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6:50 AM ET, October 22, 2024

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New York Magazine says the publication and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways, and an independent probe found no inaccuracies or evidence of bias in Nuzzi's work  —  Last month, the magazine enlisted the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine to review Olivia Nuzzi's work during the 2024 campaign.
Clint Rainey / Fast Company:
Chick-fil-A announces Chick-fil-A Play, an app with family-focused original animated shows, scripted podcasts, games, e-books, and more, launching November 18  —  What is Chick-fil-A Play?  Inside the food chain's surprisingly logical next move.  —  Since late last year …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Blade Runner 2049's producer sues Musk, Tesla, and WBD for allegedly using AI to create imagery close to the film to promote Cybercab, despite a denied request  —  Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had denied a request to use images from the movie but that Mr. Musk did so anyway.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Sources: G/O Media has agreed to sell Jalopnik, a news and opinion site about car culture and one of its few remaining brands, to Static Media  —  Exit Content Preview … It acquired food site The Takeout from G/O Media back in March.  — Private equity firm Novacap acquired Static in 2023.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI startup Perplexity for alleged copyright infringement and say it hasn't replied to a July 2024 letter about copyright issues  —  News Corp CEO accuses Perplexity of ‘content kleptocracy’ … “Perplexity is a generative artificial intelligence company …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts  —  Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Cooper Hefner, the son of Hugh Hefner, makes a $100M all-cash offer to acquire Playboy Enterprises' IP and brand assets from its parent company PLBY Group  —  The son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is seeking to acquire the rights to the Playboy brand from its current owner PLBY Group.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Disney plans to name CEO Bob Iger's successor in early 2026, and says ex-Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman will replace Mark Parker as chairman in January 2025  —  Disney has tapped James Gorman to replace Mark Parker as the company's next chairman, effective in January, as the media giant lays …
Kyle Khan-Mullins / Forbes:
Steve Ballmer spent $40M+ this election year on his USAFacts site, including to make “Just The Facts” YouTube videos that also ran on Fox News and NewsNation  —  Why the world's tenth-richest person has put so much money into a nonpartisan website—and doubled the group's budget this year.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, effective next month  —  Ireland's media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Democrats are helping restore Fox News to cable news dominance through appearances by Kamala Harris and others, increased ad spending, and more  —  THE SCOOP  —  Just hours after being offered a debate by Fox News on Oct. 9, Donald Trump rejected the overture from the conservative television news network …
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Disney no longer lets new and returning customers sign up for and buy subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store, avoiding Apple's cut
Steven Shepard / Politico:
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Javed Farooqui / The Economic Times:
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Q&A with two Trump campaign senior communications advisors on the media strategy, focusing on podcasters, the “toxicity” of traditional press, and more
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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