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4:40 PM ET, October 17, 2023

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Publishers Weekly:
Scholastic says its “optional” diversity book fair offering, which critics say enables censorship, is a response to “enacted or pending” laws in 30 US states  —  At school book fairs, a collection to “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” may go unshared, uncelebrated.
Cointelegraph:
Crypto outlet Cointelegraph apologizes for falsely posting on X that the US SEC had approved BlackRock's iShares spot Bitcoin ETF, causing bitcoin to spike 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.
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Twitch launches Stories, which expire after 48 hours, for Partners and Affiliates who have streamed at least once for 45 minutes or longer in the past 30 days  —  Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, Twitch is launching stories for streamers to connect with their audience even when they aren't live.
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Amazon asked one global ad firm to spend $100M+ on Prime Video with ads, which rolls out in 2024, and expects to reach 115M monthly viewers in the US  —  As Amazon gears up to run ads on its Prime Video streaming service early next year, company executives are asking advertisers …
Discussion: @sizpatel
Ben Smith / Semafor:
In response to a critic's defamation lawsuit, the journalist union The NewsGuild filed legal motions seeking correspondence between reporters and their sources  —  The News  —  The premier U.S. journalists' union wants my emails.  —  Specifically, in response to a critic's defamation lawsuit …
Adam Forrest / The Independent:
Good Morning Britain says host Richard Madeley apologized for asking UK MP Layla Moran if she knew about Hamas' attack in advance; Moran has family in Gaza  —  ‘Was there any word on the street?’ host asks Lib Dems' Layla Moran  —  Richard Madeley asks British-Palestinian MP if family knew Hamas attack was imminent
Eryk Bagshaw / Sydney Morning Herald:
China imprisoned Australian journalist Cheng Lei for the past three years after she broke an embargo on a Chinese government briefing by just a few minutes  —  Australian journalist Cheng Lei was imprisoned in a Beijing cell because she broke an embargo on a Chinese government briefing by just a few minutes …
Discussion: The Guardian, Reuters and Bloomberg
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Netflix plans to air a “Netflix Cup” golf tournament on November 14, its first live sports event, featuring “Drive to Survive” drivers and “Full Swing” golfers
Reuters:
Italy plans to reduce the compulsory license fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from €90/year to €70/year as part of the 2024 budget
Discussion: The Desk
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
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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