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David Bauder / Associated Press:
A look at the investigations and other high-impact work by college journalists, who are holding people in power accountable even as the news industry struggles — Within the past year, young journalists have produced investigations that led to the resignation of Stanford University's president …
Associated Press:
Paris police investigate the suspected poisoning of Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who fled to Europe after denouncing the Ukraine war on live TV — French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning Thursday of a Russian journalist who fled after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV.
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Seán Moorhouse on LinkedIn, CBS News, Politico and The Daily Beast
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
News Media Canada, which represents Canada's top newspapers, backs many of Google's issues with the Online News Act, whose final rules could hit by December 19 — A Canadian news industry body on Thursday lent support to some of Google's concerns about a new law that aims …
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Globe and Mail, @jaycurrie, @mgeist, @davidcoletto and @pagmenzies
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Daily Mail's head of social video Phil Harvey on the news publisher's TikTok strategy; the outlet's main TikTok account has 6.8M+ followers — Don't be surprised if you hear a member of Gen Z saying the Daily Mail “slays” on Tiktok or that it's gone “hard af” with its “fire edits”.
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@pressgazette, @pressgazette and Press Gazette
Bloomberg:
A look at The Debut: Dream Academy, Hybe Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk's project to form a US-based group of women from around the world that replicates BTS' success — With the world's biggest boy band on hiatus, Bang Si-Hyuk wants to replicate the formula that changed music—but with even more global appeal.
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@bw, @minyoongiswagg7, @business and @lucas_shaw
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Comcast hires Morgan Stanley and Disney hires JPMorgan Chase to value Hulu, a step toward Disney buying Comcast's 33% stake; their 2019 deal set a $27.5B floor — - Comcast and Disney have hired investment banks to appraise Hulu. — On Nov. 1, Comcast and Disney can both trigger an option …
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@sherman4949, Erick Opeka on LinkedIn, Alex Sherman on LinkedIn and What's On Disney Plus
New York Times:
Hundreds of thousands of out-of-work Hollywood crew members have dipped into savings and turned to nonprofits' emergency funds as the SAG-AFTRA strike drags on — The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term.
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@rachelsl.bsky.social, @screenwriterchic.bsky.social, Digital Journal, @rmwhittaker.bsky.social, CBS News, Insider and ABC7
Clark Merrefield / Nieman Lab:
Study: US prosecutions for public corruption rise after a nonprofit news outlet opens in a judicial district and are more likely the more funding the outlet has — “We find a really strong connection that they're able to maintain accountability in these communities.”
Discussion:
Sheila Coronel on LinkedIn, Aaron Jacklin on LinkedIn and @ben@werd.social
Nieman Lab:
A study using 60 bots to look at TikTok's recommendations after seeding with four news outlets finds that just 18% of the recommended videos were news-related — Plus: The “labor” of avoiding news, a study of disagreements between journalists and their bosses about objectivity, and the effects of Trump's criticisms of Fox News.
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@peterhamby and Nick Hagar on LinkedIn
Kate Marino / Axios:
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon says the network has sifted through 1,000+ videos of the Israel-Hamas war and only 10% are usable by CBS, often due to misinformation — CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon says the network has sifted through over 1,000 videos of the war in Israel — and only 10% are usable.
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@christarobin and The Desk
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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
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
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The Hill, Voice of America, The Mercury News, WAN-IFRA, Vanity Fair, The Desk, @rushdibbc, Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Wrap and Vanity Fair
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
A group of comic book writers and artists form Ghost Machine, a company the creators will be exclusive to, as well as jointly own, operate, and profit from — The founding writers and artists of Ghost Machine will be exclusive to the company and will jointly own, operate and profit from it.
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Image Comics, Michael Cotton on LinkedIn, Brad Meltzer on LinkedIn and The Wrap
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 …
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 …
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Rafael Brown on LinkedIn, @thatrebecca, @arey.bsky.social, @allyourscreens.bsky.social, @matthewrodier.bsky.social, Variety, IndieWire, @kenlowery.bsky.social, Deadline, @jillkrajewski.bsky.social, Variety, @stevenrosenthal …, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo, KTLA, The Verge, Screen Rant, IGN, CNN and Variety