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8:40 PM ET, November 4, 2024

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Times Tech Guild, representing 600+ NYT devs, data analysts, and more, goes on strike ahead of the US election; management offered a 2.5% annual wage rise  —  The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times's digital operation.
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to The NYT to help ensure election coverage is available  —  The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate …
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
In email to staff, AG Sulzberger says the NYT Tech Guild strike will likely continue through the election and accuses the Guild of blocking essential journalism  —  NYT publisher AG Sulzberger emails the Times newsroom saying the NYT Tech Guild strike will likely continue through the election. He says it is “troubling that the Tech Guild would try to block this public service at such a consequential moment for our country.” [image]
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit  —  The Times reported steady growth in digital subscriptions in the third quarter and a profit for The Athletic for the first time since it acquired the sports site in 2022.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: NBC gave the Trump campaign free commercial time in response to Harris' SNL appearance, including an unusual ad during Sunday's NASCAR coverage  —  Trump appeared in spots that aired during Sunday's coverage of both sporting events on NBC, speaking directly to the camera.
Max Tani / Semafor:
At an internal meeting, NYT editors shared what they thought of internal and external feedback, “explicit threats from Trump about us in the media”, and more  —  The Scoop  —  With the 2024 presidential election a few weeks away, one question was top of mind for staff at The New York Times …
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Washington Post:
Pointing at media personnel during a rally, Trump says “someone would have to shoot through the fake news” to hit the bulletproof glass and “I don't mind that”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US  —  On Monday, Amazon announced X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, touting the generative-AI-based feature as …
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September  —  Garrett Ventry is paid $960,000 per year by Qatar's media office for PR work  —  Garrett Ventry, who will be joining NBC News …
Discussion: @posselist and TVNewsCheck
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Politico names Annie Allen as its first Executive Producer of Events in North America, and plans to hire an executive producer for the DC Playbook franchise  —  Politico has named Annie Allen as executive producer of events, overseeing the media outlet's team in North America.
Discussion: @politicopress
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix plans to delist nearly all of its interactive shows and films as of December 1 saying the tech “served its purpose”, after launching the format in 2017  —  Netflix's “Interactive Specials” page lists 24 titles, but only four will remain: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch …
 
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Altice USA's Optimum lost 77K subscribers in Q3, bringing total subs to 2.1M; revenue fell 4% YoY to $2.2B, with a loss of $43M, down from a $66.8M profit YoY
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Fox:
Fox Corp reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $3.6B, affiliate revenue up 6% YoY to $1.8B, ad revenue up 11% YoY to $1.3B due to political ads, and $832M net income
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Rob Davies / The Guardian:
Earlier in 2024, Sky found it had accidentally underpaid its ad partners, including Paramount and WBD, and now faces a bill for hundreds of millions of pounds
Discussion: Telegraph
Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more
Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans
Discussion: Maryland Matters
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
 
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