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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Hasan Minhaj records a video in which he calls the New Yorker's profile of him “so needlessly misleading”; the magazine defends its work as “carefully reported” — The comedian releases a 20-minute video to THR giving his perspective on the profile, which accused him of fabricating details in his stand-up.
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Zachary Small / New York Times:
Artforum fires EIC David Velasco after the prestigious outlet's open letter on the Israel-Hamas war “was widely misinterpreted as a statement from the magazine” — David Velasco was removed after the magazine's publishers said there was a flawed editorial process behind …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
X adds a $16/month Premium+ plan with no ads in For You or Following and the “largest reply boost”, and a $3/month Basic plan with a “small boost” but no check — X, the platform previously known as Twitter, has introduced a new $16 per month Premium Plus plan …
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Dan Ackerman / Dan Ackerman on LinkedIn:
Dan Ackerman is stepping down as editor-in-chief of G/O Media's Gizmodo, which hired him in June 2023, and starting a “new consumer tech” EIC role later in 2023 — Some big career news: I'm stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of Gizmodo and starting an exciting new consumer tech Editor-in-Chief role later this year.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company has “barely scraped the surface” in figuring out how to integrate ads into its video, commerce, and grocery offerings — - Comcast Faces Skepticism On Wall Street As Ad Decline Accelerates, Strike Toll Mounts And Broadband Experiences Buffering
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon Q3: ad revenue up 26% YoY to $12B, vs. $10.4B est., subscription revenue up 14% YoY to $10.1B, and North America segment sales up 11% YoY to $87.9B
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Jason Kilar / Variety:
As linear TV wanes and YouTube and TikTok grow, Hollywood studios and sports leagues need to jointly deliver a product that 9 out of 10 households choose to buy — Hollywood is hurting. The financial backbone of the industry — linear television — is rapidly shrinking as consumers continue to cut the cord at alarming rates.
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Chicago-based news nonprofit Investigative Project on Race and Equity, which pays part-time “apprentices” that partner with seasoned reporters — “We're growing and learning, but the core of what we do is this really supported experiential learning.”
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LinkedIn, Thom Clark on LinkedIn and @niemanlab
GB News:
Former UK PM Boris Johnson plans to join GB News as a presenter, program maker, and commentator in 2024, ahead of the UK general election and the US elections — Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will play a key role on Britain's news channel — Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson …
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Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Source: during an all-hands, Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino referenced ambitions to create XWire, a press release service that would rival Cision's PR Newswire — Executives at X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, said they see YouTube and LinkedIn as future competitors …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: BuzzFeed is in advanced talks to sell Complex Networks to e-commerce company Ntwrk for less than $140M; BuzzFeed paid ~$300M to acquire Complex in 2021 — BuzzFeed is negotiating a sale of much of Complex Networks for under $140 million, less than half of what it paid to acquire it two years ago.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
A federal judicial panel denies live TV coverage of two Donald Trump criminal trials set for 2024, after requests from some news outlets and 38 US House members — A courts committee says it lacks authority to modify a broadcasting ban in time for the historic criminal cases against the former president.
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Sports journalists stick to X as the site remains a useful tool for sharing news and interacting with readers, and they are reluctant to give up their followers — Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable.
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@obrien_kat@mastodon.world, more at Techmeme »
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Charter lost 320K video customers in Q3 2023, citing the Disney carriage dispute in September, compared to 211K video customers the cable giant lost in Q3 2022 — Disney's channels, including ESPN, ABC and FX, went dark for Charter customers in September. — Charter Communications …
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