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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: more than 200,000 people had canceled their WaPo digital subscriptions by midday Monday, or ~8% of the paper's paid circulation of 2.5M subscribers — The Washington Post has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations from digital subscribers and a series of resignations from columnists …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Two more Washington Post opinion writers resign from its editorial board: David Hoffman, who accepted a Pulitzer Prize last week, and Molly Roberts — The Scoop — Two more Washington Post opinion writers resigned from its editorial board Monday as the paper reels into the US election amid an identity crisis.
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
[Thread] The Washington Post Opinions editor David Shipley told staffers that Jeff Bezos expressed reservations about an endorsement in late September — news: Post Opinions editor David Shipley told staffers at an intense meeting earlier this afternoon that Jeff Bezos expressed reservations about an endorsement in late September. Shipley told the staff he tried hard to get Bezos to move off of that position.
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CNN:
WaPo CEO Will Lewis says “I do not believe in presidential endorsements” and Bezos “was not sent, did not read and did not opine on any draft” of an endorsement — Let's get this part out of the way first: Newspaper endorsements normally don't matter much.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Guardian US received $1.1M in pledges after a note to readers noted its endorsement of Harris, the biggest single fundraising day for the paper's US operation — The Washington Post's competitors moved quickly to fill the space it vacated when it shifted from being a bulwark …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Some current WaPo journalists say they have no problem with the editorial board not endorsing in any situation, but the timing of the announcement is troubling
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Washington Post:
A group of 19 WaPo columnists says it's the wrong time to not endorse for president, as one candidate advocates for positions that threaten freedom of the press
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Karin Klein / The Hollywood Reporter:
An LA Times writer who resigned says the decision to pull a Harris endorsement so late is the “opposite of the neutrality” Soon-Shiong “professes to seek” — I respect owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's right to interfere with editorials; that is one place where he ethically can do so.
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New York Times:
Patrick Soon-Shiong says his daughter did not speak for LA Times after she said the decision not to endorse a candidate was due to Harris' stance on Gaza war
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix adds a Moments feature on iOS, letting users save, rewatch, and share scenes across Instagram, Snapchat, and others, and plans an Android launch soon — Netflix just added a way for you to watch that carriage scene from “Bridgerton” over and over and over again — and share it with your friends — without breaking a sweat.
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CTV News:
Canada's media regulator grants Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, orders it to pay $100M to Canadian Journalism Collective within 60 days — OTTAWA - — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Online influencers are earning thousands for a single post on behalf of groups backing Harris or Trump, with scant regulatory oversight or public transparency — On TikTok, Instagram and X, freelance creators profit from the murky practice of persuading their large followings to back Trump or Harris.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at the debate inside WSJ about how management missteps in Moscow and security decisions made in New York may have put Evan Gershkovich at risk in Russia — The Scoop — The Wall Street Journal's triumphant, relieved coverage of Evan Gershkovich's release this August includes …
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@mediaevan and @williamsjon
Wall Street Journal:
Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney's entertainment unit and a CEO hopeful, and Kamala Harris' friendship has become a minefield of partisan US politics — Kamala Harris and Disney executive Dana Walden have found themselves in remarkably similar situations
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Concord, one of the world's largest independent music companies, raised $850M in senior notes backed by its catalog of music assets that is valued at $5B — Concord, one of the world's largest independent music companies, has successfully closed a new series of $850 million in financing to “fuel strategic growth and acquisition.”
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