Mediagazer: Filings: Ryan Lizza denied ex-fianceé Olivia Nuzzi's accusations against him and accused her of “catastrophically reckless behavior” in her affair with RFK Jr. (Katelyn Polantz/CNN)

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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:

Filings: Ryan Lizza denied ex-fianceé Olivia Nuzzi's accusations against him and accused her of “catastrophically reckless behavior” in her affair with RFK Jr. — Political journalist Ryan Lizza has accused his ex-fianceé, the acclaimed magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi …

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Sources: Will Lewis has a mandate from Jeff Bezos to grow The Washington Post, including via acquisitions, and has explored deals with Punchbowl News and others — Will Lewis has said he has a mandate from the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, to grow the business, including through acquisitions.

Discussion: Washington …, @conorsen, @will_bunch, @benmullin and @benmullin

David Pierce / The Verge:

Q&A with Kevin Rose on Digg, what Reddit got right, the rise of news feeds, why there is no universal internet homepage like Techmeme is for tech, and more — a couple of years, there was nothing on the internet so simultaneously thrilling and terrifying as having your website hit the front page of Digg.

Discussion: @_blunderchief@threads.net and @imyke@threads.net, more at Techmeme »

Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:

Kansas City's news nonprofit The Beacon is shutting down its Wichita newsroom, three years after its launch with support from the Wichita Foundation — “We've realized that we can't do it all, and have made the decision to no longer have a staffed newsroom in Wichita.”

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, @sarahscire and The Beacon

Jessica Rogen / St. Louis Public Radio:

Lee Enterprises' St. Louis Post-Dispatch plans to outsource printing to Gannett in Columbia, MO, in January; late sports info will not be in its print edition — Come January, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will not be printed in the St. Louis area for the first time in its 146-year history.

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, @hollyedgell and St. Louis Business Journal

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Regional UK news publisher Iliffe Media rolls out metered paywalls across its network, moving from an in-house system to the Piano platform — Regional news publisher Iliffe Media has rolled out a metered paywall strategy across its network. — Iliffe had already implemented metered paywalls …

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Spotify is paying hundreds of millions for audiobooks annually; US audiobook users average five more hours on the app in the 60 days after starting a book — - Without Spotify, the audiobook industry in the U.S. grew 14% in unit sales between Q4 2022 and Q4 2023, according to Bookstat.

Discussion: Spotify, Douglas Stambaugh on LinkedIn, Videl Bar-Kar on LinkedIn, Carmen Josée on LinkedIn, Géraldine Igou on LinkedIn, Duncan Bruce on LinkedIn, Carlo Carrenho on LinkedIn, David Kaefer on LinkedIn, Publishers Weekly, The Bookseller, Neowin, Digital Music News and Thurrott

Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:

Filing: Paramount sweetens compensation for its three co-CEOs ahead of its Skydance merger, expected in H1 2025; the deal protects their pay if they're demoted — The “Office of the CEO” just got additional bonuses — and the security of knowing that if they're demoted they can take their pay and walk away without a hit.

Discussion: Variety, ir.paramount.com, @variety, The Wrap, Deadline and Bloomberg

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Source: CBS News chief Wendy McMahon has directed the network to consider an editorial review of fairness and objectivity, after the Dokoupil/Coates interview — Wendy McMahon has directed the news network to consider an editorial review to address fairness, objectivity concerns

Discussion: @jbflint, @jbflint and @jbflint

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:

Condé Nast reaches a tentative deal with The New Yorker union, ending a strike threat at the mag's annual festival; the union plans a final vote in a few weeks — The company's human resources department announced a tentative deal on Monday, a little over a week after the labor group threatened a work stoppage.

Discussion: New York Post, NewsGuild of New York, Crooked Media and The Nation

Kathryn Lundstrom / Adweek:

Amazon expands its suite of AI-powered ad tools to let US advertisers use generative AI to make audio ads, available now in beta, and unveils AI creative studio — The tech giant announced new products at its annual ad conference — Soon, you'll hear more audio ads on Amazon's properties that were created with generative AI.

Discussion: Digiday, Mumbrella, Inside Radio, Vijayananth Mani on LinkedIn and About Amazon

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Five ex-Pitchfork journalists launch online music outlet Hearing Things, aiming to capture Pitchfork's independent spirit; subscriptions start 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.

Discussion: The Needle Drop, @benmullin, AV Club, @jawnita, @jillian_mapes, @jeremydlarson, @hearingthingsco, @dada_drummer, @ryandombal, @tombreihan, @benmullin, @pellz_, @markrichardson, Hearing Things, @Outpost@indieweb.social, @simondowens@threads.net and Resident Advisor