Top News:
Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza — Exclusive: More than 230 media industry professionals sign letter sent to BBC director general Tim Davie — Your support helps us to tell the story
Discussion:
Sverre Haanes on LinkedIn, @joneshowdareyou, @doylech, @josephwillits, @cjhumanrights, @rivkahbrown, @mehdirhasan, @sangitamyska, @basuashis, @peterjukes, @mrjohnnicolson, @think_or_swim, Al Jazeera, @sheiladebonis@mastodon.world, Yahoo News, The Independent, @serenissimaj@sciences.social and Deadline
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 …
Discussion:
Fox News, The Gene Pool, HuffPost, @megynkelly, Lawyers, Guns & Money, @rolandsmartin, New York Post, The Independent, @brenthbaker, Deseret News, Breitbart, New York Times, @georgescriban@threads.net, @kbode@threads.net, RedState, American Greatness, KDFX-TV, @FrankNation@mastodon.social, What's New Today, Daily Mail, acecomments.mu.nu, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Blaze Media, Politico, Mediaite, Raw Story, HotAir, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Wrap, Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
Devin Gordon / New York Times:
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs — The Los Angeles headquarters of Metaphysic, a Hollywood visual-effects start-up that uses artificial intelligence …
Discussion:
Cedric Lejeune on LinkedIn, Matt Bijarchi on LinkedIn and GQ
Ben Jacobs / Slate:
A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York — In what has somehow been nearly a decade and a half spent as a political journalist, I've encountered a lot of election cycle twists.
Discussion:
@brianstelter and @bencjacobs
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 …
RELATED:
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump sues CBS News in a Texas court, claiming CBS engaged in election interference “through malicious, deceptive” editing of its 60 Minutes Harris interview
Discussion:
FTVLive, Black America Web, RADIO ONLINE, Tv Technology, ZeroHedge News, The Guardian, Newser, Townhall, Fortune, @joshgerstein, UPI, CNN, @emptywheel, @joshuaadouglas, @tomryanlaw, @binarybits, @doriandavis, @cahnemily, @reichlinmelnick, @emptywheel, @ericcolumbus, Adweek, Washington Examiner, One America News Network, Alternet.org, Axios, @ArmyGirl@mastodon.world, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Gateway Pundit, The Wrap, @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com, @mmasnick.bsky.social, The Independent, The Daily Signal, RedState, Blaze Media, Reuters, New York Post, Financial Times, Washington Post and CBS News
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:
@katiedrumm@threads.net, @katiedrumm@threads.net, @katiedrumm@threads.net, @edmundlee@threads.net, @reckless1280@threads.net, @pkafka, @rafat, @teddyschleifer, @amonck, @sherman4949, @maxwelltani, @heidilegg, The Information, GeekWire, @tomgara@threads.net, New York Post, CNBC on LinkedIn, @edmundlee@threads.net, @edmundlee@threads.net, San Francisco Business Times and The Wrap
Washington Post:
How Trump could weaponize the FCC against the media in a second term, including to punish broadcasters that air unfavorable coverage — The somewhat obscure federal agency could be used to punish broadcasters that air unfavorable coverage as part of Trump's quest to rein in independent media.
Discussion:
@roigfranzia, @washingtonpost, @thamburger, @nprinskeep, @davidfolkenflik, @farhip and @jdawsey1
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 …
Discussion:
Alan Lasky on LinkedIn, Engadget, The Wrap and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Holiday animated classics Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman move to NBC in December, after airing on CBS for more than 50 years — After more than 50 years on CBS, Christmas classics Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman will have a new home for the holidays this year: NBC.
Discussion:
TVLine, The Desk, @bristei, @whatsonpplus, @willmckinley, Comic Book, Bleeding Cool News and Deadline
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
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:
Bloomberg, Futurism, @davidclinchnews, Radio & Television …, Marketing Dive, Axios, Radio Ink, Digiday, CNBC, Adweek and TVNewsCheck, more at Techmeme »
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:
Marty Pesis on LinkedIn, TVNewsCheck and WebWire
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
