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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 pace of print publication from 10 to 12 issues per year and announces some expansions to reporting staff in a memo — New York CNN — — The Atlantic is doing something exceedingly unusual for a magazine in 2024: increasing the number of issues it prints.
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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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 »
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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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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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 …
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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
Liam Reilly / CNN:
The FCC's chair denounces Trump's “threats against free speech” after he called for CBS to lose its license, the second time this week she defends broadcasters — New York CNN — — Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel denounced former President Donald Trump's …
Agence France-Presse:
Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna, who disappeared in August 2023 in occupied east Ukraine, has died in Russian detention, according to Ukrainian officials — Victoria Roshchyna disappeared in August last year after travelling to Russian-held east Ukraine for a report
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