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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 …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit — X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
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Kylie Robison / Fortune:
At a hastily assembled all-hands, Linda Yaccarino said Media Matters is known “to force a narrative” and asked staff to “be as fiscally responsible as possible”
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Media Matters' claims that some companies' ads appeared next to antisemitic content do not seem to be “manufactured”, contrary to what X alleges in its suit
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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 …
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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.
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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
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Spotify unveils new royalty policies from 2024: tracks must hit 1,000 streams in the previous year and noise recordings must be over two minutes — The company claims the updates will drive an additional $1 billion toward artists, by re-directing the payments that had previously gone to fraudulent streams …
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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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!
Yana Lyushnevskaya / Nieman Reports:
How Ukrainian media is balancing war coverage, with national TV speaking in a highly patriotic, pro-government voice and critical reporting thriving online — Yana Lyushnevskaya, NF '24, on the difficult dilemma Ukrainian journalists face when covering war in their own country
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