Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:45 AM ET, November 22, 2023

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Kirsten Chuba / The Hollywood Reporter:
A profile of 25-year-old Reece Feldman, hired by studios and streamers like Paramount and Prime Video to make TikToks from film sets, junkets, and red carpets  —  “People of my generation know when they're being advertised to, but they'll accept being advertised to if it's in their language …
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
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
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
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 …
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!
RELATED:
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 6:45 AM ET, November 22, 2023.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
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
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
 Earlier Picks: 
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: NASCAR expanded its proposed midseason package to media companies from six to 10 races; front-runners Amazon and Turner could split the package
Reuters:
Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen says an Israeli strike killed two of its journalists and a third person in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel
Nicolas Parasie / Bloomberg:
Middle East-based streamers OSN+ and Anghami plan to merge; OSN Group plans to inject $50M into Anghami and become a majority shareholder in the company
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority:
YouTube confirms that “users who have ad blockers installed may experience suboptimal viewing”, after users reported five-second delays on non-Chrome browsers
 

 
From Techmeme:

Bloomberg:
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users

Ramish Zafar / Wccftech:
AMD says it will lay off ~4% of its global staff to align “resources with our largest growth opportunities”; SEC filing: AMD had 26,000 employees at 2023's end

Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch a new AI agent codenamed Operator, which can use a computer to take actions on a person's behalf, in January
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page