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The Scott Trust approves the sale of The Observer to Tortoise, despite two days of strikes by Guardian and Observer staffers against the deal — Scott Trust backs deal with digital start-up after conditions introduced to address fears among newspaper's staff
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LA Times op-ed contributor Harry Litman resigns, saying he's protesting the “repugnant and dangerous” actions to appease Trump by owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong — I have been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times op-ed page in some fashion for more than 15 years.
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Sources: the LAT now has to send Patrick Soon-Shiong opinion story headlines ahead of publication for review, after carrying a Elon Musk headline he didn't like
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On Scott Jennings' podcast, Patrick Soon-Shiong said he plans to add an AI-powered “bias meter” to LAT stories and hopes to roll it out as soon as January 2025
On Scott Jennings' podcast, Patrick Soon-Shiong said he plans to add an AI-powered “bias meter” to LAT stories and hopes to roll it out as soon as January 2025
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Sources: Condé Nast lays off some top executives including VPs and SVPs in marketing and sales, along with key staff in events, social media, and editorial jobs — The cuts come as the company combines its commercial and consumer revenue teams — The digital media company Condé …
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Chinese billionaire Zhang Xin makes an undisclosed investment in Mubi via her film production company Closer Media, and joins Mubi's board of directors — The former CEO of real estate giant SOHO China launched the New York-based film group Closer Media in 2022.
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Fox News feted Donald Trump at Fox Nation's annual awards show, naming him “Patriot of the Year”, highlighting the influential role the network could play — Sean Hannity and other Fox News stars feted Donald Trump at Fox Nation's annual awards show, highlighting the influential role the network is poised to play.
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Memo: Vox Media announces layoffs and a restructuring of lifestyle brands, affecting Thrillist, PS (PopSugar), and Eater, and product, production and tech staff — - Vox Media just cut an unspecified number of staff and reorganized its lifestyle brands. — CEO Jim Bankoff said the company …

Q&A with Jessica Chan, Perplexity's new head of publisher partnerships, on its revenue-sharing program, how publishers are using Perplexity's APIs, and more — Perplexity announced today it has added more than a dozen new media companies to its publisher program, including Blavity …
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Meta teams up with James Cameron's Lightstorm Vision to bring “live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series featuring big-name IP” to Quest headsets — The multiyear deal will make Meta Quest the exclusive mixed reality headset of Lightstorm, and is meant to turbocharge 3D content development.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says it is not “necessarily true” that Bluesky will always be ad-free; ads could be “user intent-driven”, like running in search results — Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices …
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Ipsos: in October 2024, BBC News passed Apple News as the biggest UK news app with 14.2M users and 1.7B minutes spent to Apple News' 14M users and 1.3B minutes — BBC News has overtaken Apple News as the biggest news app in the UK in the year since Press Gazette's last annual ranking.
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Circana: Taylor Swift's “Eras Tour Book”, released exclusively via Target, sold 814K copies over the Thanksgiving weekend, the biggest publishing launch of 2024 — Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest publishing launch of 2024.
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How transgender journalist Erin Reed covered a SCOTUS hearing on a transgender healthcare case, interacting with readers and viewers across social platforms — For years, the Supreme Court press corps has been dominated by mainstream media outlets. But with the rise of independent journalists …
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Q&A with Elisabeth Bumiller, who is stepping down as NYT DC bureau chief, on the relentless news pace in Trump's first term, returning to reporting, and more — Reflections on a political cyclone — Elisabeth Bumiller has led the New York Times' coverage of Washington through a decade-long political hurricane.
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