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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 pauses ad 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
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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:
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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK-based Global and US-based iHeart Media plan to license and distribute each other's podcasts in their home markets; Global signed an ad deal with The Athletic — Global and iHeart Media will license and distribute each other's podcasts in their home markets.
Steven Waldman / Poynter:
In addition to creating local news websites, outlets need to embed reporters in Nextdoor and Facebook local groups to “walk the beat” and get story ideas — Its reach is on par with, if not greater than, US newspapers. Instead of harrumphing its lack of journalistic standards, why don't we embed reporters?
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.
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, more at Techmeme »
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
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
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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