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Jem Aswad / Variety:
YouTube blocks songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, and others in the US, after its music licensing agreement with performing rights organization SESAC expired — Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, Rush and many others are currently unplayable on YouTube in the U.S. due …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video is in talks with veteran anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, its first entry into news-related programming — Brian Williams may have found his next TV-news job....except it won't be on traditional TV. — The veteran NBC News …
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Jason Parham / Wired:
An interview with Eric Eddings, who leads podcast development for Kevin Hart's Hartbeat, on the rise of “chatcasts” and their impact in the podcasting industry — “The industry part of podcasting has to not be afraid to invest in innovation,” says audio executive Eric Eddings.
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@jvquantum and @bonybean
Nicole Slaughter Graham / Poynter:
How reporting by Oregon's Malheur Enterprise on a rail project forced Malheur County to admit wrongdoing, pay a $40K settlement, and commit to more transparency — The Malheur Enterprise's dogged reporting and lawsuit forced the county to admit wrongdoing — and earned the paper a Poynter Prize
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Q&A with John Oliver on why he doesn't consider himself a journalist, his frustration with HBO delaying putting his show's segments on YouTube, and more — Nobody is doing late-night comedy quite like John Oliver. Oliver first became known to U.S. audiences as the senior British correspondent for …
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes Senate Bill 254, which would have expanded the rights of journalists to tour state prisons and interview incarcerated people — California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Friday that would have expanded the rights of journalists to tour state prisons and interview incarcerated individuals.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Politico, Los Angeles Times, @matthewkeyslive, The San Francisco Standard, CBS News and Deadline, more at Techmeme »
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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Ken Klippenstein, The Verge, @jason, @willoremus, @viacristiano, @viacristiano, @viacristiano, Business Insider, @willoremus@threads.net, Fast Company and Mediaite
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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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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, @katie_robertson, NBC News, Advanced Television, DNyuz, Adweek, @stuartathompsonnyt …, Newser, Washington Post, Axios, The Hill, NPR, Politico, Forbes, New York Times, @jswatz_tx@threads.net, CNN, Mediaite, The Desk, The Wrap, Radio & Television …, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, TVNewsCheck, Media Matters for America, CNN and Associated Press
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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Rolling Stone, @profwoodward, @glynmoody, @jomc, @deepakadk, @ronanbeckman, @neilturkewitz, @lacey9020, @lionblogosphere, @xerxesqados, @towntopics2024, @knibbs, @pete@social.coop, @jawnsy@mastodon.social, @knibbs, @glynmoody@mastodon.social, @fight@mastodon …, Kate Knibbs on LinkedIn, @wired@threads.net, @Jayhoffmann@mastodon.social and r/technology, more at Techmeme »
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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@jaycowit, @johnspurlock and @currentpubmedia
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, AV Club, Financial Times, IndieWire, The Information, Variety, SlashFilm, The Desk, The Wrap, DNyuz, Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
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.
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
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