Mediagazer: Sources: India's Reliance signs a deal with The Pokémon Company to exclusively stream 1,000+ TV episodes and ~20 movies on JioCinema, to compete with Disney (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)

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Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook, 26% from YouTube, 16% from 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+

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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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New York Times:
US and European newsrooms face tough choices over which Israel-Hamas war photographs to publish, complicated by disinformation and photojournalist restrictions

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:

León Krauze, a top anchor for Univision's news division, leaves the network after 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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Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:

Spotify expands Spotify Audience Network, its advertising marketplace for podcasts launched in 2021, to five new markets, including Sweden and India — Music streaming company Spotify (SPOT.N) on Thursday said it will launch its advertising marketplace for podcasts in five new markets, including Sweden and India.

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Josh Ye / Reuters:

Source: ByteDance's Douyin tests letting creators with 100K+ followers add paywalls to their videos; local Chinese media reports Douyin takes a 30% cut — TikTok owner ByteDance is testing a paywall feature for content creators on its short video platform Douyin in China …

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

Obsessive coverage of a poll showing Donald Trump leading Joe Biden highlights the sorry state of the US political media and ignores the threat to democracy — Last week demonstrated the sorry state of political coverage in this country. The fixation on early, non-predictive polling …

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Aditya Kalra / Reuters:

Sources: India's Reliance signs a deal with The Pokémon Company to exclusively stream 1,000+ TV episodes and ~20 movies on JioCinema, to compete with Disney — The entertainment unit of India's Reliance (RELI.NS) has signed a deal with The Pokemon Company to show children's shows …

Discussion: @adityakalra and @adityakalra

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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."

Will Knight / Wired:

YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine 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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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 …

Discussion: @nishachittal

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

Google News plans to end support for paid magazines starting on 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 …

Discussion: Android Police, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Central, MSPoweruser, PhoneArena, @stagefright__, @paleofuture.bsky.social and Google News Community, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: Variety, Chris Fenton on LinkedIn, The Verge, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, CNN, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter and MediaPost

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 …

Discussion: CNN, @brianstelter, New York Post and @waywardboobs.bsky.social

Financial Times:
As Rupert Murdoch cedes control to Lachlan this week, a look at Fox's legal issues: the $2.7B Smartmatic lawsuit, shareholder complaints, Ray Epps, and more

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