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9:15 AM ET, October 9, 2018

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eMarketer and Newsroom Posts:
eMarketer forecast: video ad spending in the US will grow ~30% to $27.82B in 2018, making up 25% of US digital ad spending, with Facebook capturing ~24.5% of it  —  Facebook dominates with a quarter share  —  This year will mark a milestone for digital video advertising in the US, according to eMarketer's latest ad spending forecast.
Discussion: Marketing Land
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Ex-White House Director of Communications Hope Hicks has been named head of corporate communications for New Fox  —  Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director who served during the chaotic first year of the Trump administration, has been named head of corporate communications for New Fox …
Matt Lopez / The Wrap:
Condé Nast is launching a new eight-episode series called “Risky Biz”, which was inspired by an article in The New Yorker, on Facebook Watch on Oct 21  —  Facebook Watch will soon be home to a new unscripted series from Condé Nast Entertainment.
Discussion: Digiday, Adweek and Variety
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As the smartest minds in science issue dire warnings about climate change, the press must cover the environment like it's the only story that matters  —  After a week of dire news — the certainty of our ruptured nation, the likelihood of a journalist being murdered — the United Nations' report …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Walmart's streaming service Vudu strikes deal with MGM, under which it will create original series based on MGM's catalog of TV and film franchises  —  Streaming service also plans to launch ‘shoppable’ video ads in Q4  —  Walmart, America's biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer, is taking its first crack at original entertainment.
NDTV:
Hindustan Times political editor and bureau chief Prashant Jha resigns after allegations of sexual harassment from a former colleague  —  Prashant Jha's name surfaced in an account posted as part of a Twitter thread that started last week and encouraged many women to name and shame people who had allegedly sexually harassed them
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Nehmat Kaur / The Wire:
Female journalists in India have accused a number of newspaper editors and reporters of sexual harassment, including Times of India Editor K.R. Sreenivas
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix is in final negotiations to purchase an eight sound stage production studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, says it will create up to 1,000 jobs per year  —  - Streaming giant is in final talks for New Mexico facility ABQ  — Company to create 1,000 jobs, spend $1 billion on production
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Disney taps longtime Fox executives, Peter Rice and Dana Walden, to lead non-sports TV operations; Fox's John Landgraf and Gary E. Knell also move to Disney  —  Top 21st Century Fox television executives Peter Rice, Dana Walden, John Landgraf, and Gary E. Knell are officially headed to the Magic Kingdom.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal launches WatchBack, an app that gives viewers a chance to win prizes; non-exclusive video includes full-length shows, clips, and digital series  —  The idea behind WatchBack is for the media giant to learn about consumption habits, data that is often not available to NBC when someone watches a show on linear television.
 
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John Authers / Financial Times:
Trust in financial media broke down catastrophically with the 2008 financial crisis, helped by social media and that degenerated into anger and disinformation
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Politico's London Playbook email newsletter has 30,000 subscribers one year in
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Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Sources: DHS is investigating whether 6 staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency

Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Source: OpenAI's share of revenue after the cost of running AI models for paying users has jumped to ~70% in October, up from ~52% at the end of 2024
 
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