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5:01 PM ET, November 5, 2024

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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement  —  Universal Music Group (UMG), along with ABKCO Music & Records, and Concord Music Group, filed a major copyright infringement lawsuit …
Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering  —  Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix (NFLX.O) in France and the Netherlands as part …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees  —  Hundreds of jobs will be slashed at iHeart Media as the debt-ridden radio and podcast giant has been crushed by music streaming, The Post has learned.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”  —  Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform …
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Federal police in Brazil formally charge the alleged mastermind of the murders of UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in June 2022  —  Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in Amazon
Discussion: Associated Press
CNN:
Reporters from news orgs were denied credentials to Trump's election night watch event; source: Politico's credentials were revoked following critical coverage  —  New York CNN —  —  Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald …
William Earl / Variety:
Heretic's directors say they put a message in the credits that “no generative AI was used in the making of this film” to warn Hollywood about the danger of AI  —  Scott Beck and Bryan Woods explain why they ended their movie with a pointed message about generative AI.
Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
Music streaming platform Audiomack signs a licensing deal with Saregama, India's oldest label, and says it has hit 10M active users  —  Digital streaming platform Audiomack has partnered with Saregama, touted as India's oldest label, to bring “thousands” of Bollywood hits and regional language tracks …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media  —  Shari Redstone won't stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media, according to people familiar with her plans.
Discussion: Variety, Deadline, The Wrap and TVNewsCheck
Elisabeth Egan / New York Times:
An interview with Craig Garnett, the publisher of The Uvalde Leader-News, about his new book Uvalde's Darkest Hour, the aftermath of the school shooting, more  —  Craig Garnett, the publisher of The Uvalde Leader-News, opens up about covering a tragedy that was — and is — too close to home.
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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Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
A profile of Town & Country EIC Stellene Volandes, who is trying to keep the Hearst-owned 178-year-old magazine relevant via social media and its website
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says his offer to help The New York Times was “to provide technical infra support” and “not to replace journalists or engineers”
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta informs ad partners that it will extend its ban on new election ads for the week leading up to the election until several days after the polls close
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Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers
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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
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
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers
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
 

 
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks

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Palo Alto Networks says it has observed exploitation of two zero-days in its PAN-OS firewall OS; researchers say hackers have compromised 2,000+ firewalls

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