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Sources: activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund, now one of Disney's largest investors with a $2.5B+ stake, is planning a fresh push for Disney board seats — Activist's Trian Fund Management has accumulated a holding valued at more than $2.5 billion — Nelson Peltz is planning a fresh push for board seats at
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Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
A look at LinkedIn's newsroom, which has 250 editors and writers across 30 countries and 17 languages, as the platform doubles down on news as others pull back — Linkedin's editor-in-chief Daniel Roth explains how the platform is prioritising and promoting news.
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Duncan Miriri / Reuters:
Netflix plans to end its free mobile tier in Kenya, which offered 25% of its shows and movies, after two years on November 1, and rolls out a ~$6/month ad tier — Netflix (NFLX.O) said on Monday it is ending its free mobile plan in Kenya, which has allowed users to access a quarter of its shows …
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Amit Gurbaxani / Music Ally:
Spotify adds listening restrictions to its free tier in India to drive paid subscriptions; India is one of Spotify's top five markets by MAUs but not by revenue — Nearly five years after it launched in India, Spotify is adding a layer of restrictions for its free users there.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at the cottage industry around artificially boosting podcast download numbers, in order to push podcasts to the top of Apple's podcast charts and more — The News — Earlier this year, PJ Vogt received a strange proposition: If he paid a few dollars to a small self-described media buying company …
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Natalie Weiner / The Verge:
A look at Discogs, a user-generated music database and marketplace for physical music media, as sellers complain about the website's old tech and increased fees — A home for music diehards has been fractured by increased fees that are pushing sellers and shoppers to other platforms.
Washington Post:
Investigation: earlier in 2023, Vietnam tried to plant Predator spyware on the phones of US Congress members, CNN journalists, and US policy experts via X posts — The attempts appear to have been unsuccessful, but came as the U.S. and Vietnam were negotiating an agreement that President Biden signed last month in Hanoi
Winston Cho / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC News settles former GMA producer Kirstyn Crawford's lawsuit that accused the network of ignoring sexual harassment allegations against her boss Michael Corn — The lawsuit from Kirstyn Crawford accused the network of ignoring sexual harassment allegations against then news executive Michael Corn.
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Tim McDonnell / Semafor:
Advertisers face growing pressure to cut their emissions; Scope3: digital ads create ~7.2M tons of CO2 annually, equivalent to 1.4M US homes' electricity usage — The News — Of all the sectors under pressure to cut their carbon footprint, advertising has largely flown under the radar.
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Q&A with Independence Public Media Foundation President Molly de Aguiar on the frequent disconnect between local media funders and national funders, and more — Molly de Aguiar on a key goal of plans like Press Forward … Q. I think we agree that the only way to really sustainably achieve …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Alexa has been claiming that the US 2020 presidential election was stolen, citing unvetted Rumble and Substack sources; Amazon says the errors have been fixed — The popular voice assistant says the 2020 race was stolen, even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source …
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Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
A look at the launch of the French Sunday newspaper La Tribune Dimanche, as the only other Sunday paper, Le Journal du Dimanche, turns into a far-right outlet — La Tribune Dimanche goes on sale in landscape of declining print sales, culture wars and scrutiny of billionaire proprietors
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