Mediagazer: Fubo reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $386.2M, a net loss of $54.7M, down from $84.4M in Q3 2023, and 1.6M subscribers in North America, up 9% YoY (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

April Rubin / Axios:

Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump — - Trump's team said in its complaint that an ad campaign highlighting the Post's critical coverage of the former president amounted to …

Discussion: New Republic, CNBC, RedState, Center for American Rights, New York Post, The Federalist, @cingraham.bsky.social, Raw Story, Blaze Media, Donald J. Trump …, DNyuz, Washington Examiner and Adweek

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart — Hugh Hewitt has quit as a contributing columnist to The Washington Post, after storming out of a Post Live event on Friday morning …

CNBC:

Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M — The Greek media company Antenna Group is in talks to acquire Time Inc. from Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff, according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: New York Post, GeekWire, The Information, San Francisco Business Times, @heidilegg, CNBC on LinkedIn, @maxwelltani, @tomgara@threads.net, @rafat, @teddyschleifer, @amonck, @sherman4949, @pkafka and The Wrap

Sara Fischer / Axios:

The world's biggest digital ad companies saw significant sales growth in Q3, due to US political ad revenue, AI-enhanced ad tools, and healthy consumer spending — - Google's advertising revenue jumped more than 10% year-over-year, thanks in part to election-related ad spend, especially on YouTube …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, RetailWire, Marketing Dive, @davidclinchnews, Axios, Radio Ink, Digiday, CNBC, Adweek and TVNewsCheck, more at Techmeme »

Alex Vadukul / New York Times:

New York art-house movie theater Metrograph plans to launch a biannual print film magazine of the same name in December — A throwback publication courts cinephiles with stories featuring Ari Aster, Maggie Cheung, Daniel Clowes, Clint Eastwood and Ann Hui.

Discussion: IndieWire

Reuters:

Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is forming a new group to coordinate the company's use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality …

Discussion: Variety, The Wrap, Deadline, Engadget and Alan Lasky on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Jack Neff / Ad Age:

A survey of US advertisers and agencies: 49% said alternative currencies were just as effective as Nielsen and 36% said they were more effective than Nielsen — Nielsen remains dominant, but a growing number of advertisers have tried alternatives and most find them equal or better

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Fubo reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $386.2M, a net loss of $54.7M, down from $84.4M in Q3 2023, and 1.6M subscribers in North America, up 9% YoY — Revenue in the period ended September 30 increased 20% over the same frame a year ago to reach $386.2 million. Losses narrowed to 17 cents a share from 29 cents a year ago.

Discussion: StreamTV Insider, The Desk, Awful Announcing, ir.fubo.tv, TVNewsCheck, The Streamable, Sportico, The Hollywood Reporter, Cord Cutters News, Front Office Sports and Benzinga

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

Troveo, which helps content owners and digital rights managers license content to AI companies but keep ownership rights, launches with $4.5M in seed funding — The platform, Troveo, launches with $4.5 million in seed funding and says it has “deals in place with prominent AI companies to pay …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, WebWire, Marty Pesis on LinkedIn and Tech.eu

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:

Charter says some cable plans will have access to ad-supported versions of Max, Disney+, Peacock, ESPN+, and other streamers at no extra cost by early 2025 — TV Select customers will be able to watch the ad-supported versions of Max, Disney+, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ and more at no additional cost

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, TVNewsCheck, @2xaught7.bsky.social, @dp487.bsky.social, StreamTV Insider, MediaPost and Advanced Television

Brian Stelter / CNN:

Robert Kagan and Danielle Allen, who resigned from WaPo over its decision not to issue a presidential endorsement, join The Atlantic as contributing writers — New York CNN — — Two veteran writers who resigned from The Washington Post over its non-endorsement decision are joining The Atlantic.

Discussion: The Atlantic and New Republic

Financial Times:

BBC World Service secures a 25% increase in its government grant for 2025/26; sources: £27M has been agreed, on top of baseline funding of £104M this year — Executives have warned that cuts have left the UK struggling to counter a rise in Russian and Chinese propaganda