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2:50 AM ET, October 3, 2024

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion, abuse of power, and greed  —  Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic, and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
YouTube channel Dude Perfect hires former NBA executive Andrew Yaffe as CEO; Yaffe had been the NBA's head of social, digital, and original content  —  - Ex-NBA executive Andrew Yaffe to lead digital media company  — The channel has more than 60 million followers on YouTube
James Hale / Tubefilter:
Twitch includes raids, which let streamers who are going offline to send viewers to other channels, in its average viewer count, easing the path to make partner  —  Twitch's path to partnership is not an easy one.  Any streamer who wants to become an official partner of the platform has to meet …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
WBD and All Elite Wrestling sign a multiyear deal, sources say worth $150M+ per year; AEW shows remain on TBS and TNT and stream live on Max in the US in 2025  —  All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has officially signed a new multi-year multimedia rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Journalists in western North Carolina hustled to cover Hurricane Helene's aftermath with sparse internet access, and radio broadcasts became crucial connectors  —  Local journalists are working to reach isolated communities to fill in information gaps — while dealing with damage in their own lives
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz drew 43.15M US viewers across 15 networks, down 25.5% from the 2020 vice presidential debate  —  Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced off in the CBS News-produced debate.  —  The lone debate between …
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 …
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 …
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
 
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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
Discussion: News & Whatnot
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
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
Discussion: @zeffmax
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
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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
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
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