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Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart — Hugh Hewitt has quit as a contributing columnist to The Washington Post, after storming out of a Post Live event on Friday morning …
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Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump — - Trump's team said in its complaint that an ad campaign highlighting the Post's critical coverage of the former president amounted to …
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Trump sues CBS News in a Texas court, claiming CBS engaged in election interference “through malicious, deceptive” editing of its 60 Minutes Harris interview — Former President Trump is suing CBS News over a “60 Minutes” interview it broadcast with Vice President Harris earlier …
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Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M — The Greek media company Antenna Group is in talks to acquire Time Inc. from Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff, according to people familiar with the matter.

Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is forming a new group to coordinate the company's use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality …
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The world's biggest digital ad companies saw significant sales growth in Q3, due to US political ad revenue, AI-enhanced ad tools, and healthy consumer spending — - Google's advertising revenue jumped more than 10% year-over-year, thanks in part to election-related ad spend, especially on YouTube …
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A survey of US advertisers and agencies: 49% said alternative currencies were just as effective as Nielsen and 36% said they were more effective than Nielsen — Nielsen remains dominant, but a growing number of advertisers have tried alternatives and most find them equal or better

Fubo reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $386.2M, a net loss of $54.7M, down from $84.4M in Q3 2023, and 1.6M subscribers in North America, up 9% YoY — Revenue in the period ended September 30 increased 20% over the same frame a year ago to reach $386.2 million. Losses narrowed to 17 cents a share from 29 cents a year ago.

Troveo, which helps content owners and digital rights managers license content to AI companies but keep ownership rights, launches with $4.5M in seed funding — The platform, Troveo, launches with $4.5 million in seed funding and says it has “deals in place with prominent AI companies to pay …
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Charter says some cable plans will have access to ad-supported versions of Max, Disney+, Peacock, ESPN+, and other streamers at no extra cost by early 2025 — TV Select customers will be able to watch the ad-supported versions of Max, Disney+, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ and more at no additional cost
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Robert Kagan and Danielle Allen, who resigned from WaPo over its decision not to issue a presidential endorsement, join The Atlantic as contributing writers — New York CNN — — Two veteran writers who resigned from The Washington Post over its non-endorsement decision are joining The Atlantic.
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BBC World Service secures a 25% increase in its government grant for 2025/26; sources: £27M has been agreed, on top of baseline funding of £104M this year — Executives have warned that cuts have left the UK struggling to counter a rise in Russian and Chinese propaganda