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5:10 PM ET, November 3, 2023

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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Recurrent Ventures dismisses CEO Alex Vargas after one year and elevates its co-founder and former North Equity Managing Director Andrew Perlman to CEO  —  Co-founder Andrew Perlman, a private equity executive, replaces Alex Vargas in the role  —  The media company Recurrent Ventures …
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Ad blockers saw record uninstalls in October after YouTube expanded its crackdown on ad blockers, while those unaffected by the clampdown saw record installs  —  YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker.  Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Wired plans to launch a vertical on the impact of tech on US and global elections and politics in the coming weeks, run by four full-time writers and an editor  —  Wired, the technology publication owned by Condé Nast, is launching a new vertical that will focus on the intersection …
Michael Lipka / Pew Research Center:
US survey of 4,742 Black adults: 41% say they get news and info from local outlets often and 58% say local journalists are mostly in touch with their community  —  Local news is an important part of many Black Americans' information diet.  Overall, about three-quarters of Black adults …
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Valerie Ettenhofer / SlashFilm:
Nicolas Cage says his cameo in The Flash looked nothing like what he filmed, calling to mind debates about performances being co-opted without actors' consent  —  If Nicholas Cage's surprise cameo in “The Flash” felt strange to you, you're not alone: it also caught the actor himself off guard.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Comscore: The Verge's YoY traffic fell every month but one after September 2022's redesign; The Verge: loyal user base is up 62% from January to September 2023  —  The publisher, like much of the industry, has seen traffic steadily decline  —  When The Verge launched its redesigned website last September …
NBC News:
On Instagram, journalists and creators inside Gaza see a surge in followers as they document the Israel-Hamas war, even as Meta has broadly moved away from news  —  One journalist has added more than 12 million followers.  The work highlights some of the challenges and dangers of covering the conflict.
Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal:
The UK CMA says Meta pledged to let Facebook Marketplace users opt out of Meta using their data and limit how the company uses ad data for product development  —  Meta has signed commitments to not use its advertising customers' data  —  The U.K. competition regulator said Meta Platforms …
Andrew Donohue / Voice of San Diego:
A look at The San Diego Union-Tribune's future under new owners Alden Global Capital: employees estimate Alden cut ~30% of the newsroom after buying the outlet  —  As the Fourth of July approached last year, The San Diego Union-Tribune prepared to do something it'd never done in its 154 years of existence …
 
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CNN:
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Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
Paramount reports Q3 revenue up 3% YoY to $7.13B, vs. $7.1B est., profit up 30% YoY to $295M, and 63M+ global Paramount+ subscribers after 2.7M net additions
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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