Mediagazer: Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep (Bloomberg)

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The Independent's US editorial team increased by 40% in 2023 to about 50 journalists as it beefed up before the US election, and US visitor numbers rose by 20% — US plans follow acquisition of Buzzfeed's UK operations earlier this year — The Independent, the London-based media group …

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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

European streamer SkyShowtime unveils a premium plan that lets users stream on up to five devices simultaneously, starting at €8.99 per month on October 29 — With pricing starting at €8.99 per month, the Premium plan provides the ability to stream on up to five devices simultaneously …

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Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:

In a podcast trailer, Ta-Nehisi Coates says CBS' Tony Dokoupil commandeered the Israel-Hamas war interview and “I don't think he did Nate and Gayle a service” — In the trailer for the next episode of ‘What Now? with Trevor Noah’ podcast Coates offered more thoughts on the much-talked about ‘CBS Mornings’ interview.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

The Biden-Harris administration launches a Reddit White House account for news and info about federal government work; first posts are about Hurricane Helene — VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media …

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Bloomberg:

Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst, letting it use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines, after deals with Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith — - Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that's used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature …

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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The number of outlets blocking OpenAI's GPTBot has decreased since Dotdash Meredith and Condé Nast announced licensing deals with OpenAI in May and August

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Michael Leidig / Press Gazette:

RT revoices a series of Putin's key speeches using AI to show him delivering them in English, likely a bid to undermine Western translations — Putin Speaks project offers counter to Western Putin translations. — Russia's state-controlled TV news network has revoiced a series …

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Gabrielle Russon / Florida Politics:

Florida's Department of Health sends a cease-and-desist letter to TV stations airing an ad supporting a pro-abortion amendment, calling it “false advertisement” — ‘Here, the Department is threatening the station with criminal prosecution if it does not cease running the Advertisement.’

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Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:

Meta begins rolling out new AI tools that will let advertisers expand the aspect ratio of their videos as well as generate a video ad from a static image — Meta Platforms Inc. today said it's rolling out a full-screen video tab on Facebook and Instagram in recognition of the fact …

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CBS News:

60 Minutes says Trump backed out of an interview last week because it planned to fact check and Trump needed an apology for his 2020 interview with Lesley Stahl — It's been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 Minutes in October.

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Fox News Media plans to launch a daily Spanish-language news show on Fox Deportes on October 15 and debuts a machine-translated Spanish version of its site — - There have been a few conservative news startups launched since 2020, including Americano Media and Voz Media …

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