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1:05 AM ET, October 23, 2024

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Source: Trump is planning to record an interview for Joe Rogan's podcast on October 25; Harris has also reportedly been in talks to go on Rogan's podcast  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to record an interview with podcasting behemoth Joe Rogan on Friday.
New York Times:
The US charges a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in connection with a failed plot to kill Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2022  —  The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, has already led to murder-for-hire charges against members …
Aroon Deep / The Hindu:
Wikipedia takes down a page about its court case with Asian News International, after a Delhi High Court order; Wikipedia is fighting to keep user IDs private  —  The takedown follows an order by the Delhi High Court that the Wikipedia page describing criticism of the lawsuit ‘amounts to interference in Court proceedings’
Discussion: Bar and Bench and Scroll.in
Sara Fischer / Axios:
TollBit, which recently launched a content monetization marketplace for publishers and AI companies, raised a $24M Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures  —  - “As AI agents become more accessible and proliferate at an exponential rate, publishers and digital content owners need a way to monetize content …
Sara Merican / Deadline:
MPA expects Japan's online video industry to grow at a 7% compound annual rate and to account for 45% of total screen revenue by 2029, up from 35% in 2024  —  This will account for 45% of total screen revenue by 2029, including free TV, pay-TV and theatrical, versus 35% in 2024.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Q&A with Bryan Curtis, editor at large at the Ringer, on why podcasts are dominating the 2024 US election, covering the podcast sector, and more  —  Candidates are changing the way they try to reach new audiences.  Traditional media need to keep up. … Monopolies and oligopolies don't yield courteously to competition.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Internal memo: Morning Brew is rebranding its corporate name to Morning Brew Inc., and says its new B2B products and events generated $4.5M in 2024 revenue  —  - “We decided that we had built too much affinity for the Morning Brew name and brand to start fresh.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong decided the Los Angeles Times will not endorse a presidential candidate; it also didn't endorse from the mid-1970s until 2008  —  The Scoop  —  The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this year.
Lori Lewis / Inside Radio:
Insignia Capital Group strikes two deals targeting audio and advertising, agreeing to acquire Veritone One, for as much as $104M, and ad agency Oxford Road  —  Insignia Capital Group, a San Francisco Bay Area private equity firm focused on lower middle-market companies …
Financial Times:
Documents show Dish creditors pushed DirecTV to increase the amount of Dish's debt DirecTV would take on, but DirecTV has refused, leading to an impasse  —  New correspondence between DirecTV and Dish creditors shows the two are stuck at an impasse  —  TPG's bid to form a $23bn US satellite …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Light Reading
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up  —  The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch  —  One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.
 
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Penguin Random House, UMG, and SAG-AFTRA join 11.5K+ signatories of an open letter saying the “unlicensed use of creative works” to train AI must not be allowed
Sara Fischer / Axios:
OpenAI and Microsoft announce a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five US metro news organizations
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
X data: Elon Musk-backed America PAC spent $166K between July 8 and October 1 to run 59 ads on X targeting swing voters in six states, yielding 32M+ impressions
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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
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
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
 

 
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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

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

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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