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5:10 PM ET, September 27, 2024

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Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Meta will also block sharing of Ken Klippenstein's newsletter and other sources with the JD Vance dossier, citing foreign meddling and hacked materials policies  —  The platform blocked a journalist from sharing a purported research document on the candidate, mirroring its past controversy.
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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
X is blocking links to Ken Klippenstein's newsletter with a hacked JD Vance dossier and has suspended Klippenstein's X account for posting Vance's personal info
Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is making changes to Morning Edition and All Things Considered, including shorter stories, a broader range of topics, and a more conversational tone  —  NPR has begun making strategic changes to its newsmagazines in an attempt to reverse a trend in audience loss.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple rethinks its movie strategy, including rolling back theatrical releases and cutting budgets for most to under $100M, after some box office misses  —  The tech giant intended to spend $1 billion annually on films for cinemas.  After several box office disappointments …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
NCTJ survey: average UK salary for a reporter in the UK is £34.5K and £45.5K in London; in TV, the average is £50K, in radio £32K and in newspapers £32.2K  —  Average pay for UK journalists has kept pace with the wider economy with those using AI paid more, according to a new survey.
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Former child star Demi Lovato joined California Governor Gavin Newsom as he signed two bills that financially protect child influencers and content creators  —  Former child star Demi Lovato joined the California governor on Thursday as he greenlit legislation that expands the Coogan Law …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at National Trust for Local News, which owns 65 newspapers across Colorado, Maine, and Georgia, employs ~250 journalists, and has 100K paying subscribers  —  “What we're trying to solve for is not necessarily a business model problem.  We're trying to solve for an ownership incentive problem."
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memos: Scripps is “winding down” its linear national TV news business on November 15, resulting in ~200 layoffs, and president of news Kate O'Brian is leaving  —  Scripps is backing out of a ambitious effort to offer national news across its many TV stations, and its reasons for doing so may give rivals the shudders.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Newsmax and election systems company Smartmatic reach a confidential settlement that averts Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies  —  Newsmax has reached a settlement with election systems company Smartmatic, averting a defamation trial that was set to start next week.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at publishers' growing use of Subtext, founded in 2019 by Advance Local's Alpha Group, to drive traffic, reduce churn, and drive affiliate revenue  —  Could old-fashioned SMS texting be a more reliable alternative to fickle social media algorithms for publishers?
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Subscription management platform RevenueCat acquires Dipsea, an app that offers subscriptions for “spicy” audiobooks, as a test ground for RevenueCat's features
Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter:
CNN won 11 awards in the 2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, ABC News won eight including three credited to Hulu, and National Geographic won five
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AI company Runway launches The Hundred Film Fund, offering grants of $5,000 to $1M for 100 short films and feature-length movies that use generative AI
Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: ESPN lays off NBA senior writer Zach Lowe as part of continuing cost cutting; his salary, in excess of seven figures annually, was the biggest factor
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426, which forces digital stores to tell customers they are getting a revocable license when “buying” digital media
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: CNN will begin experimenting in early October with a metered paywall, charging some readers for digital access after they read a set number of articles
Alan Wong / Bloomberg:
Hong Kong District Court sentences now-shuttered Stand News editor Chung Pui-kuen to 21 months in prison, the first jailing of a journalist on sedition charges
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
 

 
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024 that, under specific conditions, let users log in with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Intel scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI accelerator chips in 2024, with CEO Pat Gelsinger citing chip transition and slower uptake to software

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval

 
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