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11:10 PM ET, October 12, 2023

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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says SAG-AFTRA talks broke down because the union wanted a “levy” on each streaming subscriber instead of a “success-based bonus”  —  “A levy on top of our revenue or per subscriber, with no insight into the revenue per subscriber or anything …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA and the major studios suspend talks, as the AMPTP says the gap between the two sides is “too great”; SAG-AFTRA accuses the studios of “bully tactics”
Kathy Jones / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Six days of the Israel-Hamas war: at least one Israeli and nine Palestinian journalists have been killed, two journalists are missing, and two have been injured  —  The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel …
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Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
News Media Canada, which represents Canada's top newspapers, says it supports many of Google's issues with the Online News Act, now undergoing draft rulemaking  —  A Canadian news industry body on Thursday lent support to some of Google's concerns about a new law that aims …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Information hires Morning Brew COO Matthew Resnick as its COO, to grow consumer revenue and brand partners; chief commercial officer Karl Wells is leaving  —  Technology publisher The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Morning Brew …
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Many writers at fanfiction site Archive of Our Own restrict viewing to registered readers in an effort to prevent their writing being scraped to train AI models  —  Kinktober.  Whumptober.  Kisstober.  Flufftober.  Goretober.  October is a bacchanal of fan fiction …
Rob Golum / Bloomberg:
Antenna: YouTube's NFL Sunday Ticket attracted an estimated 1.3M signups, vs. 1.2M reportedly under DirecTV; ~41% of the NFL subscribers are new to YouTube TV  —  Die-hard fans of live sports are migrating online in big numbers, responding to the multibillion-dollar investments by major technology companies …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Block names Tim Copeland, formerly its news editor and managing editor, as editor-in-chief; Copeland worked at Decrypt before joining The Block in 2021  —  Cryptocurrency news site The Block has named Tim Copeland to be its editor in chief.  —  He previously has been news editor and managing editor of the publication.
Discussion: @timccopeland and @vishal4c
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix plans to open Netflix House, permanent stores where fans can buy clothes, eat themed food, and try live experiences, starting with two US venues in 2025  —  - Its first permanent retail sites will be named ‘Netflix House’  — Initial locations in US will be followed by global expansion
 
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Block acquires Hifi, which launched in 2020 as a financial rights organization for artists and in 2021 rolled out Cash Flow to pay artists a bi-monthly salary
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Fave, an app for superfans to connect and get perks from artists, raised $2M in an ongoing round from the Female Founders Fund, WMG, Sony Music, and others
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Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Twitch rolls out a long-requested anti-harassment feature that automatically blocks a streamer's banned users from watching their streams
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
A critical Apache Tomcat RCE flaw is being exploited, letting attackers take over servers via a PUT request; Wallarm: the attack “requires no authentication”

Zhiye Liu / Tom's Hardware:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, G2 Gen 2, and G1 Gen 2 for gaming handhelds, saying the G3 Gen 3 offers a CPU 30% faster than the previous generation

 
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