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7:40 AM ET, November 4, 2024

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned 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.
Discussion: @benmullin and CNBC
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The New York Times Company:
The NYT reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $640.2M, subscription revenue up 14.2% YoY to $322.2M, and operating profit up 20.7% YoY to $76.7M  —  NEW YORK, November 4, 2024 - The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today third- quarter 2024 results.  Key Highlights
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”  —  Trump's latest comments were an escalation of violent language he and his supporters have used in recent days.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Times Tech Guild, representing NYT developers, 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.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
James Ledbetter, a former media critic who wrote for The Village Voice, was Inc. magazine EIC, and started fintech newsletter FIN, died on October 28 at age 60  —  He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran  —  An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now …
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
Q&A with Kay Koplovitz on her transition to becoming a VC with Springboard after selling USA Networks, why women-led startups are underestimated, DEI, and more  —  Kay Koplovitz still remembers her first negotiation.  Her family was moving from one suburb of Milwaukee to another …
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  —  Sky Media will have to recompense business partners after discovering it had miscalculated what it owed them
Discussion: Telegraph
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
A look at ultranationalist Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, which counts Netanyahu as a supporter and is fast becoming the country's most-watched news source  —  Channel 14, which counts Netanyahu as a supporter, has denied allegations that its coverage has incited war crimes
Discussion: @kaedotcom and @ayoub@spore.social
 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
How Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood are trying to revive The Daily Beast, amid conflicts with the staff, tech problems, and skepticism towards their vision
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic:
An interview with The Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg on presidential endorsements, WaPo and Jeff Bezos, concerns about a possible second Trump term, and more
Masrat Zahra / Columbia Journalism Review:
Muslim and Arab American voters in Dearborn, Michigan, say that they turned away from US media and rely on Al Jazeera, Lebanese TV, family members, and friends
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
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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
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
Washington Post:
How Trump could weaponize the FCC against the media in a second term, including to punish broadcasters that air unfavorable coverage
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
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
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Bloomberg:
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
 
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