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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Newsmax, The Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions; OANN says it has signed the policy — The Washington Post joined the New York Times, Newsmax and CNN in refusing to sign the restrictive new policy.
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NPR, Axios, The Guardian, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, RedState, IJR, Barrett Media, David Earl Williams III on LinkedIn, Dave Earley on LinkedIn, Straight Arrow News, The Hill, Political Wire, Mediaite, Newser, The Bulwark, The Indian Express, @ginly47.bsky.social, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, The Post Millennial, @marynelson8@mstdn.social, @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social, Mediaite and @nateraymond.bsky.social
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The NYT, WSJ, WaPo, NPR, The Atlantic, Guardian, CNN, and others say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions ahead of a Tuesday deadline — The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department's policies …
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NPR, Deadline, Military Reporters and Editors, The Hill, New Jersey Online, @theatlanticpr, @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social, Poynter, @jonzoidberg.xyz, CNN, Straight Arrow News, @erikwemple, @washpostcomms, @maxwelltani, @petehegseth, @bartongellman, @scottnover, @mattsheffield, @danlamothe, @scottnover, @scottnover, @davidfolkenflik, @scottnover, Al Jazeera, The Wrap, @maxwelltani, @scottnover, @nancyayoussef, @brianstelter, @erikwemple, @liamjscott, @scottnover, @erikwemple, @ralstonreports, @adamsteinbaugh, @phildstewart, @alexandermccoy4, @scottnover, @scottnover, @scottnover, Status, @taracopp, @whca, New York Daily News, @scottnover, @phildstewart, @scottnover, @scottnover, @jayrosen.bsky.social, @chrisvanhollen, @jimlaporta, @petehegseth, Barbara Starr Reports, Mediaite, @sccdp@sfba.social, The Independent, NOTUS, @jaylyall.bsky.social, @steadystatevets.bsky.social, Raw Story, Newsweek, @tyleraking.com, @freedom.press, Poynter, @bselena.bsky.social, TheDesk.net, Raw Story, TVNewsCheck and Committee to Protect …
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
Publicis reports Q3 net revenue up 5.7% YoY to €3.53B, above est., and raises its 2025 revenue growth forecast to between 5% to 5.5% on strong ad and AI demand — Publicis Groupe SA raised its forecast for growth for the second time this year, benefiting from strong customer demand for artificial intelligence-led advertising.
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Adweek, BMI, Reuters, Publicis Groupe S.A, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and campaignlive.co.uk
Michael Schneider / Variety:
TiVo confirms that it exited the hardware business on October 1 when it stopped selling DVRs, but says it will continue to offer support for the products — The TiVo box, which sat at the cutting edge of television's early 2000s time-shifting viewer revolution, is no more.
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Engadget, David Preisman on LinkedIn and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
SAG-AFTRA praises California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing new legislation to protect a performer's likeness, saying it takes action “against AI abuse” — SB 683 was signed into law by the California governor on Friday — SAG-AFTRA voiced their appreciation for California lawmakers …
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Governor of California
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Instagram overhauls the app for teen users with age-gating, including showing age-appropriate content to Teen Accounts by default, guided by PG-13 movie ratings — After outrage over teens' well-being on Instagram erupted, the company said it would adopt the film industry's approach to content and aim to give teens a PG-13 experience.
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CNN, The Wrap, Mediaweek, Variety, TechCrunch, Meta Newsroom, Channel NewsAsia, The Hollywood Reporter, WPXI-TV, Wall Street Journal, ABC7, Digital Trends, Livemint, PetaPixel, The Guardian, WinBuzzer, Bloomberg, WeRSM, RTÉ, Engadget, Associated Press, The Independent, iPhone in Canada, New York Times, The Verge, DNA India, Mashable, @metanewsroom, CNBC, The Guardian, TODAY.com and The Japan Times, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Q&A with Marc Maron on ending his WTF With Marc Maron podcast after 16 years, having President Obama as the final guest, never winning a Peabody Award, and more — The comedian, actor, and former podcaster discusses his decision to bring “WTF” to a close after 16 years and interviewing its final guest, Barack Obama.
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The Hollywood Reporter, WTF with Marc Maron Podcast, @timothypmurphy.bsky.social, @barackobama.bsky.social, NPR, The A.V. Club, Inside Radio, Chicago Tribune, RADAR, HuffPost, Axios, Deadline, The Guardian, Variety, Daily Kos, The Wrap, Althouse, Rolling Stone, CNN, Podnews, WTOP News, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and Oh No They Didn't!
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA announces a new agreement tailored for serialized microdramas, or “verticals”, with budgets under $300K that it plans to circulate later this month — The union will be circulating a new agreement for microdramas with budgets under $300,000 later this month.
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Variety, TVNewsCheck, @lukebarnett and Deadline
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Daily email newsletter 1440, which has 4.5M subscribers, is repositioning itself from a newsletter-only brand to a destination for explainers on its website — A series talking to C-suite executives about the str → Daily email newsletter 1440 is evolving into what it's calling a …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israeli authorities release 14 journalists and others who had been detained, most of them for four days, after sailing aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla — Israeli authorities have released 14 journalists and others who had been detained, most of them for four days, after sailing aboard the Wijdan …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger “Sponsored” label at the top and a hide button at the bottom — Ads in your search results might be a little less annoying now. … Ads in Google search results are getting a more prominent label …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Bari Weiss faces three major challenges: leading CBS through a big-picture structural change, building trust with staff, and building trust with the audience — The News — Bari Weiss' television prospects once appeared to be fairly bleak. — Following her departure from the New York Times in 2020 …

