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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
NYT reports 12.33M subscribers in Q3 after adding 460K digital subs, total revenue up 9.5% YoY to $700.8M, and adjusted operating profit up 26.1% YoY to $131.4M — The Times now has 12.33 million total subscribers to all of its products. It has said it is aiming for 15 million by the end of 2027.
Discussion:
The Wrap, A Media Operator, The New York Times Company, @hblodget and @katie_robertson
Alex Reisner / The Atlantic:
A profile of nonprofit Common Crawl, which has scraped billions of webpages since 2013, including paywalled ones, to build an archive used by OpenAI and others — “You shouldn't have put your content on the internet if you didn't want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl's executive director says.
The Intercept:
YouTube confirms it removed 700+ videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights groups in early October to comply with the US State Department's sanctions — A documentary featuring mothers surviving Israel's genocide in Gaza. A video investigation uncovering Israel's role in the killing of a Palestinian American journalist.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK's College of Policing proposes new rules to end years of police secrecy and suspicion in their dealings with journalists following the Leveson Inquiry — New guidance allows off-the-record briefings and encourages police openness. — The College of Policing has put forward proposals aimed …
Discussion:
Press Gazette
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount signs a deal with Professional Bull Riders to make Paramount+ the primary streamer for the PBR Unleash the Beast tour, after a similar deal with UFC — Paramount and TKO Group's Professional Bull Riders set a new five-year media rights agreement that will make Paramount …
Discussion:
Awful Announcing, The Wrap, The Streamable, Deadline, Media Play News, Streaming Better and The Hollywood Reporter
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Letter: the MPA sent a cease-and-desist to Meta over Instagram's use of PG-13 for teen content restrictions, calling it “literally false and highly misleading” — Meta says it never claimed or implied that its teen accounts were officially PG-13 rated or certified by MPA
Discussion:
TechCrunch, The Wrap, Variety, NBC News, The Verge and The Hollywood Reporter
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
Letters to the editor from writers using AI chatbots are flooding scientific journals, likely written by writers seeking to boost their number of citations — The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they've published.
Discussion:
@dannygroner.bsky.social and @jswatz.bsky.social
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Source: the BBC made changes to content and editorial oversight at its BBC Arabic network amid an internal debate about “anti-Israel bias” — Deadline understands that BBC News chiefs overhauled BBC Arabic's online Press Review item — which collates media reporting from the Middle East …
Discussion:
Straight Arrow News, The Sun and GB News
Tarpley Hitt / The Guardian:
How “porno-troll” Strike 3, owner of porn production company Vixen, made millions by filing copyright suits accusing users of illegally downloading its videos — A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privately
Discussion:
@glynmoody@mastodon.social and @davelee.me, more at Techmeme »
Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger:
IAB announces a tool that lets device manufacturers confirm that ad impressions are associated with real devices; Google, Apple, and Amazon have signed on — How do you make sure you're serving ads to real connected TVs and not spoofed devices? Get the manufacturers to confirm they're legit.
Discussion:
TVNewsCheck and TechCentral.ie
Julian Wyllie / Current:
PBS SoCal laid off 10% of staff, amounting to 10 positions, in October, citing the loss of $4.3M in federal funding — PBS SoCal in Los Angeles laid off 10% of staff last month, amounting to 10 positions across the organization. — “Over the past several months, we have carefully reviewed …
Discussion:
TV Tech, TVNewsCheck and @current.org
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Google removed 749M URLs linked to Anna's Archive, a popular shadow library for pirated books, over copyright claims, representing ~5% of all takedown requests — Popular shadow library Anna's Archive has become a top target for copyright holders. In just three years …
Discussion:
Neowin, more at Techmeme »
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