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11:10 AM ET, October 23, 2024

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The NewsGuild of New York files an NLRB unfair labor practice charge against the NYT, claiming management violated rules by interrogating staff about strikes  —  - “While we respect the union's right to engage in protected actions, threatening a strike at this time feels both unnecessary …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Bloomberg Media says it added 200K subscriptions in the past four months, and launches a magazine-style Weekend Edition led by ex-Quartz EIC Katherine Bell  —  Bloomberg Weekend Edition is intended to bring in new subscribers and give existing ones a reason to stay.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok brings its STEM feed to all users in the US, the UK, and Ireland by default to help find educational content, after launching the feed to under-18 users  —  TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default.
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Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute:
Q&A with Benjamin Toff, recently senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute, about how news avoidance could shape the US election and candidates' tactics  —  “News avoiders see journalists as part of a disconnected elite,” says Benjamin Toff, who led our Trust in News Project and authored a book on the subject
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach plans to hire 60 new editorial staff, including “audience writers” and “general assignment journalists”, after cutting 700 staff in 2023  —  Reach has said it is hiring 60 new editorial staff which will include “audience writers” and “general assignment journalists”.
Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage
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.
Jacky Wong / Wall Street Journal:
Jefferies says the anime market in North America has grown from $1.6B in 2018 to $4B in 2024, as once-niche anime is shaping up as Japan's next big export  —  As Japanese animation and comics go global, opportunities abound for investors  —  Move over, Marvel.  The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan.
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
Mark Caro / Local News Initiative:
With aid from Journalism Funding Partners, a retired Chicago Tribune architecture critic funded his replacement, a biweekly architecture columnist at the outlet  —  After the Chicago Tribune didn't replace retiring architecture critic Blair Kamin, he funded his own successor
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt criticizes AI, calling Hollywood a “canary in the coal mine” for other industries, and says studios “own the IP and I don't own any of it”  —  Actor says AI companies use movies and TV to make money without fairly compensating actors; industry should ‘get ahead of that flood’
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 …
 
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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
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
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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
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
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
 

 
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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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