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12:35 AM ET, October 20, 2023

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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Source: X removed the main New York Times account's “verified” badge on October 17 without notice; source: X traffic to the NYT is down ~50% since August 2023  —  The unexplained decision removes the only symbol distinguishing the news organization from impostors and comes amid …
New York Times:
Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show ends after two seasons, sources say over creative differences; source: Stewart said China and AI topics concerned Apple executives  —  Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.
William D. Cohan / Washington Post:
Writers and publishers need to band together to lobby against ChatGPT, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, fighting for proper compensation and a share of AI's value  —  William D. Cohan is a best-selling author and a founding partner of Puck News.  —  The other day someone sent …
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Mike Huckabee, Lysa TerKeurst, and other authors sue Meta, Microsoft, and Bloomberg over using the Books3 dataset, which contains pirated books, to train LLMs  —  A group of writers including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and best-selling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst have filed …
Variety:
Sources: A-list actors led by George Clooney proposed that SAG-AFTRA remove the cap on dues, but SAG-AFTRA's negotiating committee “didn't see the validity”  —  A group of A-list actors led by George Clooney presented a proposal to SAG-AFTRA leadership during a Tuesday afternoon Zoom call …
New York Times:
News publishers wrestle with declines in web traffic as companies like Google, Meta, and X back away from dependably amplifying and supporting journalism  —  News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Shifting media coverage of a deadly hospital explosion in Gaza highlights the difficulties of reporting on a fast-moving war with few journalists on the ground
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Media Group Deputy Editor Catherine Bentley-Gouldstone on the newspaper's “digital-default” approach, dealing with churn, and more  —  “If we produce something that's the same as everybody else's - why are they going to pay for it?"
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The FCC votes 3-2 to invite the US public to comment on re-establishing net neutrality rules; the broader effort still faces a long legal and political battle  —  The Federal Communications Commission officially began its effort to re-establish net neutrality at its monthly meeting today …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple considers selling ads on podcasts the company owns and operates, including those the Apple TV team greenlit, such as The Line and Run, Bambi, Run  —  Terms of ServiceDo Not Sell or Share My Personal Information Trademarks Privacy Policy©2023 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved.
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Israel approves new rules that let officials halt broadcasts of outlets that “harm national security, public order, or serve as a basis for ‘enemy propaganda’”  —  Israel approved new emergency regulations Wednesday that could pave the way for censoring Al Jazeera …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian authorities detained RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service editor Alsu Kurmasheva on October 18, charging her with failure to register as a foreign agent  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - On October 18, authorities in Kazan, Russia, detained Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Tatar-Bashkir Service.
Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
Analysis: around 12 UK political journalists with access to Westminster have declared payments from political organizations, law firms, lobby groups, and others  —  Some 76 Lobby journalists declare financial interests.  —  Of the 437 political journalists with passes that give them access …
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models
 
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Kirsty Wark / BBC:
BBC Newsnight lead presenter Kirsty Wark plans to step down after the next UK election; Wark is the show's longest-serving presenter, having joined in 1993
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
An October 6 to 9 poll of 1,003 US adults: 34% side with the actors in SAG-AFTRA's strike, 7% back the studios, 29% sympathize equally, and 30% took no position
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Filing: Disney releases separate ESPN earnings results for the first time, showing profit at ESPN networks fell 20% through the first nine months of its FY 2023
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google cut “a small number” of Google News employees this week; an Alphabet Workers Union spokesperson estimates 40 to 45 workers lost their jobs
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
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