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Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of Bang Si-hyuk, a South Korean music producer and chairman of Hybe Corporation who is taking his formula for creating K-pop idols like BTS to the US — Chairman Bang, the man behind BTS, is bringing his formula for creating K-pop idols to America. — Scooter Braun was in a tailspin.
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@cfnchng, @christataetae, @thelionmutters, @intrnl_mnologue, @sugatheartist and @themarkrussell
Christopher Cruz / Rolling Stone:
An interview with Puerto Rican Vtuber Ironmouse on recently breaking the Twitch subscriber record with over 326K subs, misconceptions about Vtubing, and more — The Puerto Rican Vtuber took the all-time subscriber record from Kai Cenat during a marathon of charity streaming
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@dredgenv, @rollingstone, @thetexaslopez, @ironmouse, @yochriscruz, Game Rant, Game Rant, Sportskeeda, Dexerto and Dexerto
New York Times:
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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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
The gap between TV show seasons is growing, with an 18-month break the new normal, thanks to the streaming production model, TV shows becoming spectacles, more — Eighteen-month gaps between seasons are the new normal. Here's why. — By Josef Adalian, Remember Stranger Things?
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Gizmodo and Just Jared
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.
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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@adweek and Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn
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 and Talking Biz News
Mathew Ingram / The Torment Nexus:
Matt Mullenweg's feud with WP Engine not only presents a significant conflict of interest but has also dragged the WordPress community into a legal mess — I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them …
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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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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Victoria Song / The Verge:
A review of Submerged, the first scripted short film shot in Apple's Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience — I don't like submarines. The idea of being trapped, several hundred feet underwater, in a narrow, creaking death trap? No thanks.
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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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Destructoid, The Verge, PCWorld, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, PlayStation LifeStyle and r/SteamDeck
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