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New York Times:
Some marketing agencies say their brands don't plan to return to advertise on X, and others are advising brands to stop posting on X, after Elon Musk's comments — Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times's DealBook Summit.
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Financial Times:
X accelerates its plan to attract ad spending by SMBs, including outsourcing some ad sales to third parties, such as US-based marketing startup JumpCrew — Social media site accelerates plan to attract small businesses as billionaire owner battles big brands
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9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple and Paramount have discussed an Apple TV+ and Paramount+ bundle that would cost less than subscribing to both streaming services separately — Streamers are increasingly joining with rivals to offer bundles that help attract and keep subscribers
Kyodo News:
Sources: South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan has gone missing after visiting Beijing to cover a forum in October; SCMP says she's “on personal leave” — An award-winning reporter from Hong Kong has gone missing following a business trip to China in late October …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Canada's deal with Google showed the flaws in the link tax, and now California and the US have a chance to adopt smarter ways to increase trustworthy local news — “You need Google to stay in this. Otherwise, it devastates the entire industry.” — Is the link tax dead?
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Ken Doctor on LinkedIn, Chris Krewson on LinkedIn, Michael Geist and Associated Press
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Business Insider faces criticism after promoting a story about a female founder in a well-known “snark” subreddit notorious for harassment against women — But with thousands of subreddits, where exactly news sites should promote their work presents a dilemma
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@ronbrownstein, @mollyalisonward and @TomSullivan@mstdn.social
Mike Nelson / The Streamable:
Tegna's TV stations, which reach ~39% of households across the US, go dark on DirecTV after DirecTV and Tegna failed to renew their recent three year agreement — TEGNA stations reach approximately 39% of households across the nation — In a notable escalation in the broadcasting industry …
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Viaplay is selling its UK business back to Premier Sports, just a year after acquiring it for £30M, and plans to exit the Baltics and Poland by summer 2025 — Viaplay has sold its UK business back to Premier Sports and revealed “the renegotiation of credit arrangements and the proposed injection …
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Sources: Netflix, Viacom18, and other streamers plan to collectively lobby India to delay or revamp a bill that would set up content evaluation committees — Netflix (NFLX.O), billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Viacom18 and other streaming companies plan to collectively lobby the Indian government …
Emma Nelson / Star Tribune:
Minnesota's Star Tribune hires Aron Pilhofer, who co-founded DocumentCloud, Hacks/Hackers, and Tiny News Collective, as chief product officer — Aron Pilhofer also co-founded news-related startups DocumentCloud.org, Hacks & Hackers and Tiny News Collective.
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@sree, @dlboardman, @emilybell, @grove, Shannan Bowen on LinkedIn and Trei Brundrett on LinkedIn
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meta's and YouTube's use of celebrities' likenesses for AI chatbots and songs raises tough questions about identity, IP, compensation, safeguards, and licensing — Meta and YouTube are looking to Demi Lovato, Tom Brady and other A-listers to mainstream the technology — flawed guardrails and all.
Elizabeth Rembert / NPR:
Meteorologists and other weather experts in seven US Midwest states say they faced harassment and threats for reporting on climate change — Chris Gloninger was excited to start his new job as chief meteorologist at KCCI, a TV station in Des Moines, when he moved to Iowa from Boston in 2021.
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@gavinpurcell@threads.net and Barb Mayes Boustead on LinkedIn
CNBC:
Source: Nelson Peltz seeks more than two seats on Disney's board, a day after Disney added Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and former Sky TV boss Jeremy Darroch — - Activist investor Nelson Peltz and his firm, Trian, are seeking seats on Disney's board. — The news follows Disney's appointment …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney says former Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter, who is working with Nelson Peltz, has a “longstanding personal agenda” against Bob Iger
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