Mediagazer: NBC News plans to host the GOP's third 2024 presidential primary debate on November 8, partnering with Salem Radio Network and the Republican Jewish Coalition (Ken Meyer/Mediaite)

Ken Meyer / Mediaite:

NBC News plans to host the GOP's third 2024 presidential primary debate on November 8, partnering with Salem Radio Network and the Republican Jewish Coalition — NBC News announced that they will host the Republican National Committee's third presidential primary debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center …

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Spotify launches an in-app Merch Hub that provides merch recommendations based on users' listening habits; merch is sold on artists' stores powered by Shopify — Spotify is launching a dedicated in-app Merch Hub that provides personalized merch recommendations based on your listening habits, the company announced on Monday.

Discussion: Spotify, Music Ally, CMU and The Verge

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel's media company, registered under holding company name Last Country, raised a $15M seed led by “anti-woke” investor 1789 Capital — Firm co-founded by Omeed Malik invests in ‘parallel economy’ of conservative-friendly companies

Discussion: @asharma

Sara Fischer / Axios:

The Daily Wire debuts Bentkey, a $99/year streaming app for kids, on Disney's 100th anniversary; in 2022, the outlet planned to invest $100M+ over three years — The Daily Wire, a conservative media brand known for its popular podcast “The Ben Shapiro show,” has debuted …

Discussion: Mediaite, Deadline, The Guardian and @sarafischer

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:

Twitch launches Stories, expiring after 48 hours, for Partners and Affiliates who have streamed at least once for 45 minutes or longer in the last 30 days — Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, Twitch is launching stories for streamers to connect with their audience even when they aren't live.

Discussion: Twitch, Engadget and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Cointelegraph:

Crypto outlet Cointelegraph apologizes for falsely stating on X that the SEC approved a spot Bitcoin ETF, causing bitcoin to rise 10%+ — Cointelegraph apologizes to its readers and discusses its investigation into what led to the posting of unverified news on X about a spot Bitcoin ETF.

Discussion: CoinDesk, @poordart, @timccopeland, @ericbalchunas, @nategeraci, @cryptoncoffeee, @zachxbt, @zachxbt, @mdudas, @cointelegraph, Bloomberg, @cointelegraph and Insider

Reuters:

Italy plans to cut the compulsory license fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from €90 to €70 per year in the 2024 budget — Italy will reduce the compulsory licence fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from 90 to 70 euros ($73.70) …

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:

Some influencers and CEOs are building their brands on LinkedIn, which is easier due to less creator competition, a committed user base, and a safer feel than X — Once purely a jobs board, users say the platform is now more valuable than rivals — Marketer Zain Kahn says he earns …

Discussion: The Verge, The Information, Econsultancy, @nick_kapur and MIT Technology Review, more at Techmeme »

Wall Street Journal:

Sources detail Netflix's deepening gaming push: more games based on its shows, including Squid Game and Wednesday, discussions about a GTA game, and more — Streamer to put greater emphasis on developing games based on its popular programming, including ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Black Mirror’

Discussion: The Verge, Game Developer, @deeketweak, @jtoonkel, Sarah Krouse on LinkedIn, Engadget, IGN, David Kaye on LinkedIn, ComingSoon.net, TechCrunch, Screen Rant, What's on Netflix, The Streamable and Media Play News, more at Techmeme »

Mikey O'Connell / The Hollywood Reporter:

Q&A with Rachel Maddow on reducing on-air time, covering Donald Trump's indictments, cord cutting, Elon Musk's X, her podcasts, the Hollywood strikes, and more — The MSNBC host on her lack of boundaries, Elon Musk's destruction of Twitter and the cultural whiplash of working in Hollywood …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube adds Spotlight Moments, an AI-powered ad tool meant to help brands identify the most popular YouTube videos related to a cultural moment like the Oscars — YouTube is putting Google AI to use for advertisers, the company announced this morning with the introduction of a new advertising package called “Spotlight Moments.”

Discussion: MediaPost, @kvnbbg, Search Engine Land, The Keyword and Digital Content Next, more at Techmeme »

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:

After relaxing ad rules in January 2023, X begins aggressively pitching political advertisers; AdImpact: ~$1.2B will be spent digitally for the 2024 US election — Musk's volatile leadership of the social-media platform has pushed down its prices—which might give it an edge

Discussion: @wraithfodder, @mgalascio and Inside Radio