Mediagazer: Film discussion and review app Letterboxd adds showtimes for paying members in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, and more, using aggregator Assemble's data (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Malak Saleh / Engadget:

Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads in early 2024; ratings currently only appear on Threads content with matching Facebook or Instagram posts — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.

Discussion: Interhacktives, The Verge, MediaPost, TechCrunch, @mosseri@threads.net and Social Media Today, more at Techmeme »

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Punchbowl News buys legislation data company Electo Analytics, sources say in a deal valuing Punchbowl at $100M+, and plans to raise its price by $50 in January — The congressional news start-up is doubling down on information for its audience of Capitol Hill obsessives.

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:

Axel Springer signs a multiyear deal with OpenAI, which plans to offer ChatGPT news summaries and use Politico, Business Insider, and others to train AI models — Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Film discussion and review app Letterboxd adds showtimes for paying members in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, and more, using aggregator Assemble's data — The film discussion and discovery platform wants users to see movies after reading about them. — Since its founding in 2011 …

Discussion: Letterboxd and Variety

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:

A Pew survey of US adults finds that ~38% support a federal TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023; Republicans' rate of support for a ban fell from 60% to 50% — A new Pew survey suggests that the Republican-led push to ban the app will face a huge challenge in persuading voters, many of whom use the app themselves.

Discussion: Vox, Fox Business, Pew Research Center, The Hill, New York Times, Associated Press, Tubefilter, MediaPost and The Messenger

Lili Bayer / The Guardian:

Ten Hungarian media outlets warn a new law creating a Sovereignty Protection Authority with broad investigatory power could “severely restrict” press freedom — Sovereignty protection office created with powers to investigate anyone active in public life

Discussion: Associated Press and Radio Free Europe/Radio …

Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:

WBD's ad-free tier of Max is now available via a $15.99 subscription through YouTube's Primetime Channels in the US and includes access to CNN Max — Today, Warner Bros. Discovery and YouTube announced that the ad-free tier of Max is now available on Primetime Channels in the U.S. With this news …

Discussion: Marina Abayev on LinkedIn, TechRadar, Jill Stephenson on LinkedIn, Digital Trends, Next TV, The Streamable, The Desk and Media Play News

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Twitch now allows some previously prohibited sexual content, including “deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or pelvic region”, with a sexual themes label — Twitch is updating the way it responds to sexual content. As part of the change, the streaming platform will now allow …

Discussion: Dexerto, Engadget, Dexerto, @arilovetv, Variety, @faaairlydecent, Dexerto, @infernoomni, @madkurious, @alexia_moi_voss, TechCrunch, Dot Esports, @keyokku, TweakTown, Dexerto, The Messenger and @twitch, more at Techmeme »

Andrew Deck / Rest of World:

How the rise of Japanese news aggregator SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, in the US came to a halt in 2023, leading to CEO Ken Suzuki's departure in November — Former SmartNews employees point to failed product launches and far-right obsession of former CEO.

Discussion: @restofworld and @restofworld@threads.net, more at Techmeme »

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

An interview with The Guardian Head of Audio Nicole Jackson on the outlet's daily news podcast Today in Focus, competition, newsroom collaboration, and more — The importance of “really good planning” and always having a fallback option. — The Guardian's daily news podcast Today in Focus …

Discussion: Media Voices

Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:

Q&A with Committee to Protect Journalists President Jodie Ginsberg on why the Israel-Hamas war has been so dangerous for the press, the Ukraine war, and more — The president of the Committee to Protect Journalists explains why Israel's military campaign has led to an unprecedented number …

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, @trevoremetcalfe, Reporters Without Borders and Next TV

John Eggerton / Next TV:

The FCC votes for considering a rule that would end early termination fees for TV subscriptions; cable operators say the rules would hurt their competitiveness — Providers call move illegal rate regulation that hurts competition with unregulated streamers

Discussion: CNBC, @alex@masto.digittante.com, Tv Technology, Accountable US, The Desk, CNN, Cord Cutters News and Public Knowledge