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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook; 26%, from YouTube; 16%, Instagram; 14%, TikTok; 12%, X; 8%, Reddit; and 5%, Nextdoor and LinkedIn — Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
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Katerina Eva Matsa / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 14% of US adults regularly get news on TikTok in 2023, up from 3% in 2020: 32% aged 18 to 29, 15% aged 30 to 49, 7% aged 50 to 64, and 3% aged 65+ — A small but growing share of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on TikTok. This is in contrast with many other social media sites …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
León Krauze, a top anchor for Univision's news division, leaves the network amid reports that the outlet has shifted to a much more favorable coverage of Trump — - Michael Strahan Returns To ‘Good Morning America’ After Time Off Due Personal Family Matters — Update
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Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, The Wrap, Media Moves, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
Will Knight / Wired:
YouTube will let some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new AI tool that can generate and remix music in the styles of seven different artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
A look at the precedent of journalists from the US news organizations embedding with the IDF, which has reignited a debate about the ethics of the practice — On November 4, CNN broadcast a report on the Israel-Hamas war that was unlike any of its prior coverage: Jeremy Diamond …
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Vox:
Vox EIC and Publisher Swati Sharma names Elbert Ventura, previously EIC of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, as executive editor starting in January 2024 — Ventura to oversee the text newsroom to shape rigorous, approachable coverage. — Today, editor-in-chief and publisher Swati Sharma announced …
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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google News is ending support for paid magazines starting December 18 and says users will be able to export copies of paid magazines before the shutdown — A lesser known feature of the Google News app (and the website) is its ability to show digital copies of magazines, but the company is set to remove this option in a month's time.
Reuters:
Members of the The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party ask Tim Cook to explain the abrupt ending of The Problem With Jon Stewart on TV+ — U.S. lawmakers asked Apple Inc to explain the abrupt end of political comedian Jon Stewart's television show on its streaming service …
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Variety, Ars Technica, The Verge, CNN, Chris Fenton on LinkedIn, Bloomberg, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, MediaPost and Business Insider
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
The FCC adopts a rule to prevent limiting broadband access by “income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin”; ISPs and the GOP complain — Industry and GOP say rule goes too far, warn of a chilling effect on broadband investment
404 Media:
The Guardian takes down a 2002 letter written by Osama Bin Laden criticizing US support of Israel, after the letter went viral on TikTok — “The transcript published on our website 20 years ago has been widely shared today on social media without its original context. Therefore we have decided to take it down."
New York Times:
US and European newsrooms face tough choices over which Israel-Hamas war photographs to publish, complicated by disinformation and photojournalist restrictions — Digital disinformation and restrictions on photojournalists have complicated decision-making about the visual chronicle of the Israel-Hamas war.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Meng Ru Kuok, the CEO and founder of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group, acquires Gawker's trademarks and domain, but not archives, from Bustle Digital Group — Get ready for Gawker 3.0: The twice-shuttered blog site has a new owner, who plans to bring the gossipy pop-culture brand back to life — but not in exactly the same way.
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@jackshafer, @bmorrissey, @michaelroston, The Wrap, MediaPost and Digital Music News
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
On his last day as News Corp's chair, Rupert Murdoch said he hopes to “continue an active role in the company” and reflected on his “fortunate” life — “We should all be concerned about the suppression of debate by an intolerant elite who regard differing opinions as anathema …
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New York Times:
Interviews with 12+ CNN insiders detail how David Zaslav cultivated friendships with some of CNN's biggest names, which did not stop him from later firing them — David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, was friends with some of the network's biggest names.
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Adweek, @blakerutherford, @omunderdal, @benmullin, @jayrosen_nyu, @jamesstewartnyt, The Daily Beast and @benmullin
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New York Times:
Interviews with 100+ people detail David Zaslav's WBD tenure, including cost cuts and a 50%+ stock drop, during a tumultuous time for the entertainment industry
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