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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.
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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 …
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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.
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.
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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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.
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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.
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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 — Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals' work to train AI models
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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 — - “The scale, we think, is significant,” he added. … - The new program is being driven in partnership with The Lenfest Institute's Local …
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 …
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Jamie Lang / Variety:
Rakuten TV unveils new B2B services to help content owners and distributors set up FAST channels and video apps on Tizen, webOS, Fire TV, Roku, and more — Rakuten TV, a leader in European streaming and FAST channels, will unveil its new business line, Rakuten TV Enterprise Services, from Mipcom today.
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