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2:45 PM ET, October 12, 2023

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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA and the major studios suspend talks, as the AMPTP says that the gap between the two sides is “too great”; SAG-AFTRA accuses studios of “bully tactics”  —  In a statement to members after midnight, the union accused the studios of engaging in “bully tactics …
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Kathy Jones / Committee to Protect Journalists:
In the first five days of the Israel-Hamas war, at least seven journalists have been killed, two are missing, and two have been injured  —  The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Automattic expands ActivityPub support to WordPress.com hosted sites, letting blog owners reach 13.3M users across the fediverse, including Mastodon's 1.8M MAUs  —  Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plugin that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Information hires Morning Brew COO Matthew Resnick as its COO, to grow consumer revenue and brand partners; chief commercial officer Karl Wells is leaving  —  Technology publisher The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Morning Brew …
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Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Many writers at fanfiction site Archive of Our Own restrict viewing to registered readers in an effort to prevent their writing being scraped to train AI models  —  Kinktober.  Whumptober.  Kisstober.  Flufftober.  Goretober.  October is a bacchanal of fan fiction …
Bloomberg:
How Google Chrome's Discover feed serves propaganda to Russian Android users; source: services in Russian are a lower priority after Google left Russia in 2022  —  Mobile users in Russia are being served pro-war propaganda from sources Google has blocked elsewhere.
Gabe Bullard / Nieman Reports:
Internal memo: NPR lost a negligible amount of traffic in the six months since leaving X, after the service labeled the outlet “US state-affiliated media”  —  The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn't worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Twitch rolls out a long-requested anti-harassment feature that automatically blocks a streamer's banned users from watching their streams  —  Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform's anti-harassment features.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Fave, an app and marketplace for superfans to connect and get perks from brands and artists, raised $2M in an ongoing round from WMG, Sony Music, and others  —  Fave, the app for superfans to connect with like-minded music lovers and obsess over their favorite artists, secured $2 million in an ongoing round …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Block acquires Hifi, which launched in 2020 as a financial rights organization for artists and in 2021 rolled out Cash Flow to pay artists a bi-monthly salary  —  Block, the Jack Dorsey-founded fintech company previously known as Square, has acquired Hifi, a music-focused fintech startup.
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