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2:45 AM ET, October 10, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund, now one of Disney's largest investors with a $2.5B+ stake, is planning a fresh push for Disney board seats  —  Activist's Trian Fund Management has accumulated a holding valued at more than $2.5 billion  —  Nelson Peltz is planning a fresh push for board seats at
Washington Post:
Investigation: earlier in 2023, Vietnam tried to plant Predator spyware on the phones of US Congress members, CNN journalists, and US policy experts via X posts  —  The attempts appear to have been unsuccessful, but came as the U.S. and Vietnam were negotiating an agreement that President Biden signed last month in Hanoi
Duncan Miriri / Reuters:
Netflix plans to end its free mobile tier in Kenya, which offered 25% of its shows and movies, after two years on November 1, and rolls out a ~$6/month ad tier  —  Netflix (NFLX.O) said on Monday it is ending its free mobile plan in Kenya, which has allowed users to access a quarter of its shows …
Amit Gurbaxani / Music Ally:
Spotify adds listening restrictions to its free tier in India to drive paid subscriptions; India is one of Spotify's top five markets by MAUs but not by revenue  —  Nearly five years after it launched in India, Spotify is adding a layer of restrictions for its free users there.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with New York Times Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury on not using metrics for which columnists drive subscriptions, a Donald Trump op-ed, and more  —  Kathleen Kingsbury on the upcoming election, a Trump op-ed and recent rows at the NYT.  —  The opinion editor of The New York Times …
Discussion: @raju
Natalie Weiner / The Verge:
A look at Discogs, a user-generated music database and marketplace for physical music media, as sellers complain about the website's old tech and increased fees  —  A home for music diehards has been fractured by increased fees that are pushing sellers and shoppers to other platforms.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
As X fails to moderate Israel-Hamas misinformation, Meta has an opportunity to make real-time news a pillar of Threads and give the app an existential purpose  —  Three months into its existence, the app's purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
Winston Cho / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC News settles former GMA producer Kirstyn Crawford's lawsuit that accused the network of ignoring sexual harassment allegations against her boss Michael Corn  —  The lawsuit from Kirstyn Crawford accused the network of ignoring sexual harassment allegations against then news executive Michael Corn.
 
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Q&A with Independence Public Media Foundation President Molly de Aguiar on the frequent disconnect between local media funders and national funders, and more
NPR:
Sources: Florida Politics founder Peter Schorsch lets politicians buy unlabeled stories and distorts coverage at the behest of political campaigns that buy ads
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Alexa has been claiming that the US 2020 presidential election was stolen, citing unvetted Rumble and Substack sources; Amazon says the errors have been fixed
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Max Rivlin-Nadler / hellgatenyc:
New York Public Radio lays off 20 staff members and cuts two podcasts from its studio division; three more employees took union-negotiated voluntary buyouts
Emilia David / The Verge:
The BBC blocks OpenAI and Common Crawl from scraping its data, but plans to explore using generative AI for research, production, and personalized experiences
Reuters:
Delhi police accuse Xiaomi, Vivo, and others of helping transfer funds illegally to news outlet NewsClick, which India accused of spreading Chinese propaganda