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5:15 PM ET, October 2, 2024

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Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Diamond Sports Group, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, says in 2025 it will stop carrying all but one of the 12 MLB teams it now televises  —  Embattled broadcaster Diamond Sports Group says in 2025 it will stop carrying all but one of the 12 MLB teams it now televises …
Josh Ocampo / New York Times:
Q&A with The New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin about building relationships with sources, challenges of the media beat, social media, and more  —  To report on the business of media, the journalist Ben Mullin says he is “endlessly curious” about the people populating his own industry.
Discussion: @benmullin and @semaforcomms
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: Disney's ABC News and local TV stations cut staff; source: about 75 staffers will be let go, split about evenly between national news and the TV stations  —  Employees were notified Wednesday of the staff reductions, according to a person familiar with the matter …
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Sources: ad-tech startup Hudson MX, controlled by UK holding company Ascential, discontinues operations; Ascential had been trying to find a buyer for Hudson MX  —  Editor's Note: An initial version of this story incorrectly reported that Comcast's FreeWheel division had acquired certain assets …
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch unveils a redesign with a better UI, fresh color palette, more modern aesthetic, and new ways to show breaking news, after its last redesign in 2018  —  Sometimes, you have to start from scratch to make something amazing.  Sometimes, you already have most of the ingredients …
Discussion: @zeffmax
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Q&A with Matthew Yglesias about leaving Vox, launching his own Substack, and more; Yglesias says Slow Boring has ~18,000 subscribers paying ~$80 per year  —  - Matthew Yglesias, a prolific political writer, co-founded Vox in 2014.  Six years later, he left to run his own Substack newsletter.
Mark Yarm / Depth Perception:
Q&A with Ben Collins on moving from a disinformation reporter to running The Onion, reviving its print edition and video newscast, expansion plans, and more  —  In April, the archly named company Global Tetrahedron, owned by Jeff Lawson, a co-founder and former CEO of the tech company Twilio …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Livestream marketplace Whatnot says its GMV passed $2B+ in 2024 and its top 500 sellers each sold $1M+ on the platform; 66% of its sellers earn $10K+ per month  —  Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads alike, is offering a bit of positive news …
Discussion: News & Whatnot
 
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Adam Chitwood / The Wrap:
NBCUniversal and Charter strike a new multiyear deal, including making Peacock free for all Spectrum TV Select video customers soon
Maxwell Tani / @maxwelltani@threads.net:
Source: Politico and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza agreed that he will take a leave of absence during an internal investigation, after Olivia Nuzzi's lawsuit
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
ITV Director of News and Current Affairs Michael Jermey plans to leave the UK channel at the end of the year after 16 years in the position
Discussion: Deadline and Press Centre
Andreo Calonzo / Bloomberg:
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers, such as Netflix, HBO, and Disney
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Duke Reporters' Lab: the number of fact-checking sites has declined globally; North American active sites have fallen from 94 to 90 from 2020 to 2023
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CBS says Trump backed out of an interview with Scott Pelley for a special 60 Minutes edition on October 7; the show will go forward with a Harris interview