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David Zweig / Silent Lunch, The David Zweig Newsletter:
How a mistranslation or copying bad reporting may have led to wide coverage that 500+ people died in the Gaza hospital blast; no outlet quoted a primary source — I asked a dozen reporters and news outlets for the source of a statement they attributed to Hamas. None of them answered.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says Threads is working on an API, despite concerns that “it'll mean a lot more publisher content and not much more creator content” — Instagram head Adam Mosseri said today that a Threads API is in the works. This will give chance to developers …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK's culture secretary Lucy Frazer wants to bolster internal regulatory structures at the BBC as part of a review that will be released in coming weeks — Review into national broadcaster will examine internal protocols, Lucy Frazer says — Rishi Sunak's government will seek …
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@anjliraval and GB News
New York Times:
AI fakes related to the Israel-Hamas war have been limited and unconvincing, but the possibility of such fakes circulating leads some to dismiss genuine content — Fakes related to the conflict have been limited and largely unconvincing, but their presence has people doubting real evidence.
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Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
Sources: BMG terminated about 40 employees; memo: the layoffs effectively “discontinued” its international marketing department for recordings and more — About 40 employees were let go Thursday, including executive vp, global repertoire Fred Casimir and senior vp, global repertoire Jason Hradil.
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@meetmusiclovers
Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath / Axios:
Some reporters in Gaza are able to give sporadic updates via satellite connections, as a communications blackout since October 27 cuts off Gaza from the world — - “If we all got killed in Gaza ... no one will know,” Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad said in a post she was able to upload …
Washington Post:
A look at the hard right tilt of X, which once served as the hub of real-time news and global debate, and how its political shift could intensify business woes — The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less “woke.” He has succeeded at only one of those goals.
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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
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Daniel Frankel / Next TV:
Morgan Stanley: Google will lose $1.2B+ in the 2023 season of YouTube TV's NFL Sunday Ticket, with annual losses projected to reach $1.4B+ by the 2029 season — Bank's equity research unit forecasts heavy losses on the out-of-market games package through 2029
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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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Emma Roth / The Verge:
X adds a $16/mo. Premium+ plan with no ads in For You or Following and the “largest reply boost”, and a $3/mo. Basic plan with a “small boost” but no checkmark — X, the platform previously known as Twitter, has introduced a new $16 per month Premium Plus plan …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
A360Media-owned Soap Opera Digest discontinues its weekly print run; the daytime drama magazine launched in 1975 and saw its circulation peak at 1.5M in 1991 — Staffers were informed of the decision Friday, according to sources. A spokesperson for a360Media, the company that owns the brand …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA and studios plan to keep talking over the weekend; thousands of union members signed a letter saying they'd keep striking rather than take a bad deal — The sessions may be held virtually, rather than in person. — The two sides met on Friday for the third day this week at SAG-AFTRA headquarters.
Alyssa Boyle / AdExchanger:
Disney plans to expand its advertising options on Disney+ in November, including biddable inventory, data from its first-party audience graph, and geotargeting — Disney is celebrating the first birthday of ad-supported Disney+ with a new slate of targeting and measurement options for advertisers.
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The Verge, Jane Ha on LinkedIn, The Walt Disney Company, MediaPost and The Hollywood Reporter
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