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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Shifting media coverage of a deadly hospital explosion in Gaza highlights 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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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Source: X removed the main New York Times account's “verified” badge on October 17 without notice; source: X traffic to the NYT is down ~50% since August 2023 — The unexplained decision removes the only symbol distinguishing the news organization from impostors and comes amid …
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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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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Mike Huckabee, Lysa TerKeurst, and other authors sue Meta, Microsoft, and Bloomberg over using the Books3 dataset, which contains pirated books, to train LLMs — A group of writers including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and best-selling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst have filed …
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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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The FCC votes 3-2 to invite the US public to comment on re-establishing net neutrality rules; the broader 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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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
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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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple considers selling ads on podcasts the company owns and operates, including those the Apple TV team greenlit, such as The Line and Run, Bambi, Run — Terms of ServiceDo Not Sell or Share My Personal Information Trademarks Privacy Policy©2023 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Media Group Deputy Editor Catherine Bentley-Gouldstone on the newspaper's “digital-default” approach, dealing with churn, and more — “If we produce something that's the same as everybody else's - why are they going to pay for it?"
Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
Analysis: around 12 UK political journalists with access to Westminster have declared payments from political organizations, law firms, lobby groups, and others — Some 76 Lobby journalists declare financial interests. — Of the 437 political journalists with passes that give them access …
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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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Israel approves new rules that let officials halt broadcasts of outlets that “harm national security, public order, or serve as a basis for ‘enemy propaganda’” — Israel approved new emergency regulations Wednesday that could pave the way for censoring Al Jazeera …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Hipgnosis launches a “strategic review” that could lead to the ousting of founder Merck Mercuriadis ahead of a vote to approve continuing the investment trust — Merck Mercuriadis promised to turn songs into gold on launching Hipgnosis. Now, a review could see him ousted
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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
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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