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The Washington Post names former Wall Street Journal publisher and former Dow Jones CEO William Lewis as its new publisher and CEO, effective January 2, 2024 — The Washington Post announces William Lewis as its new Publisher and CEO. Lewis will assume the role effective Jan. 2, 2024 …
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Spotify sets the threshold to receive royalties at 1,000 annual streams, demonetizing 0.5% of its Streamshare that earn less than five cents per month — Last month Music Business Worldwide broke the news that major changes were coming to Spotify's royalty model in Q1 2024.
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Music Ally, Consequence and Billboard
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dish Network reports losing 64K net pay TV subscribers in Q3, compared to adding 30K in Q3 2022, for 8.84M subscribers in total, down from 10.2M in Q3 2022 — The company, led by CEO Erik Carlson and chairman Charlie Ergen, reported its third-quarter results.
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Financial Times:
Sources detail Hunterbrook's plans for a “news hedge fund” and questions over its operations, complying with securities law, and retaining credibility — ‘Narrow needle to be threaded’ as start-up combines journalism with trading house — This summer, as investor Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz …
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@tanarrowz, @justin_cash_1 and @jfk_america
Wes Davis / The Verge:
A look at companies' responses, including from Meta, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and Apple, to potential US Copyright Office rules for AI and copyrighted content — The biggest companies in AI aren't interested in paying to use copyrighted material as training data, and here are their reasons why.
Washington Post:
A look at changes in MrBeast's hometown of Greenville, NC: studios, high-stress new jobs, random pyrotechnics, and a college course on creating YouTube content — Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson brought jobs to his North Carolina hometown. Now locals are part of the show, whether they like it or not.
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Karen Lema / Reuters:
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr condemns the killing of journalist Juan Jumalon, shot while broadcasting from his home, and orders an investigation — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of a Filipino journalist and ordered the police …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A survey of 12+ US newsrooms on whether their journalists can bet on sports they cover: some ban the practice, few have formal guidelines, others didn't respond — Sports betting has exploded in popularity and is now online in more than half of U.S. states. Yet few newsrooms said they addressed gambling in formal guidelines.
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@philipoconnor, @streetruffian, @hanaatameez and @sarahscire
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Digital-i: fewer than 5% of Netflix's original programs in 2022 would have triggered performance bonuses under the new WGA-AMPTP contract — Using Hollywood's new metrics, less than 5% of streaming originals count as hit shows. — Let's kick things off with a fun data point.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Times Magazine staff writer Jazmine Hughes resigns; editor Jake Silverstein said she violated policy by signing a letter protesting Israel's Gaza siege — The writer, Jazmine Hughes, who has won awards for her work, had signed another letter of protest this year.
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Nate Freeman / Vanity Fair:
How an open letter supporting Palestinians led to Artforum EIC David Velasco's firing, staff quitting in protest, and repercussions that are still playing out — The touchstone art publication's editor David Velasco decided, along with some members of his staff, to post an open letter …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: some satellite imagery providers are restricting imagery of Gaza to news orgs following a NYT report on Israeli tank positions based on the images — The Scoop — Key providers of satellite photographs to news organizations and other researchers have begun to restrict imagery …
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