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12:00 PM ET, November 20, 2023

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Forbes:
Sources: ad executives told Linda Yaccarino that she is risking her reputation and should step down as X's CEO to make a statement about racism and antisemitism  —  In the aftermath of IBM, Disney, Apple and others pausing spending on X, formerly known as Twitter, top advertising executives …
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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 …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino asked her son and X executive Matt Madrazo to reach out to GOP ad spenders; X aims for $100M in political ads during the 2024 elections  —  The Scoop  —  Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, formerly Twitter, has turned the service's Hail Mary bet on an imagined $100 …
New York Times:
Disney pauses ad spending on X, joining Lionsgate and IBM
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Lionsgate, and Comcast suspend ads on X, joining other media and tech companies
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Crypto exchange Bullish, run by a former NYSE president, acquires CoinDesk for an undisclosed sum in an all-cash deal; DCG acquired CoinDesk for $500K in 2016  —  CoinDesk says former Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Matt Murray will chair an independent editorial committee
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
Reuters:
Belal Jadallah, who led the board of the Press House-Palestine, and two freelance journalists were killed in Gaza over the weekend, per relatives  —  The head of a prominent media institution in Gaza and two other journalists were killed during the weekend in Israel's offensive in the territory …
Discussion: Hacked Off
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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.
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Associated Press:
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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
Alan Rusbridger / Prospect:
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
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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
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
Discussion: Mediaite