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9:45 PM ET, October 22, 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 …
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.
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.
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.
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
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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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
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
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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

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

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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