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Jennifer Smith / CommonWealth Beacon:
A look at Melrose Update Robocast, a podcast generated using Google's NotebookLM and public documents and born of frustration with a Massachusetts news desert — A NEW LOCAL PODCAST covering Melrose debuted this month. Over about 15 minutes, an unnamed man and woman chat …
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Reuters:
Netflix gained 5.1M new subscribers in Q3, vs. 4M est., and says more than 50% of signups were for its ad-supported tier in countries where it was available — Netflix (NFLX.O) picked up 5.1 million streaming subscribers in the third quarter, topping Wall Street estimates by more than 1 million …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
A look at possible reasons, per sources, DirecTV has lost 10% of its commercial customers this NFL season, including customers choosing the EverPass bundle — A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, which brings you the biggest news …
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Matilda Battersby / The Bookseller:
Penguin Random House amends its copyright notice globally to prohibit the use of books for training AI; the notice will be included in new titles and reprints — The world's biggest trade publisher has changed the wording on its copyright pages to help protect authors' intellectual property …
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CNN:
A federal judge issues a restraining order against Florida's surgeon general for threatening TV stations with criminal charges for airing a pro-abortion ad — New York CNN — — “To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it's the First Amendment, stupid.”
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Alex Ritman / Variety:
The BFI London Film Festival pulls the documentary Undercover: Exposing the Far Right at the last minute over safety concerns — A documentary exposing a network of far-right activists in the U.K. has been pulled from the BFI London Film Festival at the last minute over safety concerns.
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Financial Times:
Filings: Nigel Farage has increased his shares in GB News from 300K shares to 500K, and George Farmer, former CEO of Parler, has become an investor — City fund manager Helena Morrissey and chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos also awarded extra stock — Nigel Farage has increased …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg launches a Weekend Edition to reduce churn; CPO Julia Beizer says the publisher has 740K subscribers, of which about 40% are from outside the US — The new editorial product will focus on the intersection of finance and culture, boosting weekend readership
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Some Knight Foundation grantees detail funding issues, including long delays after approval, and say they've been told it is pausing most grants through H1 2025 — Looking at front-loading, an unannounced strategic review, and a hold on “prioritizing” new grants
Kirsten Eddy / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 37% of Republicans and 38% of Democrats trust information from social media; 40% of Republicans and 78% of Democrats trust national news organizations — Republicans are now nearly as likely to trust the information that comes from social media sites as they are to trust information …
Sahil Patel / The Information:
LinkedIn woos publishers, testing a “News Banner” on its mobile app feed and a video ad program that sources say will earn Bloomberg and WSJ $2M+ each in 2024 — As Facebook owner Meta Platforms has backed away from news, Microsoft's LinkedIn has leaned into it.
Marah Eakin / Wired:
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short — Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions. Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools …
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Todd Terrazas on LinkedIn, Variety, Reuters and Meta, more at Techmeme »
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Jon Steinberg, CEO of UK magazine publisher Future, announces plans to step down in 2025 after a 12-month notice period; Steinberg joined in April 2023 — Shares in magazine publisher Future plc dropped more than 10% on Friday morning after the company announced the departure …
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