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The Daily Beast:
Al Jazeera reports that the wife, son, and daughter of its Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh, were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp — Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh's wife, son, and daughter were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Brian Stelter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Conversations with 24 staffers from ABC, NYT, and other outlets reveal the challenges of covering the Israel-Hamas war, including disinformation and defamation — An inside look at how correspondents are juggling online harassment even as they dodge the dangers of real-time reporting in the escalating conflict.
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
CPJ: at least 24 journalists have been killed through October 25 in the Israel-Hamas war, the deadliest period since the committee began tracking deaths in 1992 — At least 24 journalists are among the more than 6,000 people who have been killed in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas …
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Wall Street Journal:
Silver Lake, which owns ~71% of the voting stake in Endeavor Group Holdings, says it is working on a plan to take the company private; EDR rose 24%+ after hours — The owner of WME and IMG said it was exploring options, but will keep its majority interest in TKO, the company that controls UFC and WWE
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Mike Calia / CNBC:
Endeavor, Ari Emanuel's talent agency and sports company, announces a formal review of strategic alternatives for the company, which could mean a potential sale
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Israeli Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi's push to shut down Al Jazeera's Israeli operations, following his attempts to overhaul Israel's media — In the days after Hamas attacked Israel earlier this month, Shlomo Karhi, the country's communications minister …
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Reuters:
Hipgnosis shareholders vote against the sale of 29 music catalogs to Blackstone and require proposals to reorganize or shutter the company within six months — Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG.L) said on Thursday that shareholders voted against the sale of some music catalogues and the continuation …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast reports NBCU Q3 revenue up ~1% YoY to $10.5B and adjusted EBITDA of $1.97B; Peacock has 28M subscribers, a $565M loss, and $840M in revenue, up 64% YoY — The studio's streaming service continued to grow its customer base on a narrowed loss. … The studio's streaming service lost $614 million in the year-ago period.
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IndieWire, Variety, The Wrap, CNBC, Deadline, @sherman4949 and Business Wire
Financial Times:
Publisher Basic Books acknowledges apparent plagiarism in UK Shadow Chancellor's Rachel Reeves new book on women economists, including from Wikipedia and blogs — ‘The Women Who Made Modern Economics’ contains examples of apparent plagiarism — A new book by Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor …
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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
CISAC: for 5M+ creators in music, AV, drama, literature, and visual arts, digital royalties rose 33.5% YoY to €4.2B in 2022, making up 35% of global royalties — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — Global collecting societies body Cisac has published …
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CMU, Music Week, CISAC, Reuters and Billboard
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Spotify plans major changes to its royalty model in Q1 2024, including a threshold of minimum annual streams before a track starts generating royalties — This is huge news - and it's been a long time coming. MBW has confirmed that Spotify is planning to make significant changes …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA rescheduled an October 25 bargaining session with studios until October 26; studios haven't consented to pay a percentage of streaming subscriptions — The sides had been expected to meet today at SAG-AFTRA headquarters in Los Angeles. The sides are now expected to meet on Thursday.
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The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Gizmodo, Los Angeles Times and TVLine
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Direqt, which offers customizable AI chatbots to ESPN, GQ, Wired, Vogue, and other publishers, raised a $4.5M seed from Todd Parker, Dan Marino, and others — A number of news and media publishers are already blocking AI web crawlers from accessing their sites, worried about the impact …
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