Mediagazer: In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say executives decided this based on free speech considerations (Salvador Rodriguez/Wall Street Journal)

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

Pew: 30% of US adults say they regularly get news from Facebook, 26% say YouTube; 16%, Instagram; 14%, TikTok; 12%, X; 8%, Reddit; and 5%, Nextdoor and LinkedIn — Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.

Discussion: Pew Research Center, Axios and Reuters

Katerina Eva Matsa / Pew Research Center:

Survey: 14% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok, up from 3% in 2020: 32% of adults 18-29, 15% of those 30-49, 7% of those 50-64, 3% of those 65+ — A small but growing share of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on TikTok. This is in contrast with many other social media sites …

Discussion: Washington Post

New York Times:

Interviews with 100+ people detail David Zaslav's WBD tenure, including deep cuts and a 50%+ stock drop, during a tumultuous time for the entertainment industry — A merger put him in the driver's seat at Warner Brothers, one of the industry's biggest studios. It has been a wild ride.

Discussion: IndieWire, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, ComingSoon.net, @benmullin, The Hollywood Reporter, @sidhubaba, @brianstelter, @mileskahn, @tsoh_investing and @stcroix2020

Discussion: The Daily Beast, @blakerutherford, @omunderdal, @benmullin, @benmullin, @jayrosen_nyu and @jamesstewartnyt

Financial Times:

As Rupert Murdoch cedes control to Lachlan this week, a look at the issues facing Fox: the $2.7B Smartmatic lawsuit, shareholder complaints, Ray Epps, and more — As the new chair completes his takeover, he must contend with unresolved claims hanging over the media company

Discussion: Politico and Cord Cutters News

Discussion: New York Post, @waywardboobs.bsky.social, @brianstelter and NPR

Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:

In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say executives decided this based on free speech considerations — Company weighed free-speech considerations in changing its policy last year

Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, @doniecnn@threads.net, Melissa Ryan on LinkedIn, Mother Jones, New Republic, @melissaryan@me.dm, @jayrosen_nyu, @zamaan_qureshi, @vanbadham, @benpershing, @Noupside@saturation.social and The Rural Blog, more at Techmeme »

Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:

The FCC adopts a rule to prevent limiting broadband access by “income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin”; ISPs and the GOP complain — Industry and GOP say rule goes too far, warn of a chilling effect on broadband investment

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, PCMag, The White House, @pogue.omg.lol, FCC, Broadband Communities, Ars Technica, Broadband Communities, Broadband Breakfast, The Markup, Next TV, Cord Cutters News and Free Press, more at Techmeme »

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Meng Ru Kuok, CEO and founder of Caldecott Music Group, acquires the Gawker trademark and domain name from Bustle Digital Group, but not its archives — Get ready for Gawker 3.0: The twice-shuttered blog site has a new owner, who plans to bring the gossipy pop-culture brand back to life — but not in exactly the same way.

New York Times:

US and European newsrooms grapple with tough choices over which Israel-Hamas war images to publish, made more complex by restrictions on photojournalists — Digital disinformation and restrictions on photojournalists have complicated decision-making about the visual chronicle of the Israel-Hamas war.

Music Business Worldwide:

Stability AI VP of Audio Ed Newton-Rex resigns, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use — Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.

Discussion: Laurie Jakobsen on LinkedIn, @carnage4life@mas.to and @neilturkewitz, more at Techmeme »

Thomas Wilde / GeekWire:

Amazon plans to merge its Comixology app with Kindle on December 4, and automatically integrate all comics that Comixology users own into their Kindle libraries — Amazon will merge its digital comics storefront Comixology with Kindle on Dec. 4, which will also involve the official end of service for the standalone Comixology app.

Discussion: The Beat, Comic Book, IGN, BetaNews, Stevivor, ICv2, Nerdvana, EconoTimes, Bleeding Cool News, 9to5Google, Good e-Reader, The Verge, @comixology and AIPT, more at Techmeme »

Anna Wiener / New Yorker:

A profile of Holly Herndon, an artist and musician who uses AI in her work and who co-founded Spawning, a company building a “consent layer for AI” for artists — The artist and musician uses machine learning to make strange, playful work. She also advocates for artists' autonomy in a world shaped by A.I.

Discussion: @kcesq, @totalvibration, @newyorker, @joelvmills, @hollyherndon and @annawiener, more at Techmeme »

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

Memos: BuzzFeed Inc. publisher Dao Nguyen steps down and will be replaced by Jessica Probus as the company moves from emphasizing its network to growing brands — Veteran executive Jessica Probus will step up as its new publisher — Culture and entertainment publisher BuzzFeed Inc. unveiled …

Discussion: @maxwellstrachan and @bmorrissey