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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 …
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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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New York Times:
Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show abruptly ends, sources say over creative differences; source: Stewart said potential 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.
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Glenn Rifkin / New York Times:
Edward Bleier, a cable TV pioneer who oversaw the development of basic cable networks like MTV, Nickelodeon, and others at Warner Bros., is dead at 94 — Seeing untold promise in new technology, he was a prime mover in the creation of the cable industry, helping to transform Time Warner Cable into a giant in the field.
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William D. Cohan / Washington Post:
Writers and publishers need to band together to lobby against OpenAI, 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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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 …
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Survey: 32% of US adults say they trust mass media “a great deal” or a “fair amount”; 29% have “not very much” trust and a record 39% have no trust at all — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 32% of Americans who say they trust the mass media “a great deal” or …
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Financial Times:
Apple's Killers of the Flower Moon hits cinemas globally, after Tim Cook personally attended the Cannes premiere, ahead of Ridley Scott's Napoleon in November — Tech giant prioritises cinemas over streaming as it pushes deeper into Hollywood — Tim Cook is not known for the theatrical flair …
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at two local news Massachusetts nonprofits: The New Bedford Light, with ~1,400 donors and 17 staff, and The Newton Beacon, with 400+ donors and an editor — “People in Massachusetts once had more journalism available; they've lost more, they have grieved more; they have hungered for what they had.
Alexander Lee / Digiday:
FaZe Clan is acquired by esports holding company GameSquare Holdings in a deal valuing Faze at ~$16M, down from a $725M market cap at its 2022 SPAC merger — FaZe Clan's billion-dollar journey has taken an unexpected — but perhaps inevitable — turn. Burned by controversy and facing …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Lloyds launches the sales of the Telegraph Media Group and The Spectator, thwarting the Barclay family's late attempt to shut down the auction with a £1B offer — Last ditch attempt by Barclay family to shut down auction with blockbuster £1bn offer thwarted
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC says the broadcaster was “wrong to speculate” that Israel was behind the blast at a Gaza hospital amid internal unrest over its coverage of the tragedy — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has said it was “wrong to speculate” on who was responsible for the devastating blast …
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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
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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 — When Telegraph.co.uk won the News and Current Affairs Website prize this year at Press Gazette's Future of Media Awards event …
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