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Reporters Without Borders:
RSF investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: one car had clear “press” markings and two strikes occurred ~30 seconds apart — 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 safety of their journalists in Gaza cannot be guaranteed, after the outlets sought assurances — Israel's military has told international news organisations Reuters and Agence France Presse that it cannot guarantee the safety …
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Meta plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland an ad-free option for €9.99 or €12.99 per month, alongside free with ads — - 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:
Meta plans to temporarily suspend showing ads to all users under 18 in the EU and parts of Europe starting on November 6, to comply with EU regulations — Ad changes for Instagram and Facebook owner are aimed at navigating EU rules about targeted ads — Meta Platforms will stop showing adverts …
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@samschech, @hoofnagle and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Most of the 700 NYT tech staff plan a half-day work stoppage today, accusing the outlet of unilaterally implementing a return-to-office plan without negotiating — - News giant's Tech Guild plans half-day work stoppage Monday — Workers include software engineers and product managers
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Reuters, @anastasiakeeley, @josheidelson, @josheidelson and @beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
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.
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@yougovamerica, @dhmontgomery, @michellemanafy@journa.host, @dhmontgomery, @markwgilson, @zjayres and @dhmontgomery
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: at a private meeting with bank executives last week, Biden fumed at the NYT for saying that an Israeli airstrike was behind the Gaza hospital explosion — The Scoop — President Joe Biden raged against The New York Times in a private White House meeting early last week …
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Mediaite, New York Post, @danielyrubin, @brianstelter and Politico
Reuters:
Graphic pro-Israel ads are appearing in kids' video games, including Angry Birds, in the UK and elsewhere; Israel has spent $1.5M on online ads since October 7 — 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.
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@xzherron, @samiranadkarni and @leenavand, more at Techmeme »
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at the prospective buyers of The Telegraph, a long-standing power broker in conservative UK politics; DMGT would plan to launch the paper in the US — Everyone from Rupert Murdoch to Mathias Döpfner to Lord Rothermere is eyeing the historic broadsheet, which is on the block for the first time in two decades.
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Press Gazette, @joepompeo, @joepompeo and @brianstelter
Steven Kurutz / New York Times:
A look at blue-collar influencers, including a trucker, a shepherd, and a fisherman, who have amassed large audiences by posting short videos of their workday — A new crop of popular social media personalities includes a trucker, a shepherd and a commercial fisherman.
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@jamesafmorse, @gw_gallery and @seangraf, more at Techmeme »
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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MediaPost, @bd2k, @megancgraham, Adweek, PR Newswire and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
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” — X posts that are corrected by Community Notes, the platform's crowd-sourced fact-checking system …
Digiday:
GroupM North America CEO Kirk McDonald plans to leave at the end of 2023 after three years, replaced by Mindshare CEO Adam Gerhart on an interim basis — Kirk McDonald, who has served as the CEO of GroupM North America for the past three years, is leaving his position.
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Ad Age, MediaPost, Variety, @michaelburgi and Insider
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