Mediagazer: Music licensing agency BMI, representing some of the world's biggest songwriters, agrees to sell to PE firm New Mountain Capital, expected to close in Q1 2024 (Jem Aswad/Variety)

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

The NFL has “expressed our concerns directly to X” about hate speech but hasn't suspended ads; one exec says the NFL keeps working with X because fans are there — After days of silence following X owner Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic post, the NFL said Tuesday …

Discussion: CNBC, @chiefelk.bsky.social, @0dave30.bsky.social, @randimason.bsky.social, @apocalypticanow.bsky.social, Awful Announcing, The Messenger, @oliverdarcy@threads.net, TechCrunch, The Verge and Fortune

CNN:

Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media suspends an ad campaign on X one month after announcing a partnership with X; it's unclear whether the partnership is still on — Paris Hilton's entertainment company 11:11 Media has pulled an advertising campaign from Elon Musk's X just one month after announcing …

Discussion: Business Insider, @apocalypticanow.bsky.social and Rolling Stone, more at Techmeme »

Tatiana Siegel / Variety:

Public statements on the Israel-Hamas war roil Hollywood, as agencies drop clients and demote or fire staff and producers of Scream 7 fire Melissa Barrera — Four days after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in Israel, WME invited Steve Leder, the rabbi from Wilshire Boulevard Temple, to visit the agency's Beverly Hills headquarters.

Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:

A summary of a talk with Hearst Newspapers Chief Commercial Officer Bridget Williams on using commerce-friendly content like newcomers guides to fund local news — On this week's episode of The Rebooting Show, I spoke to Bridget Williams, chief commercial officer at Hearst Newspapers.

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:

TikTok-funded report: TikTok users are much likelier to pay for a music streamer than the average consumer and spend more on concerts than the average listener — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — TikTok has commissioned research firm Luminate for a new report analysing its impact on music.

Discussion: Adweek, Mashable, Billboard and Benzinga

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes banning cable and satellite TV operators from imposing early termination fees on subscribers, calling them “junk fees” — - Kamala Harris And Doug Emhoff Address Israel-Hamas War Protests At Los Angeles Reelection Fundraiser

Discussion: Next TV, The Desk, Inside Radio, MediaPost and Reuters

The Wrap:

Memo: Univision CEO Wade Davis defends the network's Trump interview, which was panned for being too favorable, saying the network is “not a tool of any party” — The Congressional Hispanic Caucus responded to the Nov. 9 interview on Monday, saying they're “concerned” about Univision's mission

Discussion: Variety, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Decider, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel and The Messenger

Bryan Passifiume / National Post:

Canada expands the Journalism Tax Credit, letting news publishers get credit for up to 35% of journalists' salaries up to $85K, increased from 25% of up to $55K — The government's statement announced an increase to the Canadian Journalism Tax Credit — a refundable tax credit allowing …

Discussion: @mgeist, Michael Geist, Business Wire and Globe and Mail

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Sources: Luminar CEO Austin Russell missed a deadline to get his $800M bid together to buy Forbes; Sun Group, which led the bid, is no longer in the deal — Austin Russell, the 28-year-old CEO of electric vehicle company Luminar Technologies, is trying to replace hundreds of millions …

Discussion: @rafat, @sarafischer, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Press Gazette, The Information, The Messenger, Talking Biz News and @maxwelltani

Discussion: @forbesunion, Sara Fischer on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News

Bloomberg:

Analysis: X's Community Notes operate slowly and inconsistently during the Israel-Hamas war; across nearly 400 posts, a typical Note took seven hours to appear — In late September, Elon Musk wrote on X that he hoped “people around the world engage in citizen journalism …

Discussion: The Hill, Benzinga, @jonkeegan@mastodon.social, @Leonyin@mastodon.social and Business Insider

Peter Kafka / Peter Kafka on Threads:

Recode Executive Editor Peter Kafka says he is returning to Business Insider as chief correspondent and plans to bring Recode's feed and catalog to Morning Brew — Time for my first-ever Personal News thread, which I'm sending from a chilly road trip, so it's going to be short. I'll do more later!

Discussion: @teddyschleifer, @gruber@threads.net, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, @technicallymims@threads.net, @kevinroose@threads.net, @pkafka@threads.net, @pkafka@threads.net, @pkafka@threads.net, Talking Biz News and MediaPost

Jenny Gross / New York Times:

The BBC pauses production of Top Gear after a presenter was injured in a crash during filming in 2022; the show generated ~£20M in profit each year since 2015 — The BBC decision to halt production of the car show came after a presenter, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff, was seriously injured in a crash during filming last year.

Discussion: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BBC, The Guardian, The Sun, Los Angeles Times, The A.V. Club, TVLine, The Wrap, Reuters, GB News and Cord Cutters News

Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:

EAO: global streamers spent €4.9B on European original content in 2022, up 70% YoY; Netflix spent €2.2B, Amazon €1.1B, Disney €500M, and HBO and Apple €400M — Global streamers spent $5.4 billion on original European content last year, but still account for just under a quarter of total spend in the region.

Discussion: @euavobservatory and European Audiovisual …