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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Independent's US editorial team increased by 40% in 2023 to about 50 journalists as it beefed up before the US election, and US visitor numbers rose by 20% — US plans follow acquisition of Buzzfeed's UK operations earlier this year — The Independent, the London-based media group …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Independent's operating profit rose to £3.5M for a new 15-month reporting period, vs. £1.9M for a 2022 12-month period; 2023 revenue fell by 0.3% YoY — CEO Christian Broughton and chairman John Paton explain The Independent's five key growth areas.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Channel 4 reports 2023 revenue down 10.5% YoY to £1.02B and a pre-tax deficit of £52M, from a pre-tax £20M surplus in 2022, citing a “prolonged” UK ad downturn — CEO Alex Mahon lauded gains on YouTube and beyond as the U.K. broadcaster posted its annual report …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
European streamer SkyShowtime unveils a premium plan that lets users stream on up to five devices simultaneously, starting at €8.99 per month on October 29 — With pricing starting at €8.99 per month, the Premium plan provides the ability to stream on up to five devices simultaneously …
Gabrielle Russon / Florida Politics:
Florida's Department of Health sends a cease-and-desist letter to TV stations airing an ad supporting a pro-abortion amendment, calling it “false advertisement” — ‘Here, the Department is threatening the station with criminal prosecution if it does not cease running the Advertisement.’
Pew Research Center:
US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists — Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Survey: across the UK's biggest news shows, there was an average of 1.97 men for every one woman expert between November and April, compared to 4.1 in 2014 — Men still outnumber women in terms of broadcast newsreaders and quoted experts. — Double the number of men are being quoted …
Michael Leidig / Press Gazette:
RT revoices a series of Putin's key speeches using AI to show him delivering them in English, likely a bid to undermine Western translations — Putin Speaks project offers counter to Western Putin translations. — Russia's state-controlled TV news network has revoiced a series …
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Bloomberg:
Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene — VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media …
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Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a podcast trailer, Ta-Nehisi Coates says CBS' Tony Dokoupil commandeered the Israel-Hamas war interview and “I don't think he did Nate and Gayle a service” — In the trailer for the next episode of ‘What Now? with Trevor Noah’ podcast Coates offered more thoughts on the much-talked about ‘CBS Mornings’ interview.
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Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
[Thread] CBS News leaders told staff that Tony Dokoupil's interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Israel-Hamas war did not meet impartiality standards
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox News Media plans to launch a daily Spanish-language news show on Fox Deportes on October 15 and debuts a machine-translated Spanish version of its site — - There have been a few conservative news startups launched since 2020, including Americano Media and Voz Media …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Snap says it is testing two new advertising placements on Snapchat: Sponsored Snaps in the Chat tab and Promoted Places on Snap Map — Snapchat is bringing ads to the app's main Chat tab, the company announced on Tuesday. Up until now, Snapchat has kept the Chat tab free from ads …
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