Linda Yaccarino told the banks that funded Elon Musk's Twitter takeover that X is testing three premium service tiers that vary how many ads are shown — - CEO Linda Yaccarino discusses plan in briefing to lenders — X advertisers have been returning, but with smaller budgets
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Analytics firm Guideline: X's monthly US ad revenue has declined 55%+ YoY in each of the 10 months after Elon Musk's October 2022 takeover through August 2023 — Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought …
Natalie Korach / The Wrap:
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
EIC Emma Tucker makes speedy Wall Street Journal changes: 15+ veteran editors and writers have left in recent months, and she ousted the chief enterprise editor — Emma Tucker, the top editor, is moving away from some of the organization's traditions. — Last month, Emma Tucker …
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@oneunderscore__, @katie_robertson, @bgrueskin, @katie_robertson, @semafor, @nytimesbusiness, Insider and @pressgazette.bsky.social
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
NewsWhip: seven of the top 10 “news” articles with the most interactions on Facebook in September 2023 were published on the catholicfundamentalism.com domain — Read to the end for the garfarious anglerfish — This Is What Replaces News On Facebook
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Digiday, @patrickdehahn, @chaykak, @ben@werd.social, Axios and Digiday
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Legal drama Suits, which streams on Netflix and Peacock, hits 12 weeks at No. 1 on Nielsen's rankings, setting a streaming record for the most weeks at the top — Netflix's ‘Virgin River’ and the debut of ‘The Little Mermaid’ on Disney+ also rack up strong numbers.
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Screen Rant, The A.V. Club and Media Play News
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Source: Meta is paying several top creators millions of dollars each over multiple years for nonexclusive use of their likeness in its text-based AI characters — Meta Platforms' decision to create artificial intelligence characters based on the likeness of some of the most famous people …
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Facing a projected $391K year-end loss, the Society of Professional Journalists is working with the SPJ Foundation on a “reinvestment plan” to support the group — SPJ leaders say risks to the organization are overblown as the foundation has millions of dollars in reserves.
Discussion:
@davidclinchnews and @poynter
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
How Reach uses WhatsApp Communities, where the outlet has a ~90% open rate across 80 groups, and Channels, which allow more people but notifications are opt-in — As Whatsapp rolls out a new service for publishers called Channels, Press Gazette found out how Reach is already driving millions …
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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
CNN's Jake Tapper and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron discuss Felicia Sonmez's Kobe Bryant tweet and the ongoing issues of journalists on social media — Jake Tapper talks to Marty Baron on Felicia Sonmez. (CNN.) … One of the biggest challenges for media organizations …
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@andrewbucholtz, @bgrueskin, @sharonwaxman, @sivavaid, Media Nation, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A coalition of media outlets, including C-SPAN and the AP, seeks video and audio access to the courtroom for Donald Trump's election conspiracy trial in 2024 — A coalition of media outlets, including C-SPAN, CBS News, ABC News and CNN, are seeking some sort of video and audio access …
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New York Post, SPJ News, CNN, The Wrap, Ballard Spahr, @spj_tweets and Next TV
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