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Financial Times:
Sources: Jeff Zucker's RedBird IMI, alongside the Abu Dhabi royal family, backs the Barclay family's £1.1B bid for the Telegraph after Axel Springer pulled out — Investor run by former CNN boss offers to help finance deal as German publisher Axel Springer pulls out of auction
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Sources: senior UK ministers, including the business minister and security minister, raised concerns about the possibility of foreign ownership of the Telegraph — - Badenoch, Tugendhat raise worries with Media Secretary Frazer — Lloyds seized the Telegraph titles in June to claw back debts
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic X post and a report that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content — - The left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters for America published a report Thursday that highlighted Apple, IBM …
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New York Times:
Disney says it is pausing spending on X, joining Lionsgate and IBM — Disney, Apple and Lionsgate halted marketing on X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk faced a furor over antisemitic abuse on his social media platform. — The blowback over Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory …
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Lionsgate, and Comcast suspend ads on X, joining other media and tech companies — - Apple has paused its online advertising campaigns on X, formerly Twitter, after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic comments on the platform.
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Media Matters for America, Reuters, Mother Jones, Media Matters for America, Variety, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @mattbinder, @mattgertz, @atomicgiant.bsky.social, @jasondashbailey.bsky.social, The Independent, Kris Lichter on LinkedIn, @pallenberg@mastodon.social, MediaPost, Business Insider, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Messenger, Boing Boing, Ad Age, Media Matters for America, The Hill, The Hollywood Reporter, The Times of Israel, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, CBS News, Mediaite, Politico, The Information, Bloomberg, The Guardian, CNN, Los Angeles Times, New Republic, The Daily Beast and KNSD-TV, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
Internal note: the European Commission plans to “temporarily suspend” X advertising over widespread disinformation concerns and to avoid “reputational damage” — Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
IBM suspends its advertising on X after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, Xfinity, and NBCU's Bravo alongside pro-Nazi material
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Mediaite, The Wrap, @lindayax, Media Matters for America, Vanity Fair, Jennifer Okimoto on LinkedIn, City A.M., The i Paper, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Lauren Tucker on LinkedIn, Matthew Wool on LinkedIn, Bernard Sharfman on LinkedIn, The Information, KNSD-TV, Futurism, @elonmusk, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, New York Times, @anonymous.expectus.fyi, Lee Eagle on LinkedIn, Techdirt, The Verge, @rmblaber1956@mastodon.social, @SeanCasten@mastodon.social, @jimray@mastodon.social, Semafor, Business Insider, @eusisdm, @mshannahmurphy, The Atlantic, Reuters, Axios, @aulia@octodon.social, BBC, NBC News, @carnage4life@threads.net, @ncweaver@thecooltable.wtf, @Aaronvegh@mastodon.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @ekstasis.bsky.social, @LisaKalayji@sfba.social, Daily Mail, MarketWatch, Variety, Fox Business, @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @fraying@xoxo.zone, @KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social, The Daily Beast, @mho@social.heise.de, @tdverstynen@neuromatch.social and @PeterRu@climatejustice.social
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Univision faces growing Latino backlash for its handling of a November 7 Trump interview, as 70+ groups send a protest letter and Congress members ask to meet — Members of Congress plan to ask for a meeting with a company executive, as a famous actor, one of Univision's founders and Latino rights advocacy groups speak out
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The Messenger, @noahcrothman, @michaelscherer, Mediaite, Arizona Republic and American Press Institute
Max Tani / Semafor:
Fox News and radio host Mark Levin endorsed Ted Cruz in 2016 and is endorsing Ron DeSantis for 2024 without disclosing his stepson's work for both candidates — The Scoop — A powerful right-wing media figure who described himself as “all in for DeSantis” has a family connection to the campaign.
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Alan Rusbridger / Prospect:
In her memoir, Nadine Dorries, the UK's former culture secretary, alleges that a non-executive director of the BBC tried to influence her choice of Ofcom chair — A potential cover-up I unearthed in the weeds of Nadine Dorries's book remains a mystery. It has damaged the BBC …
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@michaellcrick, @arusbridger and @janemartinson
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Microsoft blocks the term “Disney” from Bing Image Creator over copyright concerns raised by a viral trend where users created Disney film posters of their pets — Film company's logo was visible in mock-ups of movie illustrations featuring users' pets
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The Information, The Wrap and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
The outrage over TikTok videos about Osama Bin Laden exemplifies how the media cherry-picks random nonsense from the app and misunderstands its scale and reach — By now you have, no doubt, heard all about the dangerous new TikTok trend sweeping the nation.
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@broderick, @taylorlorenz, @broderick, @whoisernie, @tkbeynon, @scottnover, Gordon MacMillan on LinkedIn, Dow Jones Newswires, Techdirt, Media Matters for America, NPR, The Messenger, Slate, @schmutzie.com, @fraying@xoxo.zone, @waxy@xoxo.zone, @jenn@pixel.kitchen, @bijan.bsky.social, New York Magazine, The Times of Israel, Sydney Morning Herald and Mediaite
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
TikTok removes videos promoting Osama Bin Laden's “Letter to America” that justified the 9/11 attacks, but calls reports that they were trending “inaccurate”
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New York Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, @tiktokpolicy, New York Post, Wired, Mediaite, @yashar, @briannawu, @briannawu, @broderick, @broderick, @andrewjbates46, @mikel_jollett, @janelytv, @joshshepperd, @bettybowers, CNN, 404 Media, The Verge, The Guardian, @mikewendling@threads.net, @oneunderscore__@threads.net, Semafor, @ryanhatesthis@threads.net, @cwarzel@threads.net, @rachaelrad@threads.net, @cwarzel@threads.net and Bloomberg
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
The Golden Globes will air live on CBS, stream on Paramount+, and be available in the CBS app on January 7, 2024, after ending its longtime association with NBC — Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV — The Golden Globes have found a new broadcast home. The upcoming 81st edition of the Hollywood awards show …
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Giulia Petroni / Wall Street Journal:
Italy's competition watchdog opens an investigation into whether Meta has failed to provide adequate information on how to mark branded content on Instagram — Italy's competition watchdog has opened an investigation into whether Meta Platforms has failed to provide adequate information …
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