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3:05 PM ET, November 12, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson  —  Disney board members are considering outsiders including the CEO of videogame company Electronic Arts  —  Disney is exploring fresh candidates …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Nicholas Carlson unveils Dynamo, a video-focused company that aims to make “cinematic” stories, and raised $3.4M from Henry Blodget, Jessica Lessin, and others  —  Nicholas Carlson is preparing to debut a media start-up of his own called Dynamo.Clark Hodgin for The New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to ask Facebook and Instagram users in Europe if they want to get “less personalized ads” and cuts subscription prices by 40%, a concession to the EU  —  The Facebook and Instagram owner faces pressure in Europe to ask before using data to target ads or train artificial intelligence.
Le Monde:
Le Monde, Le Figaro, Les Echos, and other French news outlets sue X, accusing it of running their content without paying, violating so-called neighboring rights  —  Several leading French news organizations said Tuesday, November 12, that they are suing social media platform X, accusing it of running their content without payment.
Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gary Lineker plans to step down from soccer show Match of the Day after 26 years, but extends his BBC Sport contract; he is the BBC's highest-paid presenter  —  The ex-England soccer captain has become the face of BBC Sport and the public broadcaster's highest-paid presenter since …
Reuters:
Tencent Music reports Q3 revenue up 6.8% YoY to ~$970M, below est., social entertainment revenue down 23.9%, and paying users up 15.5%; TME drops 5%+ pre-market  —  Tencent Music Entertainment (1698.HK) missed estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as Beijing's crackdown …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Netflix says its ad tier has 70M MAUs globally, up from 40M in May 2024, and it sold all out available in-game inventory for its Christmas Day NFL broadcasts  —  Netflix, a company that once dismissed the concept of allowing commercials around its popular streaming content, now can't seem to get enough of them.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Substack raised ~$10M in new funding; investors include Nate Silver and Omeed Malik, whose firm 1789 Capital backed Tucker Carlson's new media venture  —  - Substack's original value proposition of empowering writers to connect directly with their audiences has attracted a diverse set of writers …
Discussion: ZeroHedge News
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Discussion: Variety
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
ECHR rules in favor of Daily Mail publisher ANL, which argued that forcing media orgs to pay success fees when they lose a case violates free speech rights  —  Associated Newspapers argued it was ‘excessive’ for such fees to be added to the costs of people who had sued it
Discussion: Byline Times and Press Gazette
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Fortress Investment Group acquires Curzon, a UK arthouse film company with 16 cinemas across the UK, a distribution arm, and a streaming service  —  US private equity group buys company's 16 UK cinemas, distribution arm and online streaming service  —  The British arthouse cinema chain Curzon …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Particle, an AI newsreader, launches on iOS and iPadOS, offering features including Explain Like I'm 5 and a chatbot that lets you ask questions about stories  —  The media industry today may not have a very favorable view of AI — a technology that's already been used to replace reporters …
 
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Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace quits CNN after three years, opting not to renegotiate his contract, and says he will instead go independent
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Endeavor agrees to sell OpenBet and IMG Arena, its sports gambling and tech businesses, in a $450M management buyout backed by Endeavor chief Ari Emanuel
Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
The New York Times says the Tech Guild is ending its strike after a weeklong work stoppage; during the strike, dozens of tech workers crossed the picket line