Mediagazer: Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel's media company, registered under the holding company name Last Country, raised a $15M seed led by 1789 Capital, an “anti-woke” VC (Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal)

Scholastic says it created an optional diversity offering for book fairs due to “enacted and pending” laws, but critics say the publisher is enabling censorship — At school book fairs, a collection to “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” may go unshared, uncelebrated.

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg, @cointelegraph, @mdudas, @ericbalchunas, CoinDesk, @poordart, @nategeraci, @cryptoncoffeee, @zachxbt, @timccopeland, @zachxbt, @cointelegraph and Insider

National Newspaper Association:

The head of the US National Newspaper Association calls a proposed US Postal Service 7.3% rate increase for newspapers mailed within a county “simply punitive” — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Lynne Lance, executive director, lynne@nna.org

Discussion: Steven Waldman on LinkedIn and The Rural Blog

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.

Discussion: Tubefilter, Twitch, Engadget and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: Poynter, The NewsGuild, @freedomofpress, @mikeelk, @eisingerj, @powellatlantic, American Press Institute, @mikeelk and @corbinhiar

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel's media company, registered under the holding company name Last Country, raised a $15M seed led by 1789 Capital, an “anti-woke” VC — Firm co-founded by Omeed Malik invests in ‘parallel economy’ of conservative-friendly companies

Discussion: @asharma, @thechrisbuskirk and The Wrap

Conspirador Norteñ:

X's Community Notes has struggled during the Israel-Hamas war as the volume overwhelms volunteers; just 438 notes were publicly displayed in the first five days — The recent violence in Israel and Gaza has been accompanied by a surge of misleading and false claims on social media platforms …

Discussion: @tchambers@indieweb.social, more at Techmeme »

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

Discussion: ITV News, @nickcarthew, @edwinhayward, @lorrainemking, Mediaite, Yahoo News, @saulstaniforth and The Mirror

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

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Patreon acquires Moment, which has raised $13.5M since its 2019 founding and helps creators host ticketed livestreams like for podcast recordings and concerts — Patreon, which connects creators with fans and get paid by them directly, has acquired Moment, a livestream platform for events …

Discussion: Patreon Acquires Moment, TechCrunch, The Information, Variety, Sam Haveson on LinkedIn, Rory Brown on LinkedIn and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Sports Business Journal:

Chris LaPlaca, ESPN's head of communications since 2008, plans to retire at the end of 2023, after spending more than 43 years at the company — Longtime ESPN communications chief CHRIS LAPLACA will retire at the end of the year after spending more than 43 years at the company.

Discussion: @espn_chris, @kevinmonaghan, @espn_chris and Barrett Media