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8:55 AM ET, October 17, 2023

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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
NBC News plans to host the GOP's third 2024 presidential primary debate on November 8, partnering with Salem Radio Network and the Republican Jewish Coalition  —  NBC News announced that they will host the Republican National Committee's third presidential primary debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches an in-app Merch Hub that provides merch recommendations based on users' listening habits; merch is sold on artists' stores powered by Shopify  —  Spotify is launching a dedicated in-app Merch Hub that provides personalized merch recommendations based on your listening habits, the company announced on Monday.
Discussion: Spotify, Music Ally, CMU and The Verge
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel's media company, registered under holding company name Last Country, raised a $15M seed led by “anti-woke” investor 1789 Capital  —  Firm co-founded by Omeed Malik invests in ‘parallel economy’ of conservative-friendly companies
Discussion: @asharma
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Twitch launches Stories, expiring after 48 hours, for Partners and Affiliates who have streamed at least once for 45 minutes or longer in the last 30 days  —  Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, Twitch is launching stories for streamers to connect with their audience even when they aren't live.
Cointelegraph:
Crypto outlet Cointelegraph apologizes for falsely stating on X that the SEC approved a spot Bitcoin ETF, causing bitcoin to rise 10%+  —  Cointelegraph apologizes to its readers and discusses its investigation into what led to the posting of unverified news on X about a spot Bitcoin ETF.
Reuters:
Italy plans to cut the compulsory license fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from €90 to €70 per year in the 2024 budget  —  Italy will reduce the compulsory licence fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from 90 to 70 euros ($73.70) …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail Netflix's deepening gaming push: more games based on its shows, including Squid Game and Wednesday, discussions about a GTA game, and more  —  Streamer to put greater emphasis on developing games based on its popular programming, including ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Black Mirror’
Mikey O'Connell / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Rachel Maddow on reducing on-air time, covering Donald Trump's indictments, cord cutting, Elon Musk's X, her podcasts, the Hollywood strikes, and more  —  The MSNBC host on her lack of boundaries, Elon Musk's destruction of Twitter and the cultural whiplash of working in Hollywood …
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
After relaxing ad rules in January 2023, X begins aggressively pitching political advertisers; AdImpact: ~$1.2B will be spent digitally for the 2024 US election  —  Musk's volatile leadership of the social-media platform has pushed down its prices—which might give it an edge
 
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Stephen Council / SFGATE:
Music storefront Bandcamp lays off nearly 50% of its workforce, or 58 employees, as part of Songtradr's acquisition of the company from Epic Games in September
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour grossed an estimated $95M to $97M on its opening weekend in the US and Canada across 3,855 theaters, a big boost to the industry
Reuters:
Israel's communications minister seeks the closure of Al Jazeera's local bureau, accusing the network of pro-Hamas incitement and exposing soldiers to attacks
Press Gazette:
The Guardian sacks cartoonist Steve Bell after 40 years; Bell says the outlet last week spiked his cartoon of Benjamin Netanyahu citing “anti-Semitic tropes”
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: pre-publication, veteran WSJ staff raised concerns about an October 8 story that Iran “helped plan” Hamas' attacks; the piece had no Washington bylines
Maryam Foumani / The Guardian:
BBC Persian staff in London fear walking outside alone after being harassed by Iranian authorities; UK police raise the security threat level for journalists
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
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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