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4:10 PM ET, October 27, 2023

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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Hasan Minhaj records a video in which he calls the New Yorker's profile of him “so needlessly misleading”; the magazine defends its work as “carefully reported”  —  The comedian releases a 20-minute video to THR giving his perspective on the profile, which accused him of fabricating details in his stand-up.
Zachary Small / New York Times:
Artforum fires EIC David Velasco after the prestigious outlet's open letter on the Israel-Hamas war “was widely misinterpreted as a statement from the magazine”  —  David Velasco was removed after the magazine's publishers said there was a flawed editorial process behind …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Dan Ackerman / Dan Ackerman on LinkedIn:
Dan Ackerman is stepping down as editor-in-chief of G/O Media's Gizmodo, which hired him in June 2023, and starting a “new consumer tech” EIC role later in 2023  —  Some big career news: I'm stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of Gizmodo and starting an exciting new consumer tech Editor-in-Chief role later this year.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company has “barely scraped the surface” in figuring out how to integrate ads into its video, commerce, and grocery offerings  —  - Comcast Faces Skepticism On Wall Street As Ad Decline Accelerates, Strike Toll Mounts And Broadband Experiences Buffering
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon Q3: ad revenue up 26% YoY to $12B, vs. $10.4B est., subscription revenue up 14% YoY to $10.1B, and North America segment sales up 11% YoY to $87.9B
Jason Kilar / Variety:
As linear TV wanes and YouTube and TikTok grow, Hollywood studios and sports leagues need to jointly deliver a product that 9 out of 10 households choose to buy  —  Hollywood is hurting.  The financial backbone of the industry — linear television — is rapidly shrinking as consumers continue to cut the cord at alarming rates.
GB News:
Former UK PM Boris Johnson plans to join GB News as a presenter, program maker, and commentator in 2024, ahead of the UK general election and the US elections  —  Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will play a key role on Britain's news channel  —  Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson …
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Source: during an all-hands, Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino referenced ambitions to create XWire, a press release service that would rival Cision's PR Newswire  —  Executives at X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, said they see YouTube and LinkedIn as future competitors …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
A federal judicial panel denies live TV coverage of two Donald Trump criminal trials set for 2024, after requests from some news outlets and 38 US House members  —  A courts committee says it lacks authority to modify a broadcasting ban in time for the historic criminal cases against the former president.
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Sports journalists stick to X as the site remains a useful tool for sharing news and interacting with readers, and they are reluctant to give up their followers  —  Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable.
 
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Although creators are an economic juggernaut in the US, the industry remains broadly unregulated and largely fails to appear in the Census Bureau's job index
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Meta reports Q3 revenue up 23% YoY to $34.15B and net income up 164% YoY to $11.58B, but CFO Susan Li warns the company has observed “softer ad spend” in Q4
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Staff at USA Today's Reviewed say Gannett is undermining them by publishing articles that appear to be AI-generated and using fake bylines, which Gannett denies
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Jeff Bezos emails Washington Post staff: he is “committed to the future of the Post” and thinks “long term it's important that The Post return to profitability”
 

 
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
A critical Apache Tomcat RCE flaw is being exploited, letting attackers take over servers via a PUT request; Wallarm: the attack “requires no authentication”

Zhiye Liu / Tom's Hardware:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, G2 Gen 2, and G1 Gen 2 for gaming handhelds, saying the G3 Gen 3 offers a CPU 30% faster than the previous generation

 
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