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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:

In his first email to staff, Elon Musk says he wants subscriptions to account for half of Twitter's revenue — New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it.

Bloomberg:

Source: Twitter's head of ad sales Robin Wheeler and head of Trust & Safety Yoel Roth resigned on November 10 — Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Discussion: Axios, @alexeheath, NBC News, TechCrunch, The Wrap, @sarahfrier, The Hill, Gizmodo, CNBC, Vanity Fair, The Verge, @tomcoates, 9to5Mac, The Daily Beast, @davidcorndc, @kurtwagner8, @btaplatt, @caseynewton, @eric_seufert, @evacide, @adrianweckler, @pkafka, Engadget and Insider, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / Vox:

Brand advertisers say they don't mind what Elon Musk says in outreach calls; they want to avoid controversy so they're concerned about what he does and tweets — Hard to solve that with a conference call. — Elon Musk held a giant conference call for advertisers and more than 100,000 other people Wednesday.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
After Twitter labels select accounts as “Official”, Elon Musk says he “killed it” and an executive says the label “is still going out” as part of the new Blue

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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer:
[Thread] Elon Musk tells advertisers in a Spaces chat that Twitter plans to improve ad relevance, he will pay to verify brands if they don't want to, and more

Jack Queen / Reuters:

A Connecticut judge orders Alex Jones to pay $473M in punitive damages on top of the nearly $1B in defamation claims that a jury awarded to Sandy Hook parents — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month …

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Substack announces writer Bestseller badges based on the number of paid subscribers: purple for tens of thousands, orange for thousands, and white for hundreds — A check mark worth paying attention to — Today we're introducing a way to see, at just a glance, whether or not someone …

Discussion: @hamishmckenzie, @taylorlorenz, @kantrowitz, @hamishmckenzie, @tumblr, @shortformernie, @substackinc, @libbycwatson and @brianstelter

On Substack:
Substack adds the ability to hyperlink mentions of other Substack writers or publications in posts, and cross-posting to amplify other writers or posts in email

Discussion: @hamishmckenzie, THE VACCINE REAPER REPORT, @navalang, @cjgbest, @substackinc, @bradesposito, @kantrowitz, @parkermolloy, @simonowens and @bluechoochoo

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Rupert Murdoch shows that he prefers Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump as the GOP's leader via Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post commentary — Former Fox News anchor reveals why her same-sex marriage story never aired — Murdoch's shocking maneuver allowed him to oust a whole workforce

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:

A UK group says arrests of journalists “might become commonplace” if Parliament passes the Public Order Bill, which may criminalize reporters covering protests — Law reform organisation Justice has said the arrest of journalists “might become commonplace” should the forthcoming Public Order Bill pass into law.

Discussion: @lbc, CNN, @risj_oxford, Index on Censorship, @jonsopel, @wturvill, Index on Censorship and @pressgazette

Peter White / Deadline:

Netflix announces that its first-ever live, global streaming event will be a comedy special from Chris Rock in early 2023 — Netflix is utilizing its move into live streaming technology with Chris Rock becoming the first comedian to test it out. — Rock will perform live in a global streaming event in 2023.

Discussion: Forbes, Variety, The Streamable, The Wrap, Engadget, Decider, Los Angeles Times, IndieWire, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, TVLine, The Verge, Consequence, The Hollywood Reporter and Media Play News

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Prediction-based politics coverage crowds out coverage of candidate stances; polling firms like Trafalgar are producing more Republican-friendly results — On October 19, 2022, the New York Times — America's “paper of record” — ran a story with the headline, “Democrats' Feared Red October Has Arrived.”

Discussion: Washington Post, Press Watch, America After Dobbs, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @ldrogen, @emilydreyfuss, @donnerkay, @chrishsport, @juddlegum and New York Times

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Roku adds a sports hub to its homescreen, directing users to live games on DirecTV, Fox Sports, FuboTV, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, and others — Roku has never radically overhauled its simple, familiar homescreen. Instead, the company has gradually introduced new sections like …

Discussion: US - The Official Roku Blog, TechCrunch, Deadline, Next TV, @roku, The Streamable, ZDNet, Engadget, Awful Announcing and Media Play News

New York Times:

About 250 unionized employees at HarperCollins go on indefinite strike, seeking better family leave benefits and higher pay — Employees say they'll not return to work until they have a new contract. The company says it will “continue to negotiate in good faith.”

Discussion: @rkambury, @greenhousenyt, @maureenjohnson, The Guardian, @rkambury, @rkambury, @hcpunion, @rkambury, @rkambury, NPR, @hcpunion, @rkambury and bookforum.com

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:

Disney and Paramount no longer require vaccinated cast and crew on all productions; sources say Netflix has dropped vaccine mandates on new and returning shows — Disney joins Netflix and Paramount in moving from uniform policies while keeping them in place on some productions.

Discussion: Fox News, Law & Crime and The Hill

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