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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Doc: 15 people signed the Pentagon's press rules, including from The Federalist, The Epoch Times, OANN, and overseas media, plus freelancers and independents — The Federalist, the Epoch Times and One America News signed the Defense Department's press rules.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
About 40 to 50 Pentagon reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to new US government-imposed restrictions on their work
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Susan Stamberg, an original NPR staffer who went on to become the first US woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died at 87 — Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, died Thursday at the age of 87.
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Wikimedia says Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic, as more people access the site's information via AI chatbots without clicking through — The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, says that it's seeing a significant decline …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Apple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions — In addition to getting both services at a discount of more than 30 percent, Apple TV will add select Peacock programming, while Peacock will get selected Apple TV shows.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying $140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year — Apple and Formula 1 announced a five-year media rights deal Friday that will bring every F1 race to Apple TV beginning in 2026.
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The Guardian:
Trump files a 40-page amended $15B defamation complaint against the NYT and others, after a judge initially dismissed it on Sept. 19 due to its excessive length — Refiled complaint, after judge tossed initial suit last month, also targets individual reporters and book publisher
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Angela Giuffrida / The Guardian:
Prominent Italian investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci was targeted in a bomb attack near Rome; Ranucci has been under police protection for years — Rudimentary but powerful device planted outside home of Report presenter Sigfrido Ranucci in Campo Ascolano
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Peter Adams / Marketing Dive:
Amazon's Twitch begins testing livestream shopping ads allowing users to buy products “in real time”, starting with e.l.f. Cosmetics — A new integration powered by Amazon Ads' retail media data is meant to drive “more measurable business outcomes” for E.l.f. on the platform.
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that the BBC's failure to disclose that a Gaza documentary was narrated by the son of a minister in the Hamas-run government was a “serious breach” — The BBC's use of the son of a Hamas official as a narrator for a Gaza documentary amounted to a “serious breach” of the Broadcasting Code, Ofcom has ruled.
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Edison: Charlie Kirk's podcast, with his wife and others hosting, has surged in popularity, jumping 32 spots to enter the US top 20 podcasts for the first time — New data from Edison Research reveals that the conservative talk show continues to climb the charts — Welcome back to Soundbite.
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Hiten Samtani / @hitsamty:
Colossus, a quarterly, gives tech and business moguls the in-depth profile treatment of a traditional magazine without making them fear negative coverage — The team at Colossus is breaking something in magazine journalism in a fascinating way. Let me try to articulate. Even just a few years ago, if you wanted to read a beautifully written, exhaustively reported and actually interesting piece on someone shaping a corner of the [image]
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants — OpenAI's CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios' characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users.
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