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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple will update tvOS with a redesigned TV app around December and remove some of its dedicated apps on the Apple TV to steer more users to the TV app — - Company envisions one place for customers to find video — Dedicated apps for buying movies and shows will be phased out
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Wall Street Journal:
The entertainment industry grapples with the same debates over the Israel-Hamas war that are playing out on college campuses, in offices, and among friends — Dave Chappelle spars with a fan; writers union members criticize leaders over silence — A midshow spat between comedian Dave Chappelle and a fan.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Tucker Carlson's Last Country signs its first advertising deal, with conservative-friendly shopping app Public Square worth at least $1M — - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's new media company signed its first advertising deal. — The agreement is with conservative-friendly …
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Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review:
A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data — A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online …
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CNN:
Asked about their coverage of the hospital bombing in Gaza, WSJ declines to comment, the AP and Al Jazeera ignore inquiries, Reuters and CNN admit no fault — Most news organizations seem eager to sweep last week's negligent coverage of the Gaza hospital explosion under the rug …
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Anja Karadeglija / National Post:
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters urges the government to include services beyond Google's and Meta's, like Apple News, in the Online News Act — The association said only Google and Meta are covered by the Online News Act, ‘even though there are other platforms that benefit from the distribution of news content’
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Crunchyroll launches its streaming service on Amazon's Prime Video Channels, starting at $7.99 per month in the US, Canada, Sweden, and the UK — If you're a Prime Video subscriber, beginning today, you can start streaming Crunchyroll, the popular anime service, right from inside the Prime Video app.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
A dozen female former Rolling Stone staffers discuss the company culture under Jann Wenner, which they describe as a “dictatorship” with a “culture of fear” — “The men were very angry all the time, and some of them would have full on fits—like, full-on toddler-like tantrums."
The Daily Beast:
Sources: The Messenger staffers push to unionize amid concerns, including its AI partnership with Seekr and its president suggesting the site is “out of money” — Staffers at the struggling media start-up are pushing to unionize as they deal with a slew of new woes …
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Elvira Pollina / Reuters:
DAZN and Sky retain the rights to screen live matches of Italy's Serie A for the next five seasons, after Italian soccer clubs approved bids worth €4.5B+ — DAZN and Sky will keep the rights to screen live Serie A matches in Italy for the next five seasons after Italian clubs …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify Q3: revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, subscribers up 16% YoY to 226M, and €32M operating income, vs. a €44.6M loss est.; SPOT jumps 9%+ — Spotify Technology SA rose the most since January after the music-streaming giant reported third-quarter results …
Science:
Science open-access journal eLife fires EIC Michael Eisen for quote posting an Onion article on X about Palestinians; eLife editor Lara Urban resigns in protest — eLife's Michael Eisen ousted for social media posts perceived as siding with Palestinians over Israel
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
Tyler Cowen announces econgoat.ai, the first “generative book” that lets readers query the material to create more content, derived from a 100K-word manuscript — I am pleased to announce and present my new project, available here, free of charge.
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