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9:50 PM ET, October 30, 2023

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Reporters Without Borders:
RSF investigation into Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah's death in Lebanon: one car was marked “press” and two strikes ~30 seconds apart hit seven journalists  —  Organisation:  — RSF_en  —  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy …
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Mark Bendeich / Reuters:
The Israel Defense Forces tells Reuters and the AFP that the military “cannot guarantee” their journalists' safety in Gaza, after the outlets sought assurances  —  Israel's military has told international news organisations Reuters and Agence France Presse that it cannot guarantee …
Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath / Axios:
Some reporters in Gaza have been able to give intermittent updates via satellite connections, as a communications blackout since October 27 cuts off the Strip
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Meta plans to offer an ad-free option for Instagram and Facebook in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, charging €9.99/mo. on the web or €12.99/mo. on Android and iOS  —  - Plans cost €9.99 per month on the web, €12.99 on mobile  — The model follows increasing EU regulations on data access
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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Most of The New York Times' 700 tech staff held a half-day work stoppage on October 30, over return-to-office order without the outlet negotiating in good faith  —  - News giant's Tech Guild held half-day work stoppage Monday  — Workers include software engineers and product managers
Reuters:
Graphic pro-Israel ads are appearing in kids' video games, like Angry Birds, across Europe; Israel has spent $1.5M on online ads since Hamas' October 7 attack  —  Maria Julia Cassis was sitting down to a meal in her terraced home in north London when her 6-year-old son ran into the dining room, his face pale.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: at a private meeting with bank executives last week, Biden fumed at The New York Times for saying an Israeli airstrike caused the Gaza hospital blast  —  The Scoop  —  President Joe Biden raged against The New York Times in a private White House meeting early last week …
David Montgomery / YouGov:
YouGov survey of 29,397 Americans: 85% own at least one physical book, 20% own one to 10, 14% own 11 to 25, and 13% own 26 to 50; 9% say they own 100+ e-books  —  Whether you sort your books by genre, author's name, the Dewey Decimal System, or the color of the spine, you're in the minority.
Julie DiCaro / Deadspin:
ESPN confirms digitally altering a clip of NBA player Damian Lillard from 2020 and posting the new video after the Bucks' opening night win against Philadelphia  —  The network's latest gaffe is terrifying, and likely only the beginning  —  Last week, after the Bucks' opening night win …
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Ad holding company Omnicom plans to acquire Flywheel, the digital commerce arm of UK-based B2B media, events, and analytics company Ascential, for ~$835M  —  Flywheel, part of Cannes Lions owner Ascential, aims to help brands sell on digital marketplaces such as Amazon
 
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Sony Pictures Television's head of production Ed Lammi plans to retire at the end of 2023, after 28 years in his current position
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Reuters:
Moldova blocks the websites of TASS and other Russian media outlets, accusing them of being part of an information war to overthrow its pro-Western government
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says X posts corrected by Community Notes will be “ineligible for revenue share” in order to “maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism”
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