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8:05 AM ET, November 6, 2024

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CNN:
Reporters from Politico, Axios, and more were denied credentials to Trump's election night event; a source says Politico's were revoked after critical coverage  —  New York CNN —  —  Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald …
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: ~100 NYT Tech Guild members cross the picket line to work on Election Day; NYT engineer and union steward Benjamin Harnett says the figure is under 50  —  - Dozens of New York Times tech workers crossed the picket line amid a tech strike.  — The Tech Guild is striking over remote work …
New York Times:
In the election run-up, TV networks had prepared for a long wait, like in 2020, that didn't come; around 2:30AM ET, every network covered Trump's victory speech  —  Anchors were ready to camp out in the studio for days on end.  Instead, Donald J. Trump declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Discussion: Variety, @davidoatkins and The Guardian
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy unveils plans to broaden the scope of media merger laws to include the purchase of UK online news outlets and news magazines  —  The goal is “scrutiny in the public interest” of deals that include U.K. online news publications and magazines …
Discussion: Advanced Television
Sacha Biazzo / Columbia Journalism Review:
How journalists cover drug violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, avoiding “narco gossip” and terms like “executed” and attempting to verify videos made by cartels  —  For reporters covering cartels in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, ethical considerations are more than academic.
Discussion: CBS News
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.
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 …
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
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 …
 
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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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta informs its ad partners that it has extended its ban on new 2024 US elections ads on Facebook and Instagram from November 5 to “until later this week”
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
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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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Republican blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno defeats Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race; crypto PACs gave $40M+ to defeat Brown

Ash Parrish / The Verge:
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