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10:45 AM ET, October 29, 2024

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Jeff Bezos / Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos says presidential endorsements “create a perception of bias” and WaPo ending them is a “principled decision”, but wishes the change was made earlier  —  The credibility gap can be bridged by independence.  —  Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: more than 200,000 people had canceled their WaPo digital subscriptions by midday Monday, or ~8% of the paper's paid circulation of 2.5M subscribers  —  The Washington Post has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations from digital subscribers and a series of resignations from columnists …
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WaPo subscribers canceling shows how much its anti-Trump stance was marketing, as many seemed to be there for the mission, not necessarily the content  —  THE SCOOP  —  The wave of canceled subscriptions to the Washington Post marks the end of an era in which news organizations marketed themselves …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Two more Washington Post opinion writers, David Hoffman, who accepted a Pulitzer Prize last week, and Molly Roberts, resign from its editorial board  —  The Scoop  —  Two more Washington Post opinion writers resigned from its editorial board Monday as the paper reels into the US election amid an identity crisis.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN says commentator Ryan Girdusky will no longer be welcome on the network after his offensive remark to fellow guest Mehdi Hasan on the NewsNight show  —  “There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air,” the network said in a statement shared by host Abby Phillip tonight.
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: the LA Times, with fewer than 400,000 subscribers, saw 7,000+ cancellations for “editorial reasons” after declining to endorse in the presidential race  —  - Both papers have faced reader anger after declining to endorse, with critics saying the institutions failed them.
Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
The Baltimore Sun Guild says the paper dissolved its features section and reassigned staff, leaving it without culture coverage for the first time since 1888  —  The 187-year-old paper will no longer have the “features, exhibit advances and reviews that make up the soul of features reporting,” the guild says
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vivendi's supervisory board approves a plan to separate Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group from Vivendi; shareholders are set to vote on December 9  —  After final approval of the move designed to address “a very high conglomerate discount,” shares of pay-TV firm Canal+, ad giant Havas …
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Amazon plans to shut down its Kindle Vella serialized story platform in February 2025; users won't lose access to unlocked stories after the program closes  —  It's winding down the service over the next few months.  —  Amazon, in what it described as a “difficult decision,” …
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of The Rest Is History, the most popular history podcast with 11M monthly downloads; sources: TRIH has 45K+ paying subscribers and earns $200K+/month  —  ‘The Rest Is History’ dives into the past with raucous good cheer and has captured a growing audience of young listeners.
Marie Solis / New York Times:
How feminist media, a robust part of the ecosystem in 2016, has faded in the 2024 US election: many outlets are closed, and others now don't focus on politics  —  The robust feminist blogosphere of 2016 is all but gone.  Some of the creators are missing its perspective.  —  It was 2016, and the future was female.
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