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5:25 PM ET, November 16, 2024

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Bloomberg:
Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams  —  - Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in heavily anticipated bout  — Users complained on social media of difficulty watching fight
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound  —  From nearly the start of the undercard bouts from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the streamer has been freezing, losing sound and proving slow to reload.
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26  —  Public television program distributor PBS has inked a distribution deal with Amazon that will allow users of the streaming platform Prime Video …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Karoline Leavitt, who served as his campaign's press secretary, to be his White House press secretary  —  Ms. Leavitt, 27, who served as his campaign's press secretary and worked in the White House during his first administration, will be the youngest person ever to assume the role.
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Trump says he'll appoint his campaign communications director, Steven Cheung, as White House communications director; Cheung is a former spokesperson for UFC
Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Freedom of the Press Foundation launches its own Mastodon server, social.freedom.press, consolidating its accounts, and will still use Threads and Bluesky  —  Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has launched its own dedicated Mastodon server, social.freedom.press.
Discussion: PCMag
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
A judge orders an evidentiary hearing for next week to determine whether the Infowars auction was conducted fairly  —  Judge to audit if conspiracy theorist's bankruptcy auction was fair, which could delay buying process for satire site  —  A judge has intervened and ordered a hearing …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Onion, backed by some Sandy Hook families and Everytown for Gun Safety, buys Infowars in a bankruptcy auction, and plans a January 2025 relaunch as a parody
Discussion: @realalexjones, NBC News, Mother Jones, Caitlin Ansman on LinkedIn, @codinghorror@infosec.exchange, Jennifer Severns on LinkedIn, Tubefilter, The Onion, The Atlantic, WFAA-TV, Suzanne Fagel on LinkedIn, USA Today, Associated Press, Hunter Walk on LinkedIn, WGBA-TV, The Desk, Know Your Meme, The Independent, TVNewsCheck, Mock Paper Scissors, Poynter, @maxwelltani, Regine Cabato on LinkedIn, @oneunderscore__, Press Herald, @oneunderscore__, @colbyhall, @jamesrbuk, @jamesrbuk, @sherman4949, @zimbalist, @brianstelter, @claireatki, @brianstelter, @willguyatt, @sherman4949, @pbump, @oneunderscore__, @theonion, @daithaigilbert, @semaforben, @pkafka, @benmullin, @hadas_gold, The Boston Globe, @jaythurbershow@union.place, @sidereal@kolektiva.social, @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party, FOX 35 Orlando, Raw Story, ME, San Francisco Chronicle, Haojun S. on LinkedIn, Cele|bitchy, Paula Maki on LinkedIn, @nazhamid@mastodon.social, @WeirdWriter@caneandable …, @MicheleV_AK@sfba.social, @lisagetspolitik@union.place, David Wyatt on LinkedIn, @everytown@threads.net, NBC News, @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io, @bencollins.bsky.social, @bencollins.bsky.social, @bruno_j_navarro …, @carkner@historians.social, @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca, @Av8rdan@squawk …, @rufflejax@dice.camp, @johnlogic@sfba.social, @FuckElon@mastodon.social, @RPBook@historians.social, @beecycling@romancelandia.club, @BalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.us, The Information, Laurel Pinson on LinkedIn, Laura Seaton on LinkedIn, @yonetteajoseph@threads.net, Politico, @mick@cosocial.ca, @xtaldave@xtaldave.net, Financial Times, The Verge, @laurenthomanwrites …, @bencollins.bsky.social, @web_martin@mastodon.social, @vwampage@xoxo.zone, Variety, @bencollins.bsky.social and @bencollins.bsky.social
Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X sued to block a California law aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion  —  The paper's owner said he wanted to more clearly demarcate stories that are news and those that are opinion.
Bloomberg:
Analysis: the Democrats spent $968M on advertising across TV, radio, and digital platforms in the eight weeks through November 5, compared to $634M by the GOP  —  Democrats outspent Republicans by more than $300 million in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Discussion: @bbgvisualdata
E.J. Dickson / The Cut:
Some lifestyle social media influencers, especially prominent wellness figures, publicly announce their support for Trump as fear of losing brand deals fades  —  “It's happening, I'm crashing out.  I'm done!  Okay?" the model and influencer Esha Javed says in a TikTok she posted earlier this week.
 
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
The NYT's lawsuit against the European Commission, meant to establish whether text messages qualify as documents subject to transparency laws, opens
Discussion: Politico
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo
UnHerd:
Scientific American EIC Laura Helmuth is stepping down, following criticism for her social media posts suggesting Trump voters were racist, sexist, and fascist
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Small to mid-sized US unscripted producers like Lucky 8 are looking overseas to find new business and co-producers as the US market contraction hits budgets
Lachlan Cartwright / Columbia Journalism Review:
Just before the election, a Trump lawyer demanded $10B in damages from the NYT and Penguin Random House, part of a flurry of Trump's legal threats to media
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300B as part of a recent buyback offer, one of its highest valuations ever

Gavin Anderegg / anderegg.ca:
Bluesky is working to become fully decentralized but it could take years amid financial concerns as it makes money only by selling domains for usernames
 
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