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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail EIC Ted Verity says Mail+ has hit 100K paying subscribers, after launching the partial paywall in January 2024, and plans a US Mail+ launch in 2025 — Mail Online has hit 100,000 paying subscribers to its partial paywall in less than ten months.
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
The 2024 US election cycle has shown that few seem to agree on who constitutes “the media”, what their role should be, or how much influence they have in 2024 — “You are the media now.” That's the message that began to cohere among right-wing influencers shortly after Donald Trump won the election this week.
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Semafor, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @BrentToderian@mastodon.online, @cwarzel@threads.net, @lucas_shaw, The Guardian, Fox News, @craigsilverman@mastodon …, @farhip, @djkoessler, @deggans, @benmazer, @haldavis3, @cwarzel@threads.net, @cwarzel@threads.net, @cwarzel@threads.net, @cwarzel@threads.net and The Hill
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Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights the shift toward a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum — Over the past several days, Meta's Threads has become inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
An interview with Arnon Mishkin, who has directed Fox News' decision desk for years, about its Fox News Voter Analysis, improvements for the 2026 midterms, more — At the start of Election Night, even executives at Fox News Channel didn't think Donald Trump had a decisive edge over Kamala Harris.
Discussion:
@bristei
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
A profile of Interscope CEO John Janick, who was promoted to run UMG's US West Coast labels in March 2024, adding to speculation that he will one day be UMG CEO — Why Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo chose John Janick — Dr Dre is frustrated. “What are you gonna do?” …
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@robinwigg, @annaknicolaou, Bloomberg and @arogdc
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Bill Ackman, UMG board member and major shareholder, seeks to move UMG's stock listing and HQ to the US from Amsterdam, after Israelis were attacked in the city — The head of Pershing Square Capital, which owns 10% of UMG's stock, said moving UMG to the U.S. after attacks on Israelis overnight …
Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris / The Wrap:
Slate says its magazine daily subscription sign-up rate was up 7x on a normal Wednesday day on November 6, after a 4x spike on the November 5 election day — “We deeply appreciate the support of our Slate Plus members who believe in the power of journalism,” editor-in-chief Hillary Frey says
Discussion:
@benmullin, @hilella and Slate
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Free London business newspaper City AM plans to drop its Monday print edition, going down to three days per week and putting a small number of roles at risk — Small number of jobs at risk as result of proposed print reduction. — Free London business newspaper City AM is looking at dropping …
Discussion:
Talking Biz News and @athenae.bsky.social
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Senate has a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill for reporters that the House passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in January — Folks in America: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” …
Discussion:
@cdarwin@c.im, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social and The Verge
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft confirms moving its news content services back under the MSN brand, after previously moving them to Microsoft Start branding in 2021 — MSN is back? Microsoft has revitalized the MSN homepage with a fresh new logo, while seemingly replacing “Start” in many key areas.
Discussion:
@zacbowden
Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash — The U.S. media company has owned a 49.9% stake in the channel since 2014, which it purchased for $200 million in a deal with BBC Worldwide.
Discussion:
NewscastStudio, The Desk, @variety, @charterhousesq, Editor and Publisher, Cord Cutters News, TVNewsCheck, Deadline, The Wrap and WORLD SCREEN
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Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
AMC Networks report Q3 revenue down 5.9% YoY to $599.6M, operating income down 22% YoY to $93.7M, 11.8M streaming subscribers, $316M in subscription revenue
Discussion:
The Desk, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Media Play News, The Streamable, Variety, AMC Networks Inc. and Benzinga
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice — A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation …
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Newsbusters, Bloomberg Law, Courthouse News Service, American Thinker and TVNewsCheck
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