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12:55 PM ET, October 11, 2023

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The Guardian:
China releases Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who was jailed for three years on ill-defined allegations of sharing Chinese state secrets overseas  —  The Australian journalist was freed and is back home in Melbourne after being detained in August 2020 over national security-related accusations
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 …
Bloomberg:
Apple spent $200M to $250M on Killers of the Flower Moon, debuting on October 20, the first test of the company's plans to spend $1B/year on movies for theaters  —  The tech giant is hoping the big screen will help sell little ones.  —  At the Cannes Film Festival, red carpets are unfurled …
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: BBC Newsnight editor Stewart Maclean has unexpectedly quit, as the BBC considers making up to £5M of cuts to the flagship current affairs TV show  —  EXCLUSIVE: Newsnight editor Stewart Maclean has unexpectedly quit as the BBC considers making dramatic cuts to its flagship current affairs show.
Discussion: The Sun and @claireatki
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Poland-based, WBD-owned TVN faces ongoing attacks from state broadcaster TVP and politicians; the pressure could rise after parliamentary elections this weekend  —  Every night in Poland, The News goes up against The Facts.  The News (Wiadomości in Polish) is the newscast on TVP …
Discussion: Broadband TV News
Matt Grobar / Deadline:
Over 2,300 producers demand that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers drop the word “Producers”, which implies all producers are members  —  - Alexandra Pelosi's January 6th Doc ‘The Insurrectionist Next Door’ Unveils HBO Premiere Date, Trailer
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC proposes a new rule to require ticket sellers and others to show the total price to users upfront; Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have pledged all-in pricing  —  Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have already pledged to offer all-in pricing, but the rule would broaden it to other companies and industries.
Jordan Pinto / C21Media:
BBC Studios plans to launch five FAST channels on Amazon Freevee in the US on October 17, with 1,000+ hours of content focused on comedy, gameshows, and more  —  BBC Studios is launching five free, ad-supporting streaming TV (FAST) channels focused on genres including comedy …
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
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
 
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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
Discussion: Digiday
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Sources: Mail on Sunday laid off four senior sports journalists, including Mike Richards and Rob Draper, leaving the newspaper without a dedicated sports editor
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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