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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Over 40 news outlets, including WaPo, NYT, WSJ, AP, Reuters, Newsmax, the Daily Caller, and defense trade publications, reject the Pentagon's new press policy — The network, which is generally supportive of the Trump administration, has joined ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN in not signing the Defense Department press policy.
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Reuters, Fox News, CNN, Axios, Breitbart, Barrett Media, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, @washingtonpost.com, @sleavenworth.bsky.social, IJR, @gayguycandleco.bsky.social, Straight Arrow News, Time, The Indian Express, The Bulwark, Political Wire, Mediaite, Associated Press, Raw Story, The Independent, Wall Street Journal, NOTUS, The Post Millennial and Newsweek
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC News issue a joint statement declining to agree to the Pentagon's new requirements: “the policy is without precedent” — The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday.
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The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, Adweek, @chucktodd, Associated Press, HuffPost, The A.V. Club, Politico, Salon, Axios, @davidfolkenflik, Mediaite, Deadline, Newsweek, Bloomberg, @farhip, MSNBC, NBC News, @mlcalderone, @nbcnewspr, @kellyo, TVNewsCheck, The Hill, Just Jared, The Wrap and Washington Post
Tom Bowman / NPR:
Longtime Pentagon reporter Tom Bowman explains why NPR won't be signing on to the Pentagon's press policy: “signing that document would make us stenographers”
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Inside Radio, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Daily Kos, @brucedlittle.bsky.social, @repgaramendi.bsky.social, @admiralstav.bsky.social, @lordye.bsky.social, @steadystatevets.bsky.social, @jayrosen.bsky.social, @mikelevin.org, @rachbarnhart.com, @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, @newsguy.bsky.social, @freepress.bsky.social, @marisakabas.bsky.social, @ngs.bsky.social, @ctreese2.bsky.social, twitchy.com, @titonka.bsky.social, @catkimbriel.bsky.social, The Independent, @andreasgustavsson.bsky.social, @theladyred.bsky.social, Deadline, Newser and New York Times
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Trump shows support for Pete Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions, saying “the press is very dishonest”, after expressing skepticism about the rules last month
Trump shows support for Pete Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions, saying “the press is very dishonest”, after expressing skepticism about the rules last month
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The Hill, PBS NewsHour on YouTube, @acyn, C-SPAN.org, @dowresponse, @mariopro.bsky.social, New Republic, NewsNation, CBS News and twitchy.com
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US — Spotify is bringing its video podcasts to Netflix starting next year, the company announced on Tuesday.
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The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, New York Times, Variety, The Verge, Digital Trends, Awful Announcing, CNET, MobileSyrup, CNBC, Sports Business Journal, Radio & Television …, Digital Music News, Myles Worthington on LinkedIn, Axios, Los Angeles Times, PodcastingToday, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Spotify, 9to5Mac, Barrett Media, @TechCrunch@mstdn.social, Reuters, The Wrap, Adweek, Engadget, Media Play News, Netflix Tudum and Just Jared, more at Techmeme »
David Ingram / NBC News:
Instagram overhauls Teen Accounts to align with PG-13 movie rating standards, block them from seeing accounts that share sexualized content, and more — 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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The Hollywood Reporter, Meta Newsroom, Mumbrella, CNN, Variety, Social Media Today, Deseret News, David Miles on LinkedIn, Joel Kaplan on LinkedIn, Leandro Molina on LinkedIn, Washington Post, Variety, CBC News, Metro.co.uk, ABC, The A.V. Club, MobileSyrup, CNET, Stuff, WCNC-TV, Android Headlines, SheKnows, Consequence, @metanewsroom, TheStreet, The Indian Express, WinBuzzer, Channel NewsAsia, Dexerto, Financial Express, Africanews, One America News Network, Just The News, ABC7, UPI, PCMag, Neowin, PetaPixel, CBS News, Sky News, Entrepreneur, Digital Trends, The Independent, WeRSM, WPXI-TV, The Wrap, iPhone in Canada, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Washington Examiner, Livemint, The Guardian, Bloomberg, RTÉ, Engadget, Associated Press, Mediaweek, New York Times, The Verge, TechCrunch, CNBC, Time, TODAY.com, The Guardian, Deadline, Sherwood News and KEYE, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The New York Sun is reviving its print product for the first time since 2008, with weekly editions published in a Berliner format on Fridays — The New York Sun, which relaunched under its new owner and publisher Dovid Efune in 2022, is reviving the storied paper's print edition for the first time since 2008.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
BDG Media CEO and founder Bryan Goldberg says he expects the company to be profitable in 2025 with up to $130M in revenue, focusing on influencers and events — BDG Media, the parent company to fashion and lifestyle publications such as Bustle, Nylon and Scary Mommy, expects to be profitable …
Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
SCOTUS declines to hear a challenge by Alex Jones to the $1.4B libel judgment awarded to Sandy Hook families; Jones argues the judgment violates his 1A rights — - Families of 2012 school shooting victims won lawsuit — Jones made false statements that the shooting was a hoax
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New York Times, JURISTnews, Deadline, All Rise News, One America News Network, CBS News, The A.V. Club, Bloomberg Law, Chicago Tribune, Townhall, The Wrap, UPI, USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Deseret News, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, ZeroHedge News, The Guardian, The Hill, NBC News, Mediaite, Baller Alert, Washington Post, Straight Arrow News, MSNBC, CNN, The US Sun, Courthouse News Service, Daily Kos, NewsNation, New Republic, Blaze Media, Variety, ABC News, Forbes, Crooks and Liars and SCOTUSblog
Poynter:
Poynter announces a pilot project establishing a local public editor in Indianapolis to serve as a bridge between the public and local newsrooms — Partner newsrooms will publish the editor's independent analysis of local news coverage across the market — The nonprofit Poynter Institute …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
WPP and Google strike a $400M deal to embed Google's AI tools like Veo in WPP marketing and give WPP early access to Google's latest video and image models — Access to Gemini and video generator Veo will allow for faster campaigns following Cindy Rose's first move
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The Information, B&T, WPP, @lorrainetwohill, BMI and MediaPost
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
A profile of Far Out, a UK-based digital culture magazine that grew from a student blog in 2010 to ~30 full-time staff, with 20M monthly page views on average — A UK-based digital culture magazine that started life as a blog when the founder was at university now has around 30 full-time staff.
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Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn and Press Gazette
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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PRWeek, Marketing Dive, BMI, Adweek, Publicis Groupe S.A, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Financial Times, campaignlive.co.uk and MarketWatch
Michael Schneider / Variety:
TiVo confirms that it exited the hardware business on October 1 when it stopped selling DVR devices and accessories, but says it will continue to offer support — 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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TheDesk.net, The A.V. Club, Engadget, David Preisman on LinkedIn and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
