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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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Forbes:
Sources: leading ad execs told Linda Yaccarino that she is risking her reputation and suggested she step down as X CEO to make a statement about antisemitism — In the aftermath of IBM, Disney, Apple and others pausing spending on X, formerly known as Twitter, top advertising executives made a personal appeal to CEO Linda Yaccarino.
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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Media Voices, The Wrap, Washington Post, Deadline, Business Insider, The Desk, Jon-Stephen Stansel on LinkedIn, The A.V. Club, Awful Announcing, @HuShuo@mastodon.social, @jeremylittau.bsky.social, Rolling Stone, @TimKarr@mastodon.social, @Nonilex@masto.ai, KNSD-TV, @LALegault@newsie.social, MediaPost, IndieWire, The Messenger and Vanity Fair
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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The Guardian, New York Times, Boing Boing, Media Matters for America, @mattgertz, @mattbinder, New York Post, Reuters, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, Supercharged, Media Matters for America, The Hill, Variety, Washington Post, @atomicgiant.bsky.social, @jasondashbailey.bsky.social, Kris Lichter on LinkedIn, MediaPost, @pallenberg@mastodon.social, The Independent, New York Times, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Variety, Boing Boing, Ad Age, Media Matters for America, The Hollywood Reporter, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, CBS News, Mediaite, Politico, The Information, CNN, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, New Republic and The Guardian
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
Internal note: the European Commission plans to “temporarily suspend” X advertising over widespread disinformation concerns and to avoid “reputational damage”
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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Bloomberg:
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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Financial Times, @simontilford, City A.M., @alexwickham and @tw_seal
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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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The Guardian, @sjhmorris, @janemartinson, @danielthomasldn, Bloomberg, Telegraph and Press Gazette
Associated Press:
Russia adds The Moscow Times, an online newspaper that operates outside the country and is popular among Russia's expatriates, to its “foreign agents” list — Russia's Justice Ministry on Friday added The Moscow Times, an online newspaper popular among Russia's expatriate community …
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@moscowtimes, @fekfeldt, @annemcelvoy, @kenroth, @moscowtimes, @tonyhalpin, The Moscow Times, @lisawritesbooks@threads.net, Voice of America and The Hill
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Disney+ Hotstar topped a record 59M concurrent streaming viewers during the India-Australia ICC Cricket World Cup final on November 19 — In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. And there's no match for a World Cup final. — The Sunday game has already topped …
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Moneycontrol, @chandrarsrikant and @1987kulbhushan
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Despite Americans watching far less TV, NFL viewership is up 6% YoY, as of last week, and college football is up 20% compared to 2013, according to Fox — Americans watch far less TV than they did a decade ago. But they watch even more football. — Good evening from the nation's capital.
The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at TMZ's network of informants, its close relationships with local law enforcement officials, and its effect on celebrities' loved ones when stars die — After being tipped on Matthew Perry's death, the site's close ties to law enforcement and habit of paying sources gets new scrutiny.
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@camillamr2 and @garymbaum
Kate Dwyer / New York Times:
An oral history of Jezebel: its start, influencing other feminist blogs, how its writers developed their voices, its tone after Donald Trump's win, and more — The site defined an era of feminism for millions of readers. According to its editors and writers, it was also an exhilarating place to work.
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@gabyd, @offbeatorbit, @msolis14, @tromano, @djrothkopf, @therealjenblue, @nytimes, @brosandprose, Slate, @katedwyer and WNYC Studios
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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