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8:20 PM ET, November 7, 2024

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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In an earnings call, David Zaslav says the Trump Administration may be more merger friendly, enabling a “real positive and accelerated impact on this industry”  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Donald Trump's re-election as president bodes well for media M&A.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports Q3 adjusted EBITDA for DTC, including streaming and pay-TV, of $289M, up from $111M in Q3 2023, and 110.5M subscribers, up 7.2M from Q2 2024
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Perplexity's US election hub offered helpful, real-time election insights and maps on November 5, linking to reliable resources and providing historical context
Lili Loofbourow / Washington Post:
A look at Amazon Prime Video's election night show, with former NBC News anchor Brian Williams, a wide array of news team members and guests, and a surreal set
Deadline:
Nielsen: 42.3M viewers watched election night coverage across 18 US TV networks, down 25% from 2020; Amazon Prime Video was not included in the measurement
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
How conservatives nurtured and funded a vast network of online influencers and creators, and how structural disadvantages prevent the left from replicating it  —  Minutes after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, Dana White took the stage to thank the influencers who helped lead Trump to victory.
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Austin Fuller / Current:
How public media newsrooms in Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oklahoma are enhancing their statehouse journalism with funding from CPB  —  With a new round of CPB funding for state government coverage, public media newsrooms in seven more states are hiring reporters and building collaborations to strengthen statehouse reporting.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story and AlterNet against OpenAI over AI training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm  —  A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Nine Entertainment's acting CEO predicts AU$100M in cuts over the next two years and says staffers found to have engaged in harassment will be “held to account”  —  ‘There will be change at Nine and individuals will be held to account for behaviour of this nature’ acting CEO tells AGM
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Richard Winfield, who worked to protect reporters' sources, convinced judges to allow cameras in court, and more as general counsel for the AP, died at age 91  —  As a lawyer for The Associated Press and other news outlets, he challenged efforts to muzzle reporters and organized lawyers to promote free expression around the world.
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
[Thread] Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they will shift from three days a week in office to five days a week by June 2, and by February for some managers  —  NEWS: Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis tells staff they will be returning to the office “five days a week in the coming months.”
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK-based Digitalbox buys three entertainment and lifestyle sites from GRV Media; GRV's executive chairman says his company has pivoted to sports journalism  —  Digitalbox wants a niche in entertainment while GRV Media doubles down on sports.  —  Online publisher Digitalbox has bought three sites …
WashPostPR / Washington Post:
WaPo launches Ask The Post AI, an experimental generative AI tool that gives curated article results and summary answers based on stories published since 2016  —  Today, The Washington Post debuted “Ask The Post AI” a generative AI tool leveraging the publication's deeply-sourced …
 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Experts say news outlets could see a “Trump bump 2.0”, but it would be more muted than in his first term due to news fatigue and changing consumption habits