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10:25 AM ET, October 19, 2023

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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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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
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
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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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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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.
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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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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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
David Ellison's Skydance Animation signs a multiyear deal with Netflix to develop and produce exclusive animated movies, and ends its Apple distribution pact
Katie Notopoulos / MIT Technology Review:
Federated networks like Mastodon and a growing acceptance of paying for content may help move people away from big social platforms and improve online discourse
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
How Only in Dade, started as an Instagram meme page a decade ago, inadvertently became a Miami local news source, including by using its 1.3M followers' videos
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: with ESPN and TNT unwilling to pay $2.6B+/year on NBA rights, the league looks to Amazon, Apple, and others to make more, offering local market rights
Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube adds a news page to its mobile apps that suggests content from “authoritative sources”, and plans to spend $1.6M to promote creating Shorts news content
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines
 

 
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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

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
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