Mediagazer: Facebook rolls out new rules on political ads in the UK, will provide ad library like in US but not require ads on political topics to be labeled and registered (The Guardian)

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Report: Hulu CEO Randy Freer says the company is planning a skinny bundle aimed at “cord-shavers” and priced at less than its current $40/month service — Hulu wants to cater to a new crowd of pay-TV “cord-shavers” with stripped-down, less-expensive live television bundles that include sports …

Discussion: The Information, MediaPost, The Wrap, @jessicalessin, @richbtig and @brianstelter

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Report: 55% of cable consumers say they're confused by streaming options, with 30% saying they would cut the cord if they could livestream sports, events, news — Telaria, Adobe say consumers find OTT confusing — While the TV business already has seen an alarming number of consumers …

Discussion: MediaPost, @tvtechnology and Adweek

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
FuboTV announces that its paid subscribers are approaching 250K, up from 100K in September 2017, with 30K added in Q3; CEO hints it may add ESPN in the future

Discussion: Awful Announcing, Multichannel News, MediaPost and Fast Company

Jon Levine / The Wrap:

Fox Business remains the last American media partner at Saudi Arabia business conference, after the NYT, CNN, CNBC, and others withdrew — A rep for Fox Business told TheWrap that the network's participation in the conference remained “under review” — Fox Business stands increasingly alone …

Discussion: Variety, CNN, Mediaite, @ap, Ad Age, Variety, The Wrap, Press Gazette, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, @kenroth and @markmackinnon

Associated Press:

High-level Turkish official says police found evidence that Jamal Khashoggi was killed at Saudi consulate — ISTANBUL (AP) — Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday …

Discussion: CNN, Multichannel News, Mediaite, @rj_gallagher, VICE News, @sbmitche and The Wrap

BBC:
State Department says Mike Pompeo used meeting with King Salman to thank him for commitment to “thorough, transparent investigation” into Khashoggi case

Discussion: Washington Post and @cbouzy

PEN America:

PEN America, along with two other organizations, sues President Trump seeking to stop him from using govt to retaliate against news outlets and journalists — “PEN declares for a free press and opposes arbitrary censorship. It believes that the necessary advance of the world toward …

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, @penamerican, Fortune, TVWeek.com, @chiprolley, @thedemcoalition, @dangillmor, @protctdemocracy, @sulliview, Law & Crime and Media Law Prof Blog

Matthew Iles / Civil:

Civil says the sale of its CVL token fails to hit its $8M goal, buyers will be offered full refunds; plans for a “simpler” token sale will be shared soon — A setback, and the path forward. — Key takeaways: — The CVL token sale didn't succeed.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @join_civil, @vivian, Columbia Journalism Review, @jon_christian, @beejoli, @ppolitics and @thestalwart, Thanks:@steverubel

Alex Heath / Cheddar:

Source: Facebook is building a hybrid video chat/TV set-top box, internally called Ripley, which it plans to announce in Spring 2019 — Facebook is developing hardware for the TV, Cheddar has learned. — The world's largest social network is building a camera-equipped device that sits atop …

Discussion: @alexeheath, VentureBeat, The Verge, Fast Company, Variety, Business Insider, Mashable, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Engadget, @shiraovide, @andythegiant, @ow and @jguynn, more at Techmeme »

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Chartbeat: traffic to publishers from Facebook down nearly 40% since January 2017, but direct mobile traffic to publishers websites and apps has grown 30%+ — Facebook and Twitter are declining as news and media referral sources on mobile, according to a report from traffic analytics company Chartbeat …

Discussion: @flipboard, @mariekshan, @jason_kint and @jasonclampet

John McCarthy / The Drum:

UK-based Facebook publisher Unilad has been sold to its rival LadBible, forming the “largest social media publisher ever” with a combined 120M followers — After two weeks of heated legal action, bidding, internal strife and uncertainty at Unilad, The Drum can now confirm …

Discussion: @perlberg and @johngeemccarthy

The Guardian:

Facebook rolls out new rules on political ads in the UK, will provide ad library like in US but not require ads on political topics to be labeled and registered — Social network hopes launch of transparency tools will restore trust after series of scandals

Discussion: Facebook, Forbes, Telegraph, CNET, Engadget and Marketing Week, more at Techmeme »

David Folkenflik / NPR:

NPR CEO Jarl Mohn names Houston Chronicle Executive Editor Nancy Barnes as the network's senior vice president for news and editorial, to start on November 28 — NPR CEO Jarl Mohn has named Nancy Barnes, a veteran newspaper editor, as the network's permanent chief news executive, NPR announced Tuesday.

Michelle Castillo / CNBC:

Netflix Q3: streaming revenue of $3.91B, up 36% YoY, and global membership surpassing 130M paid and 137M total; stock up 13%+ after hours — - Earnings per share (EPS): 89 cents vs. 68 cents estimate, according to a Refinitiv consensus estimate — Netflix shares soared 15 percent …

Discussion: Bloomberg, @ranimolla, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw and Netflix, more at Techmeme »

Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:

Source: NY AG subpoenas 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations over its investigation into fake net neutrality comments on FCC website — The New York attorney general subpoenaed more than a dozen telecommunications trade groups, lobbying contractors and Washington advocacy organizations …

Discussion: @newyorkstateag, more at Techmeme »