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9:25 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 “abuse of power, extortion, 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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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes  —  Briefing notes mistakenly being sent to ex-PM meant it was ‘not right for the interview to go ahead’, says presenter
Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:
Russian journalists Antonina Favorskaya, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, and Artem Kriger go on trial in Moscow over their alleged links to Alexei Navalny  —  Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday on charges of involvement in an “extremist” group after authorities accused …
Discussion: Adweek, Associated Press and DNyuz
Reuters:
Tanzania suspends the digital content licenses of a local media company for 30 days for allegedly publishing content damaging the country's image  —  Tanzania's communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company for allegedly publishing restricted content …
Discussion: BBC and The Guardian
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
After reporter Christine Brennan asked a WNBA player a question the latter saw as race baiting, the players association says she doesn't “deserve” credentials  —  In a thrilling but delicate moment for the WNBA, a journalist's focus on Clark is stirring tension among players and the press.
James Hale / Tubefilter:
Twitch now includes raids, which lets streamers who are going offline send viewers to others, in its average viewer count, easing the path to becoming a 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.
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
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 …
Katie Drummond / Wired:
Q&A with Bobbi Althoff about The Really Good Podcast, her rise to fame as part of “Mommy TikTok”, chaos after her Drake interview, brand deals, and more  —  From Mommy TikTok to that Drake interview and beyond, the podcast host is proof you can brute-force your way to online fame …
 
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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
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements in January 2024
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
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
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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
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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
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
 

 
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Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy”

William Shaw / Bloomberg:
A survey finds that global banks could cut as many as 200K jobs in the next three to five years as AI encroaches on tasks currently carried out by human workers

Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing:
As researchers talk about the arrival of supersmart AI, far fewer voices are trying to envision and articulate what a world awash in AI might actually look like

 
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