With aid from Journalism Funding Partners, a retired Chicago Tribune architecture critic funded his replacement, a biweekly architecture columnist at the outlet (Mark Caro/Local News Initiative)

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Top News:

Politico:

Source: Trump is planning to record an interview for Joe Rogan's podcast on October 25; Harris has also reportedly been in talks to go on Rogan's podcast— Former President Donald Trump is expected to record an interview with podcasting behemoth Joe Rogan on Friday.
Discussion: NBC News, KHOU-TV, Breitbart, Business Insider, Deadline, Daily Mail, Axios, HotAir, New York Times, Mediaite, Maine Morning Star, RedState, Shore News Network, ZeroHedge News, The Hollywood Reporter, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, Townhall, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, Fox News, New York Post, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Variety, USA Today, Reuters, New Republic, The Daily Caller, Barrett Media, Twitchy, The National Pulse, New York Daily News, Associated Press, freebeacon.com, Daily Kos, NPR and Human Events

Discussion:

Nick Gilbertson /
Breitbart: Report: Joe Rogan, Donald Trump Lock In Enormous Interview for Friday

Kelsey Vlamis /
Business Insider: Trump scores a Joe Rogan interview for the first time, with an eye on male voters

Dominic Patten /
Deadline: Donald Trump Heading To Joe Rogan's Podcast In Austin Same Day VP Is In Houston

Charlie Spiering /
Daily Mail: Trump ramps up the pressure on Kamala with Joe Rogan appearance as her support with men plummets

Erin Doherty /
Axios: Joe Rogan to interview Trump on his podcast

Ed Morrissey /
HotAir: Oh My: Trump Beats Harris to the Rogan Podcast

Ashley Murray /
Maine Morning Star: Early voting now underway, Trump and Harris crisscross the battleground states

Teri Christoph /
RedState: BREAKING: Trump Is About to Win the Podcast Wars

Tyler Durden /
ZeroHedge News: Trump-Rogan Interview Set For Friday: Politico

Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: A Groundbreaking Interview in the Making: Donald Trump Set to Appear on Joe Rogan's Show in Austin, Texas This Friday

Stephen Pastis /
Forbes: Here Are The Biggest Moments From Trump's ‘Bro’ Podcast Tour Ahead Of Joe Rogan Appearance

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Trump recording podcast with Joe Rogan this week

Jenny Goldsberry /
Washington Examiner: Donald Trump to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast: Report

Kathryn Watson /
CBS News: Trump to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast

Fernando Cervantes Jr /
USA Today: Former President Donald Trump set to appear on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ later this week

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling /
New Republic: Trump Cancels All His Events in Favor of One of the Worst People Ever

Jason Cohen /
The Daily Caller: Trump Slated For Joe Rogan Podcast Appearance

Jack Montgomery /
The National Pulse: When Will Joe Rogan Interview Trump? Here's What We Know.

Joseph Wilkinson /
New York Daily News: Donald Trump to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast

Blake Mauro /
freebeacon.com: Trump Set To Appear on Joe Rogan's Podcast

Morgan Stephens /
Daily Kos: Trump will reportedly appear on Joe Rogan's podcast—is Harris next?

Kenny Cody /
Human Events: Trump's media presence is a winning strategy

New York Times:

The US charges a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in connection with a failed plot to kill Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2022— The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, has already led to murder-for-hire charges against members …

Discussion:
Agence France-Presse, UPI, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, New York Post, Axios, US Department of Justice, KDFX-TV, Reuters, Semafor, Voice of America and The Hill

Discussion:

Chris Benson /
UPI: U.S. charges Iranian general, others in plot to kill unnamed American journalist

Larry Neumeister /
Associated Press: US charges Iran Revolutionary Guard official in alleged plot to kill a human rights activist in NYC

Chris Nesi /
New York Post: Iranian terror group general charged in plot to kill dissident journalist in NYC US Department of Justice: Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire Charges Against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigadier General and Former Intelligence Officer and Members of an Iranian Intelligence Network

Hannah Rabinowitz /
KDFX-TV: Federal prosecutors charge Iranian Revolutionary Guards official in assassination plot on US soil

Diego Mendoza /
Semafor: US charges senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards official in failed plot to kill human rights activist

Liam Scott /
Voice of America: US charges Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in plot to kill VOA host

Axios:

TollBit, which recently launched a content monetization marketplace for publishers and AI companies, raised a $24M Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures— - “As AI agents become more accessible and proliferate at an exponential rate, publishers and digital content owners need a way to monetize content …

Discussion:

Campbell Brown /
Campbell Brown on LinkedIn: Go team!!! — “As AI agents become more accessible and proliferate at an exponential rate, publishers and digital content owners need …

Faraz Fatemi /
@f_fatemi21: And today, TollBit is unveiling the very first piece of content licensed & transacted via the platform is none other than @TIME's 100 Most Powerful People in AI list https://www.axios.com/...

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Exclusive: AI startup @TollbitOfficial raises $24M series A — TollBit publishing partners include @PenskeMedia @TIME, @Adweek — Fittingly, the 1st piece of content licensed out using TollBit was @TIME 's 100 Most Powerful People in AI list More on @axios https://www.axios.com/... TollBit: Announcing Our Series A — TOLLBIT, A TWO-SIDED MARKETPLACE FOR AI COMPANIES AND PUBLISHERS …

Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: If I learned anything from the peak ad tech era, it's that there's a lot of money (for a while) in being a middleman. https://www.axios.com/... @tollbitofficial: TollBit is proud to announce our $24M in Series A funding to revolutionize how AI companies and publishers work together. We do this by making it easy to manage the entire lifecycle of AI data licensing and support innovative business models to protect the health of the entire [image]

Deadline:

MPA expects Japan's online video industry to grow at a 7% compound annual rate and to account for 45% of total screen revenue by 2029, up from 35% in 2024— This will account for 45% of total screen revenue by 2029, including free TV, pay-TV and theatrical, versus 35% in 2024.

Discussion:
WORLD SCREEN, Media Partners Asia and Variety

Discussion:

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: MPA Projects Gains For Japanese Online Video Sector

The Hindu:

Wikipedia takes down a page about its court case with Asian News International, after a Delhi High Court order; Wikipedia is fighting to keep user IDs private— The takedown follows an order by the Delhi High Court that the Wikipedia page describing criticism of the lawsuit ‘amounts to interference in Court proceedings’

Discussion:
Bar and Bench and Scroll.in

Local News Initiative:

With aid from Journalism Funding Partners, a retired Chicago Tribune architecture critic funded his replacement, a biweekly architecture columnist at the outlet— After the Chicago Tribune didn't replace retiring architecture critic Blair Kamin, he funded his own successor

Washington Post:

Q&A with Bryan Curtis, editor at large at the Ringer, on why podcasts are dominating the 2024 US election, covering the podcast sector, and more— Candidates are changing the way they try to reach new audiences. Traditional media need to keep up. … Monopolies and oligopolies don't yield courteously to competition.

Axios:

Internal memo: Morning Brew is rebranding its corporate name to Morning Brew Inc., and says its new B2B products and events generated $4.5M in 2024 revenue— - “We decided that we had built too much affinity for the Morning Brew name and brand to start fresh.

Discussion:
Siri Cosper on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News

Semafor:

Sources: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong decided the Los Angeles Times will not endorse a presidential candidate; it also didn't endorse from the mid-1970s until 2008— The Scoop — The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this year.

Discussion:
Deadline, The Daily Beast, @itsedsilha@threads.net, @ethannichtern@threads.net, @jean_t_barrett@threads.net, @esmith_images@threads.net, @dianneadmire@threads.net, @its_dianahathaway@threads.net, @quinncummings@threads.net, @jean_t_barrett@threads.net, HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, Blaze Media, @cfidd.bsky.social, @joelvanderwerf@mastodon …, SFGATE, Daily Mail, Breitbart, Mediaite, Townhall, @mediaite, @semaforben, @maxwelltani, The Daily Caller, @dylanbyers, RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Twitchy and Fox News

Discussion:

Corbin Bolies /
The Daily Beast: L.A. Times' Billionaire Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong Blocks Endorsement in Presidential Race

Edward Silha /
@itsedsilha@threads.net: The Los Angeles Times editorial board was gearing up to endorse Kamala Harris for president, but the paper's owner shut it down, banning them from endorsing anyone!

Ethan Nichtern /
@ethannichtern@threads.net: We don't have a news media. We have a group of billionaire's personal newsletters and reality tv shows. We need a whole new system.

Jean T. Barrett /
@jean_t_barrett@threads.net: Why didn't the editorial board of the LA Times resign? It's not too late for them to take a principled stand. The owner has taken a stand.

Eric J. Smith /
@esmith_images@threads.net: The F'ing LA Times didn't endorse Kamala. The hometown candidate. I just canceled my subscription. What a joke. HarrisWalz2024

Dianne Admire /
@dianneadmire@threads.net: Also does anyone care? Old fashioned newspaper press @nytimes @latimes @washingtonpost, do they even matter anymore? Mostly the narrative around these papers is the fact that they are right leaning, out of touch, and stodgy, and failing the American people in so many ways. This decision by @latimes proves the point.

Diana Hathaway /
@its_dianahathaway@threads.net: The Editorial Board did, the billionaire owner blocked it. I'd guess that Musk is leaning on his fellow billionaire bros.

Quinn Cummings /
@quinncummings@threads.net: F the @latimes into a paste. You're hurtling towards irrelevance and you earned every molecule.

Jean T. Barrett /
@jean_t_barrett@threads.net: A nearly 40-year subscriber here, will cancel today. I believe strongly in local journalism but not enough to give this a pass. Too much is at stake.

Ed Morrissey /
HotAir: Tuesday's Final Word

Victor Nieves /
The Gateway Pundit: Victor Reacts: Terrible News for Kamala Harris (VIDEO) Blaze Media: Los Angeles Times editorial board will not endorse Kamala Harris after decades of endorsing Democrats for president

Joel VanderWerf /
@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social: Once again, I am so glad I canceled my #LATimes subscription. It was once a fine paper, but now it cannot even endorse anyone but the fascist. — https://www.semafor.com/...

Stephen Council /
SFGATE: LA Times, Calif.'s largest newspaper, won't endorse presidential candidate this year

Melissa Koenig /
Daily Mail: Historically Democrat newspaper refusing to endorse Kamala Harris

Wendell Husebø /
Breitbart: LA Times, Harris's Hometown Paper, Refuses to Endorse Her After Backing Biden, Hillary, Obama

Kipp Jones /
Mediaite: LA Times' Billionaire Owner Forbids Paper's Editorial Board from Making 2024 Endorsement, Report Claims

Madeline Leesman /
Townhall: Kamala's Leftist Hometown Newspaper Will Not Endorse Her for President @mediaite: LA Times' Billionaire Owner Forbids Paper's Editorial Board from Making 2024 Endorsement, Report Claims https://www.mediaite.com/...

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: I hate to disagree with my esteemed former colleague here, but this is part of a broader accommodation to Trump by elites. (Even if it moves no votes)

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Scoop: The LA Times will not endorse a candidate for president this year, a decision that was made by the paper's owner Patrick Soon-Shiong. The LA Times has endorsed Democratic presidential candidates each cycle since 2008 https://www.semafor.com/...

Nicole Silverio /
The Daily Caller: Los Angeles Times Reportedly Declines To Endorse Presidential Candidate For First Time In 20 Years

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: Inconsequential to national politics, very consequential to the paper's internal politics.

Jennifer Van Laar /
RedState: WHOA! Kamala Harris Loses a Huge Home State Endorsement

Paul Campos /
Lawyers, Guns & Money: The death of newsprint — This story . . . . . . reminded me of something I ran into recently …

Amy Curtis /
Twitchy: Stick a Fork in Kamala, She's DONE! LA Times WON'T Endorse a POTUS Candidate (First Time Since 2004)

Inside Radio:

Insignia Capital Group strikes two deals targeting audio and advertising, agreeing to acquire Veritone One, for as much as $104M, and ad agency Oxford Road— Insignia Capital Group, a San Francisco Bay Area private equity firm focused on lower middle-market companies …

Discussion:
Veritone, Radio Ink, MediaPost, Barrett Media and Bloomberg

Discussion:

Ashley Carman /
Bloomberg: Insignia Buys Veritone's Podcast Agency for Up to $104 Million

Financial Times:

Documents show Dish creditors pushed DirecTV to increase the amount of Dish's debt DirecTV would take on, but DirecTV has refused, leading to an impasse— New correspondence between DirecTV and Dish creditors shows the two are stuck at an impasse — TPG's bid to form a $23bn US satellite …

Discussion:
Bloomberg and Light Reading

Discussion:

Matt Levine /
Bloomberg: The Sophisticated Investor Test

Axios:

Sources: Spotify is piloting its own supply-side platform, starting with video ad inventory, and began testing its SSP plugin with The Trade Desk last week— - Those improvements will help the Swedish audio giant compete against bigger platforms like Meta and Google for ad dollars.

Discussion:
AdExchanger, Jeff Green on LinkedIn, @sarafischer and Bill Roche on LinkedIn

Discussion:

Jeff Green /
Jeff Green on LinkedIn: Digital Audio might be the most on-sale corner of the internet. The time spent to ad spend ratio has the highest disparity of any channel. …

Sara Fischer /