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Brendan Ruberry / Semafor:
A man named Bill DeBlasio, quoted in a Times story as ex-NYC mayor de Blasio, says he just played along in response to Times' email and used ChatGPT to respond — The Scoop — The man at the heart of a high-stakes mix-up that rippled through global political journalism in the final days …
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Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
The Times of London says its “reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be” Bill de Blasio; it took down its story after two hours
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Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Isaac Chotiner, who has been called the “interview assassin”, on why he likes Q&A's, how he structures them, why he points out contradictions, and more — If Isaac Chotiner comes calling for an interview, is it best to just hang up?
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Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
Audiochuck signs a deal, a source says worth $150M, with Fox to put the Crime Junkie video podcast on Tubi; Fox One and Tubi will distribute Audiochuck podcasts — The true-crime podcast maker Audiochuck has signed a deal with Fox Corp.'s FOXA 4.57%increase; green up pointing triangle Tubi Media Group …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Lachlan Murdoch says Tubi hit profitability for the first time during the past quarter, its revenue grew 27% YoY, and viewing time rose 18% YoY — Fox Corp. has been touting Tubi's growth for months and so CEO Lachlan Murdoch sounded overjoyed as he revealed the AVoD platform hit profitability …
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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Fox reports Q1 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $3.74B and profit of $599M, down from $827M in Q1 2025; TV unit ad revenue rose 6% YoY to $1.07B, driven by Tubi — The broadcaster said fiscal first quarter revenue improved to $3.74 billion — Fox logged higher revenue in its fiscal first quarter …
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Alex Heath / Sources:
Sources: YouTube reorganizes its leadership team, with three product teams reporting to CEO Neal Mohan, and announces a “voluntary exit program” for US staff — Neal Mohan's internal memo about YouTube's “next frontier” and opt-in layoffs. — ∙ Paid
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Marc Schneider / Billboard:
UMG and Stability AI announce a partnership to develop music creation tools powered by “responsibly” trained AI — Following its Udio pact, the label group says it will team up with Stability AI to build AI tools that are “trained responsibly” and with proper licensing.
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
The Salt Lake Tribune launches The Southern Utah Tribune, a free monthly newspaper, its latest local news product after a Cache Valley newsletter and Moab paper — “We believe that the first thing we have to do is build something that people want.” — On October 9, a Thursday, The Southern Utah Tribune published its first issue.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A look at YouTube TV's terms in negotiations with Disney and others; sources say YouTube wants one- or two-year deals, below the three-to-five-year deal norm — The Google-owned pay-TV service also is in a dispute with Univision — YouTube TV has become an 800-pound gorilla in the media business.
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Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
Alphabet passed $100B in quarterly revenue for the first time, in Q3; Sundar Pichai says “AI Overviews drive meaningful query growth” and AI Mode has 75M DAUs — Google surged past Wall Street's Q3 estimates, with shares up over 6% in after-hours trading Wednesday. — The numbers
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150M DAUs, up from 100M+ in December 2024, and Meta has rolled out ads globally in the Threads feed with plans to add video ads — Ads in the Threads feed have rolled out globally and video ads are on the way. — Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users.
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta reports Q3 revenue up 26% YoY to $51.2B, vs. $49.4B est., net income down 83% YoY to $2.7B, and family DAP up 8% to 3.54B for September; META drops 8%+
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Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Meta recorded a $15.93B one-time income tax charge related to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, and expects 2025 capex of $70B-$72B, up from its $66B-$72B forecast
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI's Sora app adds new features, including “character cameos” to create AI deepfakes of pets, illustrations, and more, clip stitching, and leaderboards — Users can now create character cameos and combine clips together to make longer multi-scene videos.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast reports NBCU Q3 revenue down 20% YoY to $6.6B, EBITDA up 28% to $832M, 41M Peacock subscribers, and a $217M Peacock loss, down from a $436M loss YoY — Comcast topped Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates for the third quarter on Thursday, despite once again reporting a loss in broadband customers.
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Pooja Rajkumari / TheStreet:
Crypto media company Blockworks is closing its newsroom, launched in 2021, and will focus on software and data, continuing its main newsletters and podcasts — Founded in 2017, the crypto media outlet says the move marks the next phase of its growth. — Blockworks, a leading crypto media company …
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