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Sources: the Trump campaign contacted X to prevent the circulation of links to the hacked JD Vance dossier posted by journalist Ken Klippenstein — Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
The Atlantic says it is increasing its print publication from 10 to 12 issues per year starting in January 2025 and announces some expansions to reporting staff — New York CNN — — The Atlantic is doing something exceedingly unusual for a magazine in 2024: increasing the number of issues it prints.
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@brianstelter, @katepickert, @chrislhayes and The Atlantic
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Ahead of Hurricane Milton, NPR revised its CMS to enable 200+ member stations to publish text-only versions of their sites, accessible when bandwidth is scarce — In normal times, text-only websites are a niche interest. But a natural disaster is not normal times.
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TVNewsCheck, Adweek, @isalara, @raywert, @davidclinchnews, @jbenton, @niemanlab@threads.net and Current
Mia Sato / The Verge:
X drops Unilever from its “advertiser boycott” lawsuit, after making a deal with Unilever “to continue our partnership” as part of an “ecosystem-wide solution” — X is dropping claims against Unilever in its lawsuit that accuses advertisers and brands …
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@xnews, Reuters, MediaPost, @martyswant, @ariellesgarcia, @martyswant, @harrypujols.com, TVNewsCheck, Gizmodo, @electriceden92.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, @rev-colleen.bsky.social, @broximar@threads.net, New York Post, @jesseraub.bsky.social, Wall Street Journal, @followtheh, @paleofuture.bsky.social, @beefreeferlives.bsky.social, @arthurdeodat.bsky.social and @crumbler@threads.net, more at Techmeme »
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Filings: G/O Media is suing Paste Media, alleging breach of contract over the sale of Splinter and Jezebel to Paste; Paste's founder says the case lacks merit — The two firms are embroiled in a breach of contract lawsuit in a Delaware court — The digital media firm G/O Media filed …
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Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn
Bloomberg:
Sources: in negotiations with California lawmakers, Google insisted that the state use taxpayer funds, as a precondition to spending $110M to support journalism — - Tech giant, state to spend $180 million to aid news industry — Company pushed for taxpayer funds; beat back tougher bills
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@john-on-mars.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Steam now tells its users that they're buying a license, not a game, ahead of a California law that forces companies to do so when customers “buy” digital media — The company appears to be getting ahead of a California law going into force next year.
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The Verge, PCWorld, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, IGN, PlayStation LifeStyle, Neowin, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Digital Trends and r/SteamDeck, more at Techmeme »
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
The Gateway Pundit settles a defamation lawsuit with two Georgia election workers it falsely accused or wrongdoing and has removed articles about them — Website removed articles falsely accusing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election — The Gateway Pundit …
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CNN, USA Today, Associated Press, WAGA-TV, Joe.My.God., Adweek, @gtconway3dg@threads.net, Washington Post, Georgia Recorder, New Republic and Missouri Independent
New York Times:
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned in Russia for more than a year, is writing a memoir about his time in prison and Russia's slide toward autocracy — The memoir, which will cover his time in prison and Russia's move toward autocracy, will be published by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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@katie_robertson
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Sources: DOJ and NCIS officials are asking ad execs about Adalytics' reports on Google's brand safety and about verification tools from IAS and DoubleVerify — Officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) have held multiple conversations …
Discussion:
Arielle Garcia on LinkedIn and @kelseymsutton
Jonah Valdez / The Intercept:
Israel releases US journalist Jeremy Loffredo after detaining him for his reporting on where Iranian missiles landed; Loffredo can't leave Israel until Oct. 20 — American journalist Jeremy Loffredo was released Friday morning by Israeli authorities after spending four days in Israeli detention following his arrest in the West Bank.
Adam Bumas / Wired:
A look at the tensions between Letterboxd moderators and users when an anime classic was removed by curators from its Top 250 and top 100 animation movies lists — When the movie review site removed an anime classic, it put its community's loyalty and passion to the test.
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@waterslicer, @adambumas, Adam Bumas on LinkedIn, Bloomberg and Just Jared
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