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12:25 AM ET, October 11, 2023

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Wired:
As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the hacktivism on both sides, including outside hackers defacing and DDoSing government websites and media outlets  —  Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks …
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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  —  Today, after a long weekend of awful terrorist violence in Israel, let's talk about the shifting landscape for social networks amid …
Katy Migiro / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Three Palestinian journalists have been killed while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war, shrapnel injured another, and two Palestinian photographers are missing
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Source: as of about June 2023, Netflix's ad sales and ad-supported subscriber numbers were roughly half what the company initially projected internally for 2023  —  Turning Netflix into an advertising goliath is proving tougher than the video-streaming giant expected.
Discussion: Digiday and The Streamable
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Washington Post is offering voluntary buyouts over the next few weeks, aiming to cut ~240 jobs out of 2,500 to offset digital subscription and ad challenges  —  The publication has struggled to grow subscriptions in recent years.  —  The Washington Post is cutting about 240 jobs across the company …
Lucia Moses / Insider:
Texas Monthly has 50 film and TV projects sold or in development based on its work, and projects that 10%, or ~$1M, of 2024 revenue will come from entertainment  —  - Texas Monthly has 50 film and TV projects sold or in development, half in the true crime genre, based on its journalism.
Discussion: @lmoses
Matt Grobar / Deadline:
Over 2,300 producers demand the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers remove “Producers” from its name, as it implies all producers are members  —  - Alexandra Pelosi's January 6th Doc ‘The Insurrectionist Next Door’ Unveils HBO Premiere Date, Trailer
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Paramount Global and iSpot.tv partner to “measure and transact” national TV ad campaigns using iSpot metrics for Paramount's US media and streaming properties  —  Deepening more alternative-currency agreements among major TV network-based media companies, Paramount Global has struck …
 
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Imax shareholders vote down a proposed $124M deal to acquire the 28.5% stake in Imax's Shanghai-based Imax China unit that the company does not already own
Discussion: The Wrap and Reuters
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources in Bob Iger's inner circle and at Disney describe him as overwhelmed and exhausted by the company's challenges, which include Hollywood strike tensions
Deadline:
The WGA ratifies its new three-year AMPTP contract, following 8,435 “yes” votes and 90 “no” votes, after ending the guild's 148-day strike on September 27