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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC says it was “wrong to speculate” on who was responsible for the blast at a Gaza hospital amid internal unrest over its coverage of the blast — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has said it was “wrong to speculate” on who was responsible for the devastating blast at a Gaza City hospital …
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Metro, @nadinedorries and @vicderbyshire
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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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Wall Street Journal, Media Nation, @lessin, Why Evolution Is True, @jemillerbalt, @stevesi, Wired and Committee to Protect …
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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CBS News, 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
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 …
Discussion:
Insider, @jenn_elias, New York Post, The Information, Jennifer Elias on LinkedIn, MediaPost and Rob Ruenes on LinkedIn
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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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The Streamable, Radio & Television …, MediaPost, NBC 7 San Diego, Front Office Sports, @masasoncap, @dylanbyers, @joepompliano, Awful Announcing, Dow Jones Newswires, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Front Office Sports, The Information, @sportstvratings, The Wrap, Axios, Reuters and Barrett Media
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
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The Verge, Insider, @skupor, Shelly Palmer, CNBC, Decrypt, The Hollywood Reporter, Ars Technica, CMU and Digital Music News
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 …
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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Ars Technica, KNSD-TV, @tvgrimreaper, Insider, Digital Music News, @jalefkowit@octodon.social, IndieWire, 9to5Mac, Engadget and Variety
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The FCC votes 3-2 to begin to re-establish net neutrality rules, starting by inviting public comments; the effort still faces a long legal and political battle — The Federal Communications Commission officially began its effort to re-establish net neutrality at its monthly meeting today …
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Engadget, The Hill, Radio & Television …, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, Ars Technica, Free Press, MediaPost, Techdirt and Next TV, more at Techmeme »
Kirsty Wark / BBC:
Kirsty Wark says she plans to step down as a lead presenter at BBC Newsnight after the next UK election; she joined the current affairs show in 1993 — Kirsty will continue to present for the BBC on programmes including The Reunion, Start the Week on Radio 4, as well as documentaries
Discussion:
The Guardian, Press Gazette, @markurban01, @richjstanton, @robburl, @lizrawlings, @jackcevans, @lewis_goodall, Radio Times, @stewartmaclean and @vicderbyshire
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 — Merck Mercuriadis promised to turn songs into gold on launching Hipgnosis. Now, a review could see him ousted
Discussion:
@annaknicolaou, Financial Times and Reuters
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.
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The Hill, New York Post, @ianbremmer, Semafor, New York Times, Reuters, Newser, UPI, Reporters Without Borders, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, CNN, @afp, @rferlpress, @cpj_eurasia, @cpj_eurasia, Fox News, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Agence France-Presse, Politico, USAGM and Committee to Protect …
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Israel approves a new emergency rule that lets officials halt broadcasts of outlets that “harm national security” or “serve as the basis for enemy propaganda” — Israel approved new emergency regulations Wednesday that could pave the way for censoring Al Jazeera …
Discussion:
@iwmf, @dbattistella@mstdn.ca, Mediaite, @JaneRLaForge@mstdn.social and Committee to Protect …
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 …
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
