Mediagazer: WGAW apologizes for the “tremendous pain” caused by its silence on the Israel-Hamas war, saying that the guild generally takes stances only on domestic issues (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:

Internal Slack messages show senior NYT editors dismissed suggestions from some staff that the paper hedge in its initial framing of the Gaza hospital explosion — Internal messages obtained by Vanity Fair offer a glimpse into the newsroom decision-making process and reveal pushback among …

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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:

The Israel-Hamas and Ukraine wars are fueling graphic videos online, reaching a global audience, sometimes as propaganda, and potentially causing more trauma — The Israel-Gaza and Ukraine wars have flooded the web with grisly content. One researcher says, 'It's like there are suddenly …

Discussion: @drewharwell.com and The Hill

CNN:

Asked about their coverage of the hospital blast in Gaza, the 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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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

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Naomi Forman-Katz / Pew Research Center:

Survey: US adults who say they follow the news all or most of the time fell from 51% in 2016 to 38% in 2022; in 2022, 19% said they follow the news now and then — Americans are following the news less closely than they were a few years ago, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

Discussion: American Press Institute, MediaPost, Poynter, @benjamintoff, Media Voices and Next TV

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with Harvard professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig on AI's impact on social media and free speech, copyright issues, TikTok, and more — After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you'd think about AI and TikTok …

Discussion: Reason, more at Techmeme »

Rania Aniftos / Billboard:

TikTok announces its first live global music event, set for December 10 in Mesa, Arizona, with Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta, and Charlie Puth headlining — The event will take place on Dec. 10 at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. — TikTok is continuing its foray into the music world …

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

TelevisaUnivision reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $1.3B, US revenue up 5% YoY to $806.3M, US ad revenue up 3%, and its free Vix streaming service has 40M+ MAUs — The Spanish-language media giant, led by CEO Wade Davis, reports more than 40 million monthly active users for streamer ViX …

Discussion: Variety, Deadline and TelevisaUnivision

Shruti Rajkumar / HuffPost:

Scholastic drops plans to separate books based on themes about race and gender at US school fairs, after criticism that segregating books enabled censorship — The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country.

Discussion: @fangmous, @mikejungwroteabook …, @mikejungwroteabook …, @mikejungwroteabook … and Bleeding Cool News

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

WGAW apologizes for the “tremendous pain” caused by its silence on the Israel-Hamas war, saying that the guild generally takes stances only on domestic issues — The Writers Guild of America West issued an apology to its members on Tuesday for the harm caused by its decision …

Discussion: @jonatha65804577, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, New York Times, Bollyinside and The Wrap

Lauren Theisen / Defector:

The Messenger, which launched in May, appears to be speedrunning every stage of a VC-funded, ad-dependent media startup life, from VC darling to barren husk — Nobody can be surprised that The Messenger isn't living up to its grand promises. Before the news site launched …

Discussion: Mediaite, @nbj914@threads.net, @sokane1@threads.net, @michaelroston, New York Post, @reedfrich.bsky.social, @robpegoraro.com, @karlbode.bsky.social, The Wrap and The Daily Beast

Todd Spangler / Variety:

YouTube Q3 ad revenue rose 12.5% YoY to $7.95B, vs. $7.81B est.; in Q3 2022, YouTube's ad revenue fell short of expectations after falling 1.9% — Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase …

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple plans to update tvOS with a redesigned TV app around December and discontinue some of its Apple TV apps to steer more users toward the TV app — - Company envisions one place for customers to find video — Dedicated apps for buying movies and shows will be phased out

Discussion: The Sun, @markgurman, The Verge, The Information, Engadget, Macworld, The Streamable, MacRumors and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »