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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox, ABC, NBC, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, First Look Media, Politico, EW Scripps, USA Today, and WaPo say they are filing amicus briefs supporting CNN in WH lawsuit — Fox News is endorsing CNN's legal effort to regain correspondent Jim Acosta's White House credentials.
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CNN:
Responding to CNN's lawsuit, the Department of Justice says the White House can pick and choose which journalists it grants permanent press passes to — (CNN)The Justice Department responded to CNN's lawsuit over the revocation of Jim Acosta's press pass on Wednesday, saying in a court filing …
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Fox News, New York Post and TIME
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
In a statement as part of CNN's lawsuit, Jim Acosta said he regularly receives death threats, with his family forced to take additional “security measures” — The reporter opened up about threats to his safety in a sworn statement submitted with his network's lawsuit against the White House.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's lawsuit could lead to broader questions for Trump's administration in court, including queries about the decision to challenge the AT&T-Time Warner merger
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN sues Trump and top aides, alleging that the suspension of Jim Acosta's press pass is a violation of Acosta's and CNN's First and Fifth Amendment rights
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Jay Rosen / Boing Boing:
Dutch media company De Correspondent launches membership drive for its US publication, The Correspondent, and hopes to raise $2.5M by December 14 — This is for everyone who follows me on social media, or who has read my press criticism. All my former students. Fans of my blog, PressThink.
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Nieman Lab, The Guardian, Press Gazette, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @rcbregman and The Correspondent
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Netflix is testing cheaper, mobile-only subscriptions “in a few countries” including Malaysia, where it is half the price of its next cheapest package — Netflix is testing a cut-price mobile-only subscription as it explores new packages aimed at widening its appeal in Asia and other emerging markets.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Penske Media, owner of WWD, Variety, and Rolling Stone, buys Peter Brant's ARTnews and Art in America, for a reported $20M-$25M — Jay Penske has made a number of investments and acquisitions over the last year, while Brant looks to be getting out of media altogether.
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New York Post and artnet News
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Financial Times is using a bot to warn its journalists if there are too many male voices in an article, as it tries to attract more female readers — Paper develops bot in attempt to force writers to look include more expert women in pieces — The Financial Times is automatically warning …
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Nieman Lab, Talking Biz News, @whitneycwimbish and @claire_phipps
Katharine Viner / The Guardian:
The Guardian's EIC Kath Viner talks about how the paper received financial support from 1M+ readers in three years and hopes to break even by April 2019 — The Guardian's editor-in-chief reflects on the state of media today and explains how the support of 1 million readers has enabled us …
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@murpharoo, @risj_oxford, @janebsinger, @kathviner and Journalism.co.uk
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Sinclair, Raycom, Tribune, Meredith, Griffin, and Dreamcatcher have settled with the DOJ over the sharing of info that allowed them to manipulate TV ad prices — Some of the biggest names in broadcast television have reached a settlement with government regulators after the Justice Department filed …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Variety, ABC57, Deadline, TVWeek.com and Radio & Television …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
IAB data shows digital ad spending in the first half of 2018 reached $49.5B, up 23% YoY, with mobile accounting for 63% of the total, up from 54% last year — The online advertising business continues to grow at double-digit rates, according to the latest report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau …
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Radio & Television …, @craigsilverman, IAB, Adweek, The Drum and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Variety:
Spotify launches in 13 markets across the Middle East and North Africa, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, with a fully Arabic user experience — As expected, today Spotify announced that it has launches its service in 13 new markets in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing the service to 78 markets in total.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
LinkedIn says it expects $2B in revenue from its media business, driven mostly by ad revenue, by the end of the fiscal year — LinkedIn, the business and employment network, says it expects to bring in roughly $2 billion from its media business — mostly via ad revenue — by the end of this fiscal year.
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Uber's CEO is “anxious” for more details about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi but says Saudi Arabia still deserves a board seat — - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he's “anxious” to learn about the circumstances behind the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Financial news and information company TheStreet.com reports a Q3 loss of $1.1M, with revenue declining to $13M from $13.3M a year ago due to ad decline — Financial news and information company TheStreet.com reported a third-quarter loss and revenue that was lower than analyst expectations.
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Broadcasting & Cable
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Podcasting app Pocket Casts, which was recently acquired by a public radio collective, launches a redesign and introduces new features on iOS and Android — Pocket Casts 7 has a new look and adds requested features — Several months after the podcast app Pocket Casts was acquired by a mix …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Irin Carmon, a leading writer on gender and legal issues and author of millennial favorite book “Notorious RBG”, has joined CNN as a contributor — Irin Carmon has become CNN's newest contributor. Carmon, a senior correspondent at New York Magazine, helped write …
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