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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBCUniversal plans to add its regional sports channels to Peacock as soon as early 2025, streaming Boston, Philadelphia, and Northern California teams — Regional channels carrying the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics and other teams to be made available on the streaming service
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
The US FTC adopts its final “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up, after proposing the rule in 2023 — The US Federal Trade Commission is taking action against subscriptions that are difficult to get rid of.
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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 …
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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.
Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
A judge sentences former elected official Robert Telles to at least 28 years in prison for killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in 2022 — A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing …
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The Desk, UPI, New York Times, Washington Examiner, @michael_bodley, Axios, The Guardian, CBS News, Fox News, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Associated Press
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Press Forward awards $20M to 205 small local newsrooms across the US over two years and doubles the available funds and number of grantees due to high interest — In response to the volume and quality of applications, Press Forward doubled the funding and number of grantees for this open call.
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TVNewsCheck, Associated Press, Current, Columbia Journalism Review and Poynter
David Pierce / The Verge:
Amazon unveils the $280 Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, its first color e-reader with a Paperwhite-like design and color E Ink display, shipping October 30 — For years, Kindle users have asked Amazon to make a color version of its e-reader. … The Colorsoft costs $279.99 and starts shipping on October 30th.
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SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, The Independent, Engadget, Reuters, Bloomberg, @maxwinebach, Wired, Fortune, BGR, TechCrunch, @caro_milanesi, ZDNET, GB News, Mashable, @panos_panay, GeekWire, Neowin, Digital Trends, @delrey, Ars Technica, @mattmday, Thurrott, Quartz, Media Play News and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: Dennis Miller steps down as president of the CW after two years, and the CW's president of entertainment, Brad Schwartz, is expected to succeed him — According to sources, he has shared the news with company staff. The CW President of Entertainment Brad Schwartz is expected to succeed him.
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TVLine, Radio & Television …, Variety, The Wrap, TVNewsCheck and The Hollywood Reporter
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media's Eater launches its first mobile app, which will showcase recommendations and monetize exclusively via ads at the beginning, available on iOS — The new product will focus on providing users nearby restaurant recommendations — The Vox Media publisher Eater launched …
Discussion:
Jill Dehnert on LinkedIn, Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn and @maxwinebach
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Economist VP of Performance Marketing Tom McCave says the magazine has rolled out free student subscriptions as part of a bid to “future-proof” the business — The Economist has “returned to brand advertising” and rolled out free subscriptions for students as part of a bid to …
CNN:
Harris' campaign is spending heavily to promote news aggregator pages on Facebook that link to news stories from major media outlets that reflect well on Harris — As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris feverishly chase undecided voters in the final stretch of the presidential campaign …
Discussion:
KDFX-TV
Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Insiders say CNN CEO Mark Thompson is keeping salaries for on-air talent flat or cutting them; source: Jake Tapper's and Wolf Blitzer's new salaries stayed flat — SCOOP: Chris Wallace is being offered a pay cut, and Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer were renewed without raises.
Discussion:
@ggreenwald and @bsdtectr.bsky.social
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