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Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Meta will also block sharing of Ken Klippenstein's newsletter and other sources with the JD Vance dossier, citing foreign meddling and hacked materials policies — The platform blocked a journalist from sharing a purported research document on the candidate, mirroring its past controversy.
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@willoremus@threads.net, @viacristiano, Business Insider, @viacristiano, @viacristiano, @jason, @willoremus and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
X is blocking links to Ken Klippenstein's newsletter with a hacked JD Vance dossier and has suspended Klippenstein's X account for posting Vance's personal info
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Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is making changes to Morning Edition and All Things Considered, including shorter stories, a broader range of topics, and a more conversational tone — NPR has begun making strategic changes to its newsmagazines in an attempt to reverse a trend in audience loss.
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@currentpubmedia, @jaycowit and @johnspurlock
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast's European pay-TV company Sky sues WBD, accusing it of violating a 2019 deal giving Sky exclusive rights to shows, including a new Harry Potter series — European pay-TV operator Sky accuses Warner of violating co-production deal giving it exclusive long-term rights to shows
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Deadline, Financial Times, SlashFilm, The Wrap, The Information, Variety, The Desk, IndieWire, Bloomberg, DNyuz and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
NCTJ survey: average UK salary for a reporter in the UK is £34.5K and £45.5K in London; in TV, the average is £50K, in radio £32K and in newspapers £32.2K — Average pay for UK journalists has kept pace with the wider economy with those using AI paid more, according to a new survey.
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@pressgazette and HoldtheFrontPage
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Former child star Demi Lovato joined California Governor Gavin Newsom as he signed two bills that financially protect child influencers and content creators — Former child star Demi Lovato joined the California governor on Thursday as he greenlit legislation that expands the Coogan Law …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A profile of Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, as the service fights existential battles over copyright, including from music labels like UMG — The web's collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
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@knibbs, @Jayhoffmann@mastodon.social, @wired@threads.net, @knibbs and r/technology, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple rethinks its movie strategy, including rolling back theatrical releases and cutting budgets for most to under $100M, after some box office misses — The tech giant intended to spend $1 billion annually on films for cinemas. After several box office disappointments …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memos: Scripps is “winding down” its linear national TV news business on November 15, resulting in ~200 layoffs, and president of news Kate O'Brian is leaving — Scripps is backing out of a ambitious effort to offer national news across its many TV stations, and its reasons for doing so may give rivals the shudders.
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@maxwelltani, @jeremymbarr, @eugenedaniels2, The Desk, @tamerspotlight, @tvgrimreaper, TVNewsCheck, Los Angeles Times, Next TV, The Wrap, Axios, Adweek, Radio & Television …, Deadline and Barrett Media
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Future announces the closure of several “low to no growth assets” including some events and magazines, among them 3D World, All About Space, and Total 911 — Future has announced it is closing a number of “low to no growth assets” including magazines and events.
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Karen Freeman on LinkedIn and @beardedtechguy …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at National Trust for Local News, which owns 65 newspapers across Colorado, Maine, and Georgia, employs ~250 journalists, and has 100K paying subscribers — “What we're trying to solve for is not necessarily a business model problem. We're trying to solve for an ownership incentive problem."
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@tylerborchers and Rodney Gibbs on LinkedIn
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Newsmax and election systems company Smartmatic reach a confidential settlement that averts Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies — Newsmax has reached a settlement with election systems company Smartmatic, averting a defamation trial that was set to start next week.
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ABC News, NBC News, Advanced Television, @katie_robertson, DNyuz, Adweek, Washington Post, The Hill, Crooks and Liars, @stuartathompsonnyt …, Newser, Politico, Axios, New York Times, CNN, NPR, Forbes, @jswatz_tx@threads.net, Mediaite, The Desk, The Wrap, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, CNN, The Guardian, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Radio & Television …, New York Daily News, TVNewsCheck, Barrett Media, ABC7 and Media Matters for America
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at publishers' growing use of Subtext, founded in 2019 by Advance Local's Alpha Group, to drive traffic, reduce churn, and drive affiliate revenue — Could old-fashioned SMS texting be a more reliable alternative to fickle social media algorithms for publishers?
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