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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google cut “a small number” of Google News employees this week; an Alphabet Workers Union spokesperson estimates 40 to 45 workers lost their jobs — - Google cut at least 40 jobs in its news division this week, CNBC has learned. — The company has been downsizing in recent months …
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Insider, The Information, Jennifer Elias on LinkedIn, MediaPost and Rob Ruenes on LinkedIn
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Shifting media coverage of a deadly hospital explosion in Gaza highlight the difficulties of reporting on a fast-moving war with few journalists on the ground — The fast-moving events highlighted the difficulty of covering the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Wall Street Journal, @jemillerbalt, @stevesi, Wired and Committee to Protect …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Experts say misinformation from “verified” pseudo-OSINT accounts on X, driven by profit and engagement, is destroying the Israel-Hamas war information ecosystem — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
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American Press Institute, The Guardian, @jimmy_wales, @fancrtcprofling, @josephfcox, @gabrielesvelto@fosstodon.org, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org, @pogue.bsky.social, @404mediaco@mastodon.social and @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, more at Techmeme »
John Burn-Murdoch / @jburnmurdoch:
[Thread] Media outlets keep slipping up on the Israel-Hamas war because they lack in-house OSINT teams or are wary to rely on such teams for help to break news
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The Hill, Axios, @amirmizroch, @amirmizroch, @jaltma, @yuris, @nrg8000, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @justthefacts37, @steveprioruk, @biotechpolicyuk, @slevene, @gregdraws1, @charliecoffee, @andrewpurc, @fetzert, @prestonjbyrne, @shmmor, @modestproposal1, @osinttechnical, @washingtonpost, @jason_paladino, @eliothiggins, @robertmackey, @osinttechnical, @marcowenjones, @bellingcat, @coupsure, @eliothiggins, @davidjhendy, @jerseyrobins, @matthewjdalby, @sdp, @saugust06, @tannerjc, @christophcherry, @gavinsblog, @heddingkj, @asteris, bellingcat, New York Daily News, Voice of America and Financial Times
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 12%+ — LOS ANGELES — Netflix reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results. — Earnings: $3.73 vs $3.49 per share, according to LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix raises its US prices for its basic plan from $9.99 to $11.99, its premium plan from $19.99 to $22.99, and some of its prices in the UK and France
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The Streamable, KNSD-TV, Digital Music News, @tvgrimreaper, @jalefkowit@octodon.social, IndieWire, 9to5Mac and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Universal Music Group and BandLab form an alliance to advance their shared commitment “to ethical use of AI and the protection of artist and songwriter rights” — Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies have announced plans for a strategic relationship concentrated on protecting artists' rights in the age of AI.
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models — Partnership will be 'centered on empowering the next generation of artists, including within BandLab's global community'.
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Shelly Palmer, Decrypt, The Hollywood Reporter, CMU and Digital Music News
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Filing: Disney releases separate ESPN earnings results for the first time, showing profit at ESPN networks fell 20% through the first nine months of its FY 2023 — Profit at the ESPN sports networks fell 20% through the first nine months of fiscal 2023 as Walt Disney Co. provided the first peek at that business on a standalone basis.
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MediaPost, Awful Announcing, Dow Jones Newswires, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, The Information, Axios, @sportstvratings, The Wrap, Reuters, Barrett Media and The Hollywood Reporter
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian authorities detained RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service editor Alsu Kurmasheva on October 18, charging her with failure to register as a foreign agent — WASHINGTON, D.C. - On October 18, authorities in Kazan, Russia, detained Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Tatar-Bashkir Service.
Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
Analysis: around 12 UK political journalists with access to Westminster have declared payments from political organizations, law firms, and lobby groups — Some 76 Lobby journalists declare financial interests. — Of the 437 political journalists with passes that give them access …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Mike Huckabee, Lysa TerKeurst, and other authors sue Meta, Microsoft, and Bloomberg over using the “Books3” dataset, which includes pirated books, to train LLMs — A group of writers including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and best-selling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst …
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Washington Post and Vanity Fair
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Hipgnosis launches a strategic review that could lead to the ousting of its founder in the run-up to a vote to approve a continuation of the investment trust — Beyoncé and Neil Young rights owner says it is not exploring sale despite financial woes
Discussion:
Billboard, Reuters, Financial Times and @annaknicolaou
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
An October 6 to 9 poll of 1,003 US adults: 34% side with the actors in SAG-AFTRA's strike, 7% back the studios, 29% sympathize equally, and 30% took no position — As the Hollywood writers' strike has come to a close and the actors' walkout rages on, the American public continues to favor unions …
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Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Forbes and The Wrap
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