Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:43 PM ET, November 1, 2023

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Cheyenne Roundtree / Rolling Stone:
Filing: text messages show HBO executives used fake Twitter accounts to troll TV critics and comment on trade publication stories from June 2020 to April 2021  —  Casey Bloys ordered staffers to create fake accounts to fire back at critics, according to text conversations reviewed by Rolling Stone as part of a new lawsuit
New York Times:
Condé Nast plans to cut ~5% of its workforce, or ~270 staff, citing digital ad pressures, a decline in social media traffic, and shifting audience behaviors  —  Roger Lynch, the chief executive, said the company was grappling with digital advertising pressures, a decline in social media traffic and shifting audience behaviors.
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Atmore News says its publisher and one of its reporters were arrested on October 27 for allegedly revealing grand jury secrets in a COVID-19 funds investigation  —  A press freedom group on Tuesday called for charges to be dropped against the Alabama newspaper publisher and a reporter arrested Friday …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $912M, vs. $853.2M est., net loss up 170% YoY to $330M, and forecasts a “similar” YoY ad growth for Q4; ROKU jumps 15%+  —  Roku shares rose after the streaming-platform company beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter of 2023 on the top line.
Discussion: Reuters, Roku Inc. and MediaPost
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple Music has quietly discontinued its $4.99/month Voice Plan, which was introduced in 2021 and let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri  —  Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn't tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the …
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
Apple told some Indian journalists that they had been targeted in state-backed iPhone cyberattacks, without attributing “any specific state-sponsored attacker”  —  NEW DELHI — Apple has warned at least 20 prominent Indians, including opposition politicians and journalists …
Helen Coster / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to $1.59B, News revenue up 6% YoY to $180M, operating profit up 11% YoY to $441M, and announces a $1B share buyback  —  Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected third-quarter profit as its biggest divisions serving legal …
Discussion: @pressgazette and Thomson Reuters
Ng Hong Siang / Channel NewsAsia:
SPH Media, Singapore's largest news publisher, plans to acquire Tech in Asia, which has ~90 employees in the Asia-Pacific, and does “not anticipate any layoffs”  —  Sorry, the audio is unavailable right now.  Please try again later.  —  SINGAPORE: SPH Media has entered …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's media authority fines The Seven Network AU$13,320 for breaching a ban on gambling ads during live sports; SBS now lets viewers block gambling ads  —  Media regulator cracks down while federal government considers recommendation to ban online gambling ads within three years
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC News Arabic launches an emergency radio service for Gaza, produced out of London and Cairo; the BBC previously launched such services in Ukraine and Sudan  —  - Paramount Combines Pluto & My5 In UK; VR Cinema Tech Biz Launches; ‘14 Peaks’ Producer Noah Adds Development Chief; Freedom Scripted Expansion - Global Briefs
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Kino Lorber launches Kino Film Collection, a $6-per-month streaming service for arthouse and specialty films, available on Prime Video Channels in the US  —  - Condé Nast Laying Off 5% Of Its Workforce, Citing “Volatile” Nature Of Digital Video Marketplace
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 4:43 PM ET, November 1, 2023.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Shareholder letter: Netflix says its ad tier has 15M+ MAUs globally, accounting for ~30% of new sign-ups where it's available, and plans new ad formats for 2024
 Earlier Picks: 
Financial Times:
Sources: Hunterbrook, founded by investor Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz and writer Sam Koppelman, plans a $100M fund to trade on stories unearthed by its news arm
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube “launched a global effort” to encourage ad blocker users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, after a “small experiment globally” started in June 2023