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Jeff Bezos / Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos says presidential endorsements “create a perception of bias” and WaPo ending them is a “principled decision”, but wishes the change was made earlier — The credibility gap can be bridged by independence. — Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post.
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WaPo subscribers canceling shows how much its anti-Trump stance was marketing, as many seemed to be there for the mission, not necessarily the content — THE SCOOP — The wave of canceled subscriptions to the Washington Post marks the end of an era in which news organizations marketed themselves …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Though Jeff Bezos' decision to block WaPo's presidential endorsement is editorially violent and destabilizing fiat, he is acting within his rights as the owner — Bossing around editorial boards is the province of a newspaper owner. — It turns out editorial writers don't like having their work spiked.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Two more Washington Post opinion writers, David Hoffman, who accepted a Pulitzer Prize last week, and Molly Roberts, resign from its editorial board
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
USA Today says it won't issue a presidential endorsement, nor will any of Gannett's 200 other papers; USA Today's 2020 Biden endorsement was a first since 1982 — PLAYING IT SAFE — The national newspaper, which endorsed Joe Biden four years ago, says it'd rather have its editors focussed on local elections.
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: the LA Times, with fewer than 400,000 subscribers, saw 7,000+ cancellations for “editorial reasons” after declining to endorse in the presidential race — - Both papers have faced reader anger after declining to endorse, with critics saying the institutions failed them.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN says commentator Ryan Girdusky will no longer be welcome on the network after his offensive remark to fellow guest Mehdi Hasan on the NewsNight show — “There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air,” the network said in a statement shared by host Abby Phillip tonight.
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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of The Rest Is History, the most popular history podcast with 11M monthly downloads; sources: TRIH has 45K+ paying subscribers and earns $200K+/month — ‘The Rest Is History’ dives into the past with raucous good cheer and has captured a growing audience of young listeners.
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Meta is well positioned to be AI's main beneficiary, including by applying generative AI to ads, which at some point will be indistinguishable from content — Stratechery has benefited from a Meta cheat code since its inception: wait for investors to panic, the stock to drop …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Andrea Mitchell says she will end her daily MSNBC show in January after the inauguration but will keep reporting for NBC News; she joined the network in 1978 — On MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports today, she told viewers, “And after sixteen years of being in the anchor chair every day …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vivendi's supervisory board approves a plan to separate Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group from Vivendi; shareholders are set to vote on December 9 — After final approval of the move designed to address “a very high conglomerate discount,” shares of pay-TV firm Canal+, ad giant Havas …
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Agata Pyka / Notes From Poland:
State-owned Radio Kraków shuts down a channel run by AI “presenters” after less than a week, citing “the level of emotion that accompanied this experiment” — A Polish radio station that launched a channel run almost entirely by artificial intelligence …
Bloomberg:
Netflix signs a deal with NBCU to license live-action films starting in 2027 and renews its agreement for DreamWorks and Illumination animated films — The live-action films from Universal Pictures and Focus Features, which include franchises such as Fast & Furious and Jurassic Park …
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