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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify releases a ranking of the top audiobooks on the platform for the first time, showing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas was 2024's top book — This is the fifth consecutive year The Joe Rogan Experience has been the top podcast on Spotify.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify says The Joe Rogan Experience was its top US podcast for the fourth year running, followed by Call Her Daddy, and 33%+ of the top 50 podcasts had video
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Spotify, Business Insider and Inside Radio, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Spotify Wrapped, adding an AI podcast of users' 2024 Wrapped created with Google's NotebookLM summarizer, and a Your Music Evolution data story
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Mike Pastore / MarTech:
Informa Tech, a B2B media and data company that owns brands like Industry Dive, merges with TechTarget to broaden reach to customers and scale for marketers — We've updated this article with news that the combination of Informa Tech and TechTarget is now official, after TechTarget shareholders approved the deal.
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Marketing Charts, MediaPost, TechTarget, Light Reading and Cybersecurity Dive
NBC News:
Three current and seven former Fox employees say Pete Hegseth drank in ways that concerned his colleagues; Fox News did not respond to requests for comment — Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump's pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News plans CBS Evening News Plus, a 30-minute continuation of its overhauled flagship newscast that will stream online and air on some CBS-owned stations — CBS News unveiled plans Wednesday to launch “CBS Evening News Plus,” a 30-minute continuation of its overhauled flagship newscast …
New York Times:
South Korea's press did not acquiesce to President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law, and even right-leaning outlets stood united in criticism of his actions — Journalists criticized the president's attempt to place the press under military control, hardened by years of challenges …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BARB: GB News overtook Sky News for live TV viewing in the UK across one month for the first time in November, averaging 70,430 live viewers, above Sky's 67,670 — GB News overtook Sky News for live TV viewing across one month for the first time in November, according to data from broadcast audience body BARB.
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The Guardian, @ukaussiep.bsky.social, @josiah.writes.news and GB News
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
CISAC study: generative AI risks costing music artists ~20% of their revenues by 2028; Abba's Björn Ulvaeus warns that AI “has the power to cause great damage” — ‘Very unfair’ for tech companies to use artists' work without paying them, says pop legend and head of advocacy group
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CISAC, CMU, @claeshs.bsky.social, Music Ally and Music Business Worldwide
Emma Roth / The Verge:
WBD launches a set of always-on channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Signature for dramas, and HBO Zone for classics, in a test with some ad-free US subscribers — Max is joining the growing list of streaming services that offer 24/7 cable-like channels. On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced …
The Guardian:
Guardian and Observer journalists hold a 48-hour strike against a planned sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media; it is The Guardian's first strike in 50+ years — Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
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Tortoise, London Evening Standard, Press Gazette, New York Times, Byline Times, @patrickbarkham.bsky.social, @danielthomasldn, National Union of Journalists …, @hirstphotos, NPR, @vicksrb.bsky.social, @lukeharding1968, @urban_seagull, @hcachesshistory.bsky.social, @fisherandrew79, New Statesman, The New European, @saulstaniforth, @picketlinepoets, @dalevince, @pressgazette, @soniasodha, @hannahep, @danielkebedeneu, @msrachelcooke, @mck_beth, @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social, Variety, @msrachelcooke, RTÉ, @shattenstone, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, Sky News and The Irish Times
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: MSNBC President Rashida Jones is mulling an exit after she finishes guiding the organization through Donald Trump's second inauguration in early 2025 — The MSNBC chief, who has led the progressive network since February 2021, is mulling a departure after Donald Trump's inauguration.
Dan Sheldon / New York Times:
FIFA agrees a deal with DAZN to broadcast 2025's Club World Cup in the US, sources say in a deal worth $1B; all 63 matches will be available for free on DAZN — FIFA has agreed a deal with DAZN to broadcast next year's Club World Cup in the United States. — As part of the overall agreement …
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The Streamable, Advanced Television, The Sun, Media Play News, Agence France-Presse, @davelee.me, @robharris and Associated Press
Financial Times:
The UK NCA uncovers a Russian money laundering scheme that used crypto to help RT support “the activities of a Russian-language media organisation in the UK” — Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders
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RTÉ, @dukedris.bsky.social, Wired and The Sun, more at Techmeme »
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