Mediagazer: Source: the 60 Minutes interview with Trump on November 2 drew 13.2M viewers, according to early Nielsen data, the highest-rated episode since January 2021 (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €4.3B, above €4.23B est., subscribers up 12% YoY to 281M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 713M, and a €582M operating income — Spotify Technology SA reported active users and sales in the third quarter that surpassed analysts' expectations even as ad-supported revenue fell.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it now has nearly 500K video podcasts and more than 390M users have now streamed a video podcast on its platform, up 54% YoY

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Source: the 60 Minutes interview with Trump on November 2 drew 13.2M viewers, according to early Nielsen data, the highest-rated episode since January 2021 — CBS News' sit-down interview with President Trump Sunday night drew a whopping 13.2 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data shared …

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Jake Evans / ABC:

Australia plans to introduce legislation this week requiring streamers with 1M+ Australian subscribers to spend 10%+ of their local expenditure on local content — In short: — Streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime will be required to spend a share of their local revenue on making Australian programs.

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Xander Elliards / The National:

Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia's “Gaza genocide” page fails to meet its neutrality standards; the article is listed as “protected” until 21:47 UTC on November 4 — WIKIPEDIA founder Jimmy Wales has intervened over the platform's article on Gaza genocide.

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Sam Tobin / Reuters:

The UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling “extremely limited in scope” — Getty Images largely lost its landmark lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI over its image generator at London's High Court on Tuesday.

Simon Goodley / The Guardian:

Sources: some Telegraph directors alerted the UK government that RedBird's Gerry Cardinale may have breached rules protecting the paper's editorial independence — UK government alerted after RedBird Capital's boss allegedly threatened to ‘go to war’ with the title's newsroom

Peter White / Deadline:

Fox acquires five-year-old rom-com podcast company Meet Cute, the latest in a series of audio acquisitions; Meet Cute has produced over 300 shows — Fox is in a listening phase as the company continues to acquire companies in the audio space. — Fox Entertainment has acquired rom-com …

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Jennifer Maas / Variety:

AI companion tech company Genies launches a tool for celebrities and their agents to develop “expressive AI identities” that can interact with fans — AI companion tech company Genies has launched a new creation tools product that will enable celebrities and their talent management organizations …

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:

Sources: Netflix has sent out dozens of requests to agents at WME, UTA, and CAA for video podcast creators, and plans to launch video podcasts in early 2026 — The streamer has sent out dozens of requests to agents at WME, UTA and CAA for video podcast creators.

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix is in talks to license video podcasts from iHeartMedia and is seeking exclusivity, meaning full episodes would no longer be uploaded to YouTube

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James Shotter / Financial Times:

Israeli lawmakers advance legislation to give the government more control over Israel's TV and radio groups; the bill must pass two more votes in parliament — Proposal would enable wide-ranging powers over TV and radio groups — Israeli lawmakers have advanced controversial legislation …

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Emma Roth / The Verge:

OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app got 1M+ downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch — Now, more people can create and share AI-generated videos on the app's social feed. … OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android.

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:

Gannett is renaming itself USA Today Co., after its flagship paper, effective November 18 and switching to trading under the ticker symbol TDAY on the NYSE — The company, which publishes more than 200 local newspapers across 42 states, is adopting the name of its flagship publication.

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