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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Shifting media coverage of a deadly hospital explosion in Gaza highlight the difficulties of reporting on a fast-moving war with few journalists on the ground — The fast-moving events highlighted the difficulty of covering the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC says it was “wrong to speculate” on who was responsible for the blast at a Gaza hospital amid internal unrest over its coverage of the blast
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John Burn-Murdoch / @jburnmurdoch:
[Thread] Media outlets keep slipping up on the Israel-Hamas war because they lack in-house OSINT teams or are wary to rely on such teams for help to break news
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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 — - Google cut at least 40 jobs in its news division this week, CNBC has learned. — The company has been downsizing in recent months …
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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 — Profit at the ESPN sports networks fell 20% through the first nine months of fiscal 2023 as Walt Disney Co. provided the first peek at that business on a standalone basis.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Universal Music Group and BandLab form an alliance to advance their shared commitment “to ethical use of AI and the protection of artist and songwriter rights” — Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies have announced plans for a strategic relationship concentrated on protecting artists' rights in the age of AI.
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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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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Mike Huckabee, Lysa TerKeurst, and other authors sue Meta, Microsoft, and Bloomberg over using the “Books3” dataset, which includes pirated books, to train LLMs — A group of writers including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and best-selling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst …
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 12%+ — LOS ANGELES — Netflix reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results. — Earnings: $3.73 vs $3.49 per share, according to LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix raises its US prices for its basic plan from $9.99 to $11.99, its premium plan from $19.99 to $22.99, and some of its prices in the UK and France
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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.
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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 …
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Variety:
Sources: George Clooney and other stars proposed that SAG-AFTRA remove the cap on dues, but the negotiating committee “didn't see the validity” of the proposal — 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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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Hipgnosis launches a strategic review that could lead to the ousting of its founder in the run-up to a vote to approve a continuation of the investment trust — Merck Mercuriadis promised to turn songs into gold on launching Hipgnosis. Now, a review could see him ousted
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Israel approves a new emergency rule that lets officials halt broadcasts of outlets that “harm national security” or “serve as the basis for enemy propaganda” — Israel approved new emergency regulations Wednesday that could pave the way for censoring Al Jazeera …
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Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
Analysis: around 12 UK political journalists with access to Westminster have declared payments from political organizations, law firms, and lobby groups — Some 76 Lobby journalists declare financial interests. — Of the 437 political journalists with passes that give them access …
Kirsty Wark / BBC:
Kirsty Wark says she plans to step down as a lead presenter at BBC Newsnight after the next UK election; she joined the current affairs show in 1993 — Kirsty will continue to present for the BBC on programmes including The Reunion, Start the Week on Radio 4, as well as documentaries
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