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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Internal memo: Disney plans to institute a targeted hiring freeze except for “the most critical, business-driving positions” and make “some staff reductions” — KEY POINTS — Disney plans to freeze hiring and cut some jobs, according to an internal memo.
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Source: Michael Lewis has shadowed Sam Bankman-Fried for six months, and CAA is pitching Lewis' yet-to-be-written book on FTX's collapse to Hollywood buyers — Author compares Sam Bankman-Fried, Binance's CZ to ‘Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’ in email sent by CAA — In this issue:
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@janicemin, @ahcastor, @jorilallo, @nathanpmyoung, Fortune, @andyblewis, @danprimack, @claritytoast and @gavinsbaker
Washington Post:
Internal note: Twitter temporarily disabled signing up for Twitter Blue to “help address impersonation issues” affecting brands, politicians, and celebrities — Twitter accounts impersonating celebrities and politicians spread on the site after the company rolled out paid check marks.
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@zoeschiffer, @lillypad, @joshuaphilll, The Verge, Mother Jones, @chrisiousity, kate, lately, @rachelbitecofer, The Hill, Vanity Fair, New York Times, CNET, @clintw, @wickdchiq, CNBC, @michaeldweiss, @ggreenwald, @jesus, @themaxburns, @parkermolloy, @hankgreen, @penamerica, @willoremus, @frances_coppola, @hardin, @mikerugnetta, @joshuaphilll, @kenklippenstein, @ggreenwald, @janecaseyauthor, @mikerugnetta, @zombiecleo, WHDH-TV, Slate, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, The Week, Bloomberg and The Wrap
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Twitter marked a Mediaite article critical of Musk as “potentially spammy” on Friday, warning users the URL may be “unsafe”; the warning was removed Saturday — Twitter deemed a Mediaite article that is critical of the company's new owner Elon Musk as “potentially spammy” …
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@mattwalshblog, @verba_et_vertus, @beachwoodreport, The Hill, @mediaite, Boing Boing, Yahoo Entertainment, @paulachertok, @taliaotg and @slack2thefuture
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Twitter reactivates its gray “Official” badge for select brands and outlets, after a wave of impersonations, hoaxing, and other chaos by purchased blue checks — Okay, so Twitter broke its own verification system by making the blue check — previously a signal that the account …
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Washington Post, CNET, @digiphile, @rosyna, @john_sipher, @zackkanter, @twittersupport, @senmarkey, Insider, @jason_kint, @macaesbruno, Reuters, @freddyinspace, @elonmusk, @geoffreyfowler, @robertwrighter, @libyaliberty, @mds, The Hill, @jackmlawrence, The Guardian, @esthercrawford, @davidmackau, @davidmackau, @david_j_roth, @mkbhd, @craigmod, CBS News, Vanity Fair, @agoldmund, @esthercrawford, Gizmodo, Ad Age, Politico, @elonmusk, Livemint, Insider, @iambrandontv, @digiphile, Bloomberg, @mathewi, @esthercrawford, @taylorlorenz, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Forbes, Barrett Media and The Week
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Sam Bankman-Fried invested in several nonprofit and for-profit newsrooms over the last year, including Semafor, The Intercept, ProPublica, and Vox — The Bankman-Fried industrial complex is imploding, with massive turmoil brewing for the donor who was seen as the Democratic Party's next great hope.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Washington Post's Managing Editor Steven Ginsberg is leaving the paper to run The Athletic — I grew up reading the New York Post, and have watched it transform itself into a national Republican outlet. Max has the gossipy (naturally) story behind that story.
Discussion:
@tomgara
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Affiliate fees and ads, which financed streaming efforts, are in secular decline as cable companies lose ~10% of customers yearly; TV ad sales fell 12% in 2020 — We're doing a special edition because of the media bloodbath on Wall Street this week. Investors are freaked out about the state …
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@tvgrimreaper, @lucas_shaw, @danamo, The Streamable and The A.V. Club
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with BBC News' Naja Nielsen on doubling North American staff and tackling media distrust in the US, where the outlet reaches 50M people per week — BBC News believes it can be “an antidote” to disinformation and polarisation in the US news landscape.
Discussion:
@pressgazette, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @janebsinger, @bbcnewspr, @arianapekary, @pressgazette, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, recommends its clients like Apple, PepsiCo, and others “pause activity on Twitter”, citing brand safety risk — Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald's, Apple, and Pepsico …
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Wall Street Journal, @goldman, @miarsato, @carnage4life, @golikehellmachi, @ranimolla, @oliverdarcy, @chrisharihar, @loupas, @richburroughs, @mmasnick, @cryborg, @dbinkowski, @film_girl, @danlesac, @pkafka and AppleInsider
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
NBCUniversal Ad and Partnerships Chair Linda Yaccarino says “there is no surrogate for Twitter” and Elon Musk can learn advertising: “I think we can teach him”
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Big Weirdo, @shannonzkiller, @garyblack00, @garyblack00, @mcproulx, @garettsloane, @loupas, @garyblack00, @joshtpm, @nicholasvinocur, @sarahnadav, Deadline and Bloomberg
Parker Herren / Ad Age:
A letter by The Media Rating Council to its clients shows it has voted to continue the September 2021 suspension of Nielsen's accreditation status — An MRC audit committee voted on the status of the measurement behemoth — The Media Rating Council has voted to continue its suspension …
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@tvgrimreaper, Next TV and Variety
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the top 50 US magazines' collective average circulation fell from 145M in H1 2021 to 133M in H1 2022; print subs fell 11% YoY, digital grew 28% YoY — America's biggest magazines saw their circulation fall 8% year-on-year in the first half of 2022.
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