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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher — Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn't interested “in being anyone's antagonist,” CEO says.
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Internal memo: the BBC plans to cut 155 BBC News jobs, including closing Asian Network News and the HARDtalk program, to save £24M, or 4% of BBC News' budget — Broadcaster hopes move will save £24mn from budget, according to internal memo sent to staff
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Five ex-Pitchfork journalists launch online subscription music outlet Hearing Things, aiming to capture Pitchfork's independent spirit, starting at $70 per year — After the popular publication was folded into GQ, a group of them is striking out on its own. One of the first orders of business: doing away with album scores.
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Tina Brown, who became synonymous with Manhattan media in the 1980s and 1990s, launches Fresh Hell, a weekly Substack diary newsletter in “notebook form” — Tina Brown's decision to join Substack is a coup for the newsletter company, which considers prestigious names to be magnets …
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@jtes, @mediaevan and Fresh Hell
Associated Press:
Taliban-run media stops showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality laws, sparking press freedom concerns — Taliban run-media have stopped showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality laws, an official confirmed Tuesday.
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Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
WBD plans to launch Max in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand on November 19, with pricing details to be announced — Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand also among new countries where you'll be able to see “Dune: Prophecy”
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Deadline, Broadband TV News, WORLD SCREEN, Media Play News, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, Reuters and Advanced Television
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube rolls out new features: granular playback speed controls, an improved miniplayer on iOS and Android, updated playlists, a sleep timer, and more — YouTube is making official a number of updates that it's been testing in recent months, like the new miniplayer and several design updates.
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TechCrunch, YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Google and Digital Trends, more at Techmeme »
Mark Savage / BBC:
NewJeans star Hanni gives a tearful testimony on workplace harassment to South Korean lawmakers, alleging that the entertainment agency Hybe undermined her band — A member of the chart-topping K-pop group NewJeans has tearfully testified to South Korean lawmakers as part of an enquiry into workplace harassment.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon plans to expand ads on Prime Video to Brazil, India, Japan, the Netherlands and New Zealand in 2025, joining the US, Canada, France, UK and more — India, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand and the Netherlands will see advertising added to Prime Video in 2025, joining the U.S., Canada, France, U.K. and Mexico.
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Variety, Deadline and IN About Amazon
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UK tech journalist Steve O'Hear, who worked for TechCrunch for over a decade before leaving to work in tech in 2021, and had muscular dystrophy, died at age 49 — Former TechCrunch reporter Steve O'Hear has died after a short illness, his team announced today
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TechCrunch, @sarahdrinkwater, @mgsiegler, @megancaywood, Cordelia Meacher on LinkedIn, @techcrunch, @shonaghosh, @mikebutcher, Martin Sfp Bryant on LinkedIn, @riptari, @mattwichrowski, Sam Shead on LinkedIn, @jimmym, @emilyjnicolle, @slh, Freya Pratty on LinkedIn, @matthewclifford, @jamesliamcook, @yoda, James Cook on LinkedIn, @lynseybarber, @hkanji, Ron Miller on LinkedIn, @tomwarren, Danvers Baillieu on LinkedIn, @amyrlewin, @simonbalmain, @vojtech, @richleighpr and Talking Biz News
Tom Warren / The Verge:
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is back in a “provisional, read-only manner”, after a DDoS attack on the Internet Archive on October 9 and a data breach — The Internet Archive is back online in a read-only state after a cyberattack brought down the digital library and Wayback Machine last week.
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@brewster_kahle, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, MEDIANAMA, @brewster_kahle, Engadget, @internetarchive, 9to5Mac, Neowin, Fast Company, ZDNET, @tariqkrim, AV Club, Mashable, PCMag and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »
Poynter:
The Poynter Institute partners with Knight Foundation to educate philanthropic funders, who are interested in supporting local news, about journalism ethics — Partnership with Knight Foundation aims to help strengthen local news ecosystem — Today, Maribel Pèrez Wadsworth …
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Knight Foundation
Jane Clinton / The Guardian:
BBC DG Tim Davie says funding cuts to BBC World Service have helped state-funded media operators from Russia and China broadcast “unchallenged propaganda” — BBC director-general Tim Davie to warn world facing ‘all-out assault on truth’ as state-funded media operators broadcast unchallenged
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
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