Mediagazer: X changes its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature to show contributors other note proposals and see other viewpoints before they submit a rating (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:

Source: Byron Allen submits a preliminary $10B offer to Disney to acquire its ABC TV network, local stations, and the FX and National Geographic cable channels — - Disney said it hasn't made any decisions on sale of properties — Nexstar has also held early talks for ABC and local stations

Discussion: The Wrap, The Verge, CNN, Awful Announcing, TVLine, CBS News, @lucas_shaw, Next TV, Cord Cutters News, The Messenger, Fox Business, The Walt Disney Company and Reuters

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Sources including ABC News staffers describe a feeling of dread and trepidation inside ABC; employees say they heard news of a possible sale from the press — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here.

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review

Bloomberg:

Sources: Disney held talks exploring selling its ABC network and TV stations to Nexstar Media Group, which has 200 owned or partner TV stations in 116 markets — Walt Disney Co. has held exploratory talks about selling its ABC network and TV stations to local broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Inc. …

Mediaite:

Sources: Fox News fired veteran executive John Finley on September 9 after a woman alleged he sexually harassed and stalked her; Fox settled with the woman — John Finley, a top Fox News executive who was fired last week after more than 20 years at the network, was ousted after a woman alleged …

Discussion: The Wrap and @joelmathis.bsky.social

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

X changes its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature to show contributors other note proposals and see other viewpoints before they submit a rating — X (formerly Twitter) this week changed how its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature works.

Discussion: @communitynotes

Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:

Sources: the New York Times has been in talks with Politico Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza about helping the paper relaunch its On Politics newsletter — Punchbowl News: As negotiations within the House GOP conference continue over a stopgap funding bill, some GOP members are hopeful the bill …

Discussion: @sauthoff.bsky.social, @joshuaerlich and @agoldmund

Financial Times:

Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature — Talks are at an early stage, sources say, as Facebook parent looks for new ways to increase revenue

Discussion: The Information, The Drum, @wcathcart, @edzitron and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Alyssa Boyle / AdExchanger:

Q&A with Rob Emrich, executive chairman of ad tech platform Infillion, on his plans for ad tech company MediaMath, which Infillion bought out of bankruptcy — Infillion is finally unveiling its intentions for MediaMath after buying the company out of bankruptcy during an auction last month.

Discussion: @kerrymflynn, Digiday, Insider and Axios

Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:

MailOnline to pay BBC presenter Gabby Logan and her husband “substantial damages” over false claims; ex-Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie will pay damages for a tweet — Payout relates to article that wrongly claimed pair had received £500,000 to promote tax avoidance schemes

Joe Otterson / Variety:

Study: US major streamers canceled TV series at a combined average rate of 12.2% from 2020 to 2023; Max had the highest rate at 26.9%, Apple TV+, the lowest — WBD's Max wielded the heaviest ax from 2020 to 2023 while Apple TV+ was most merciful — The Streaming Era began with a promise …

Discussion: The Streamable and Wall Street Journal

Emma Roth / The Verge:

TikTok and Billboard launch the TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart to track the most popular songs on the app each week in the US, refreshed every Thursday morning — TikTok is partnering with Billboard to launch a top 50 chart that tracks the most popular songs on the platform.

Discussion: Billboard, TikTok, CNET, Music Ally, MediaPost, The Messenger, Billboard, Forbes, TMZ.com, TechCrunch and Variety

Josef Adalian / Vulture:

Hulu launches Top 15 Today, updated daily to list trending movies and TV shows; source: the list uses a formula weighing viewership, popularity surges, and more — Hulu is finally getting into the numbers game — but on its own terms. Vulture has learned that the Disney-owned streamer …

Discussion: Variety, The Verge, Decider, 9to5Google, The Streamable, The Walt Disney Company and Cord Cutters News