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4:20 PM ET, November 6, 2023

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Mia Sato / The Verge:
TikTok says its $1B creator fund will end on December 16 2023 for creators in the US, UK, Germany, and France; creators in Italy and Spain won't be affected  —  TikTok's $1 billion creator fund will come to an end on December 16th, 2023, the company told users today.
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.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Meta says there are now 1M active subscriptions to Instagram creators, just over a year after launching the subscriptions feature, and unveils new creator tools  —  There are now 1 million paid subscriptions to creators on Instagram, slowly transforming the platform into a space where creators can get paid directly by their fans.
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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.
Washington Post:
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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New York Times:
A profile of The Washington Post's next CEO, Will Lewis, a UK-born former reporter and former Telegraph EIC who co-founded The News Movement for young audiences
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI debuts Copyright Shield, promising to defend ChatGPT Enterprise users and OpenAI customers facing copyright infringement claims related to its services  —  OpenAI — bowing to peer pressure — today announced it'll step in and defend businesses using OpenAI products …
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Spotify sets the threshold to receive royalties at 1,000 annual streams per track, demonetizing 0.5% of its Streamshare that earn less than $0.05/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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Jason Wagenheim leaves BDG Media to be the first North America CEO of Footballco, which owns soccer websites, ahead of 2026 World Cup on the continent
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney names Hugh Johnston, currently the CFO of PepsiCo, as its senior executive VP and CFO, starting on December 4
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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
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SAG-AFTRA says it's reviewing a proposal the AMPTP calls its “last, best, and final offer”; source: the offer includes a wage increase and “full” AI protections
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to refresh the Vision Pro with Apple Intelligence, a new Spatial content app, and a revamped guest mode in visionOS 2.4, as early as April

Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional:
As JD Vance chastised the EU for its AI regulation, 12+ US states are considering algorithmic discrimination bills that look strikingly similar to EU's AI Act

Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Hector Martin, lead of Asahi Linux distribution for Apple Silicon, resigns, citing burnout, demanding users, and Linus Torvalds's handling of Rust integration

 
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