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Tel Aviv police assaulted and held BBC journalists at gunpoint on October 12; BBC: journalists “must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely” — BBC journalists covering the attack on Israel were assaulted and held at gunpoint after they were stopped by police in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Newsrooms and consumers alike wrestle with the fog of war in the Israel-Hamas conflict, as some media and political figures are comfortable misleading or lying
Hassan Ammar / Associated Press:
An Israeli shell landed among journalists covering the clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing Reuters photojournalist Issam Abdallah and injuring six
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
WBD plans to launch Max in France and Belgium in summer 2024, after rolling out in 22 countries across the Nordics, Iberia, and Central Eastern Europe in spring — Warner Bros. Discovery will be launching its streaming service Max in France, one of its top European markets, next summer, Variety has learned.
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Deadline, Broadband TV News and Hollywood Reporter
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: veteran WSJ staff raised concerns about an October 8 story saying Iran “helped plan” Hamas' attacks; no Washington bylines appeared on the piece — The News — The Wall Street Journal overrode some objections inside its own Washington bureau to publish an explosive …
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@bgrueskin, @gbrew24, @nktpnd, @heerjeet, @oneunderscore__, @kenklippenstein, @chamath, Digital Journal, Mediaite, New York Post and New York Times
Maryam Foumani / The Guardian:
BBC Persian staff in London say they fear walking outside after being harassed by the Iranian authorities; UK police raise the security threat for journalists — Journalists at BBC Persian says they are scared to go out alone as UK counter-terrorism police raise security levels and staff warned: ‘we can do whatever we want in London’
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
How publishers are working around X removing preview headlines from posts with article links, like pasting the link twice or making full-on backend CMS changes — From posting the links twice to full-on back-end CMS changes, here's what we found. — The decision to strip headlines …
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@coreypein.bsky.social, Nieman Lab, @jnkappers, @pressgazette and One Man & His Blog
Daniel Golden / ProPublica:
A Pulitzer Prize winner reflects on being a local news reporter and the complicated legacy of local newspapers, which didn't always fulfill their watchdog role — As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it's easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter's memories of the heyday …
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@michaelsocolow, @dicktofel, @kenherts, @danlgolden, @michaelsocolow, @danlgolden and @danlgolden
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
Critics say deep budget cuts could leave the BBC's flagship current affairs program, Newsnight, a shadow of its former self and weaken the license fee argument — After losing its editor this week, programme faces shake-up that critics say could have long-term impact
Boone Ashworth / Wired:
A look at the Whole Earth Catalog, a collection of product reviews, DIY guides, and magazines from 1968 to 1998 credited with seeding today's startup culture — The seminal DIY catalogs, journals, and magazines printed by the techno-hippie publishing house are finally available online in digital form, all for free.
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@longnow, @stewartbrand, The Long Now Blog, @julianweisser and Boing Boing
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Dish Network and Sling TV sue the BBC and ITV's BritBox in New York court, accusing the service of infringing on eight patents related to video-streaming tech — Television provider Dish Network (DISH.O) and its Sling TV streaming service have sued streaming service BritBox in Manhattan federal court …
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Bloomberg Law
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The frenzied global interest and a potential ~£750M sale value for The Telegraph Media Group shows influential national titles remain attractive to media barons — While falling sales suggest the demise of print, the industry has proved adaptable and remains attractive to media barons
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@jeffjarvis
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Disney+ Hotstar reclaims the global on-demand video streaming record with 35M concurrent viewers of the India-Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup match on October 14 — In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. A high-profile match between neighbors India and Pakistan delivered …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Major Hollywood unions including the WGA, DGA, IATSE, and Teamsters issue a statement calling on the AMPTP to resume negotiations with SAG-AFTRA “immediately” — “Each day a fair contract addressing actors' unique priorities is delayed is another day working professionals across …
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NBC News, Reuters, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Wall Street Journal, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and @sagaftra
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
How The Epoch Times, the Falun Gong-backed conservative nonprofit newspaper, used aggressive marketing to grow revenue 685% in two years, to $122M in 2021 — The conservative news outlet has amassed a fortune, growing its revenue by 685% in two years, according to tax documents.
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