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Reporting by India's The Wire on Meta and India's ruling party comes under scrutiny after questions about the authenticity of a document and an email screenshot — Who would have the least to lose and most to gain by undermining credibility in the press? — Tech giants and news organisations sparring over news reporting isn't new.
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@guyro, @swodinsky, @krantisaran, @billyperrigo, @thewire_in, The Wire, @parismartineau, @rmac18, @pbhushan1, @ch4r10t33r, @drewpusateri, @mkvenu1, @szhang_ds, @internetfreedom, @timnitgebru, @internetfreedom, @jahnavi_sen, @therealnaomib, @swodinsky, CNN, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @swodinsky, @swodinsky, @alexstamos, @swodinsky, @swodinsky, @alexstamos, @swodinsky, @zackwhittaker, @abhijitmajumder, @ramprasad_c, @mmpandit, @billyperrigo, @profcarroll, @william_fitz, @mitalilive, @vsirnate, @evacide, @svaradarajan, @vivekagnihotri, @andymstone, @karnikakohli, Facebook Journalism Project and MediaNama
Digiday:
Sources: Apple holds early discussions with media agencies over monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023 — Apple's growing designs on the ad industry are already well-documented with the iPhone maker's media unit already generating $4 billion per year on search.
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Axios, The Streamable, @larakiara, @grizwald87, @jonrog1, @tvgrimreaper, @richlightshed, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast promotes CFO Mike Cavanagh to president, the third president in the company's 59-year history; Cavanagh will remain CFO — “Mike will be only the third president in the company's 59-year history.” — Comcast said on Wednesday that it has promoted chief financial officer Mike Cavanagh to the role of president.
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Comcast, The Wrap, Light Reading and Advanced Television
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Netflix joins the British ratings agency BARB as a full member, planning to publish independently audited viewing figures on individual shows for the first time — Streaming service's decision to sign up to independent ratings agency is world first and will give insight into its cultural power
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Leaked footage: Fox edited out Kanye West's bigoted and bizarre statements to Tucker Carlson about Jewish people, “fake children”, visions from God, and more — Motherboard obtained footage of Ye making bigoted statements about Jewish people and bizarre claims about “fake children …
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Media Matters for America, Andscape, Washington Post, Insider, American Press Institute, Awful Announcing, New York Times, The Week, Rolling Stone, @learmonth, Reason, The Hollywood Reporter, @tvietor08, @simonwiesenthal, @bradmossesq, @joshuatopolsky, @pbump, @pbump, @brianbeutler, @stevesilberman, @joshtpm, @joeconason, @eugene_scott, @blackamazon, @azi, @alex_panetta, @blackamazon, @juddlegum, @brandyzadrozny, @juddlegum, @janecoaston, @phil_lewis_, @katiephang, @bendreyfuss, @bendreyfuss, @metzgov, @ramalicia, @pkafka, @mattgertz, Columbia Journalism Review, Page Six, Deadline, The Guardian, Billboard, Los Angeles Times, @jeffjarvis, The Forward, The Hill, Mediaite, The Wrap, TODAY.com, The Daily Beast, Quartz, Boing Boing and E! Online
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
An interview with Rest of World's EIC Anup Kaphle and operations head Eli Berger on paying staff and freelancers fairly around the world and holding more events — Rest of World, a nonprofit newsroom covering global tech stories, now has its first editor-in-chief.
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@kevglobal, @digiday, @restofworld, Talking Biz News and @simonowens
Deadline:
Warner Bros. Television Group shuts down its digital short-form programming division Stage 13 and its Television Workshop for emerging writers and directors — Layoffs are underway at Warner Bros Television Group on Tuesday. The cuts include the closing of digital short-form programming division Stage 13 …
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Variety, @deadline, @daisyvsmayer, Breitbart, @janiehaddad, @lisacullen, @natasha_chandel, @mrhubbard00, @gennhutchison, @jefflocker, The Hollywood Reporter, @gabbyrevlugo, @sierraornelas, @tvgrimreaper, @therealreisz, @ifpucktweeted, @drlawyercop, The Hollywood Reporter, @morganicink, SlashFilm and The Wrap
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Warner Bros. Television Group laid off 82 employees on October 11, or 19% of its workforce, and cut 43 vacant posts, totaling a 26% drop from ~481 positions
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Deadline, The Verge, The A.V. Club, IndieWire, @rfaughnder, @dennisbhooper, @trevordmoretz, @variety, @sampalmeri_, The Wrap, CBR, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Performing rights organization BMI switches from not-for-profit to for-profit, after unsuccessfully attempting a sale in 2021 — BMI is changing to a for-profit business model, the company announced to its staff in an internal email Wednesday morning. — The performing rights organization …
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Billboard, @wordsbykristin and @jonburlingame
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Italy's Corriere della Sera plans to remove two articles and pay a “substantial sum” to a British financier over accusations about a Vatican corruption scandal — Italy's oldest and most-read newspaper, Corriere della Sera, has paid a “substantial sum” in compensation …
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@pressgazette
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Around 14 family films will hit theaters in 2022, compared to 24 in 2019, as Disney+, Netflix, and other services try to fill the family-oriented content void — With theatrical releases way down, the streaming giants have been pumping out multigenerational fare, including a number of live-action films.
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The Wrap
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Netflix Studios UK, its UK-based production and content arm, reports £103.2M in revenue in 2021, up 31% YoY, and an £11.9M profit, down from £15.1M in 2020 — Netflix Studios U.K., the streamer's U.K.-based production and content arm responsible for shows including …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom opens an investigation into GB News over an interview with author Naomi Wolf, the second investigation over the channel's COVID-19 vaccine coverage — Investigation by media regulator follows interview with author Naomi Wolf on show subject to previous complaints
Discussion:
Broadband TV News, @ofcom and @ruskin147
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
A look at Twitch executives' efforts to reassure streamers at TwitchCon about monetary concerns, as Amazon expects the service to become financially independent — Weeks after Amazon.com Inc.'s video livestreaming site Twitch announced controversial changes to the way creators make money on the platform …
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@quinnypig, @business, Digiday, Collider, Insider, PC Gamer and ScreenRant
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