Analysis: 26 prominent podcasts have amplified unfounded claims about the integrity of the 2024 US election, in a format challenging for researchers to monitor (Washington Post)

Mediagazer: Analysis: 26 prominent podcasts have amplified unfounded claims about the integrity of the 2024 US election, in a format challenging for researchers to monitor (Washington Post)

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Variety:

Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B estimated, amid the company's push to insert ads into Prime Video— Amazon reported its third-quarter 2024 earnings, revealing ad sales rose 19% year over year amid the company's push to insert ads into Prime Video.
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Associated Press: Amazon reports boost in quarterly profits, exceeds revenue estimates as it invests in AI

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CNBC: Amazon's advertising business grew 19% in the third quarter

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Amazon Q3: revenue up 11% YoY to $158.9B, a $15.3B net income vs. $9.9B in Q3 2023, a $17.4B operating income vs. $11.2B in Q3 2023; AMZN jumps 5%+ after hours— Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

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CNBC:

Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.5B and AWS operating income of $10.4B, up from $7B in Q3 2023, and subscription sales up 11% to $11.3B— - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices

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Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Amazon Ad Sales Rise 19% to $14.3 Billion in Q3

Chris Katje /
Benzinga: Amazon Q3 Earnings Highlights: Revenue Beat, EPS Beat, Q4 Guidance, New Kindles ‘Significantly Outperforming Our Expectations’

Theo Wayt /
The Information: Amazon Web Services Reports Steady Growth

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Amazon Ups Q3 Subscription Revenue 11% to $11.3 Billion

Hamza Shaban /
Yahoo Finance: Amazon Q3 earnings preview: AWS performance in focus as Big Tech goes all in on AI

Taylor Soper /
GeekWire: Amazon earnings preview: Analysts watching AWS growth, retail margins, Project Kuiper

Columbia Journalism Review:

Jeff Bezos should donate The Washington Post to a public charity that maintains its quality and independence, as he is too financially compromised to own it— His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.

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Washington Post, Sewell Chan on LinkedIn, @nypoet, @tvgrimreaper, @glastris, @ckrewson, @froomkin, @mediaevan, @dicktofel, @mikeelk, @margotroosevelt, Newser, Harrie Vredenburg on LinkedIn, @ddimick, @lenfestinst, @rich1, @stevenwaldman, Lauren Gustus on LinkedIn, Hard-G History, @kegill@mastodon.social, Chris Rauber on LinkedIn, @heidilifeldman@mastodon …, Semafor and r/Journalism

Discussion:

Sewell Chan /
Sewell Chan on LinkedIn: NEW: Steven Waldman, co-founder of Report for America and Rebuild Local News, suggests that Jeff Bezos give The Washington Post to a charity …

Michele Madigan Somerville /
@nypoet: “There are too many points of pressure. Bezos is simply too financially compromised to be the owner of one of the most important news outlets in America, especially one operating in the nation's capital.” https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr

Paul Glastris /
@glastris: Two thoughts on the ongoing dumpster fire consuming Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post. First, Bezos should follow the advice of @monthly contributing editor @stevenwaldman and turn the paper into a 501(c)3 charity /1 https://www.cjr.org/...

Chris Krewson /
@ckrewson: One fun side effect of this idea: Nonprofits, by law, cannot endorse candidates.

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: The great @stevenwaldman makes the argument better than I did, via @CJR: Bezos should donate the Washington Post to a public charity dedicated to maintaining its quality and independence. https://www.cjr.org/...

Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: Turning the Washington Post over to a charity trust has some merit, but it would also be an admission that it can never again compete at the level it once (very recently) did. https://www.cjr.org/...

Richard Tofel /
@dicktofel: Certainly a fan of news nonprofits, but donating the Post doesn't solve the problem if it is still losing lots of money. Even with millions of subs, it lost $77MM last year, and ⁦@cforman⁩ estimates that the last week has cost it perhaps $30MM more. https://www.cjr.org/...

Mike Elk /
@mikeelk: Without subscriber boycott, journalists wouldn't be discussing turning Washington post into a non profit trust https://www.cjr.org/...

Margot Roosevelt /
@margotroosevelt: .⁦@DrPatSoonShiong⁩ could take big tax deduction & reclaim his civic service mantle. Donate @latimes to a charity as have Gerry Lenfest, Paul Huntsman & Nelson Poynter with their papers. ⁦@stevenwaldman on @jeffbezos Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/...

Harrie Vredenburg /
Harrie Vredenburg on LinkedIn: Kissing ass? — When you're the second richest man in the world with a net worth of over $200 billion? …

Dennis Dimick /
@ddimick: Damn straight. The only hope for ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ https://www.cjr.org/... @lenfestinst: As concerns over newspaper publishers exerting influence over editorial content grow, The Lenfest Institute's nonprofit, non-controlling ownership of @PhillyInquirer can serve as a model for other publications. More in @CJR: https://www.cjr.org/...

Richard Robbins /
@rich1: This is really smart, and perhaps the only option for @JeffBezos to save the @washingtonpost. https://www.cjr.org/...

Steven Waldman /
@stevenwaldman: Here's how Jeff Bezos can be a hero: donate @washingtonpost to a charitable trust. We've seen this work in Salt Lake City, Philly, Tampa. Here's how it would work>> https://cjr.org/...... @lenfestinst @JimFriedlich [image]

Lauren Gustus /
Lauren Gustus on LinkedIn: “Nonprofit” does not mean “losing money.” Nonprofit news organizations can sell ads, offer subscriptions, and take donations. …

Gillian Brockell /
Hard-G History: Bezos should sell The Washington Post, but not to another billionaire

Kathy E. Gill /
@kegill@mastodon.social: No wonder the Philadelphia Inquirer has done such excellent work this election: it's owned by a NFP (charitable trust). — Yes! Jeff #Bezos SHOULD Donate the #WashingtonPost to a Charity — https://www.cjr.org/... #Election2024 #USPolitics #NewsMedia #businessModels

Chris Rauber /
Chris Rauber on LinkedIn: The Guardian reports that the Washington Post has lost 250,000 subscribers from cancellations — 10 percent of its total digital subscriber base …

Heidi Li Feldman /
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: This would be amazing. https://www.cjr.org/...

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Status:
Sources: potential buyers line up in case Jeff Bezos ever sells WaPo, including Kara Swisher, who would assemble investors and seek to merge it with Vox Media

Discussion:

Steven Waldman /
TVNewsCheck: Jeff Bezos Should Donate The Washington Post To A Charity

Michael McCardel /
KHOU-TV: Do newspaper endorsements even matter? Washington Post, LA Times decisions raise the question

Oliver Darcy /
@oliverdarcy@threads.net: Scoop: In the days since Jeff Bezos plunged The Washington Post into turmoil, certain media circles have been abuzz about the possibility he might be willing to part ways with the paper. — In fact, outside the usual suspects who would be expected to explore the opportunity …

Craig Forman /
@craig.forman@threads.net: A @karaswisher - led purchase of @washingtonpost with a goal of independent journalism in the public interest supported by an appropriate business plan and supportive board / ownership structure is a good idea. 👍 @wagatwe.com: 25k comments and counting. — this person says Jeff's article pushed them to cancel. — he really should have stayed quiet. [image]

John F. Harris /
Politico: Ben Bradlee's Posthumous Advice to Jeff Bezos: You Need to Sell The Washington Post.

Oliver Darcy /
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social: Scoop: In the days since Jeff Bezos plunged WaPo into turmoil, there has been buzz about the possibility he might want to sell the paper. — Outside the usual suspects, I'm told KARA SWISHER would be interested in assembling a group of investors to make a bid. — Details: www.status.news/p/washington...

Nieman Lab:
A broad group of news outlets attracted new subscribers after WaPo's lack of an endorsement for president; The Philadelphia Inquirer gained 4,200+ subscribers

Discussion:

Elahe Izadi /
Washington Post: After non-endorsement, 250,000 subscribers cancel The Washington Post

Emi Kolawole /
Emi Kolawole on LinkedIn: If you've been following the Washington Post publisher's ill-timed decision to bring an end to candidate endorsements … @wdlindsy@toad.social: Sarah Scire reports that publications endorsing Harris, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Guardian, are capitalizing on the controversy Jeff Bezos has caused by yanking a Washington Post endorsement of Harris. Other publications endorsing Harris are now racking up new subscribers. …

Rachel Kleinfeld /
Just Security: Rising Authoritarianism and Plutocracy Are a Dangerous Mix for Press Freedom

Sara Guaglione /
Digiday: Presidential candidate endorsements boost subscriber conversions and donations at some publishers

Evan Benn /
Evan Benn on LinkedIn: “The Philadelphia Inquirer gained more than 4,200 new digital subscribers — ‘about three times a typical week’ and ‘our biggest week of new starts ever,’ publisher and CEO Lisa Hughes said. …

Howard W. French /
Foreign Policy: Is Canceling Your Washington Post Subscription Good for Democracy?

Bari Weiss /
The Free Press: The Free Press Votes

Hadas Gold /
CNN: Donald Trump weaponizes non-endorsements from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times

David Akin /
@davidakin@mstdn.ca: “The Washington Post's non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs: The Philadelphia Inquirer had its best week for new subscriptions ever and The Guardian U.S. broke its single-day fundraising record — twice. ” #media — https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Washington Post loses 250K — or 10% — of subscribers over decision not to endorse Kamala Harris: report

Dominic Ponsford /
Press Gazette: Guardian endorsement of Harris reaps it near $2m boost after editor's email

Deadline:

In its Q3 earnings call, Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh says the company is weighing spinning off its cable networks and open to “partnerships in streaming”— Comcast President Mike Cavanagh delivered an eye-opening update to investors on this morning's third-quarter earnings call …

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Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, StreamTV Insider, Variety, New York Post, Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn, TVNewsCheck, Tv Technology, New York Times, Radio Ink, The Hollywood Reporter, MediaPost, @acrostical.bsky.social, @bristei, Adweek, Axios, WORLD SCREEN, Advanced Television and CNBC

Discussion:

Janya Sundar /
Fast Company: One of America's biggest cable TV companies wants out of the cable TV business

Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: Comcast looks to play offense, explores spinning out cable TV networks

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Before NBCU Considered Spinning Off Cable Networks, It Shut Many Down

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: MSNBC parent Comcast weighs spin-off of declining cable networks

Jessica Toonkel /
Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn: Comcast is the latest company to discuss spinning off its cable networks. Warner and Disney have also discussed ways to do so, while Paramount has looked at selling BET and others. …

Janet Stilson /
TVNewsCheck: Comcast Considering Spinning Off Cable Nets, Getting Streaming Partners

George Winslow /
Tv Technology: Comcast Explores Spinoff of Cable Networks

Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: Comcast Explores Spin-Out of Cable Business

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Comcast Says It May Spin Off Cable Networks and Seek a Streaming Partner Amid TV Business Tumult

Allison C. Rost /
@acrostical.bsky.social: I cancelled my Comcast cable and internet yesterday, and I could not be happier about it. [embedded post]

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: Remember Style? Chiller? G4? Cloo? No? That's because Comcast has unsentimentally shut foundering cable networks like those above, unlike rivals Paramount and Warner. Now Comcast may wring value from lackluster cable by spinning it off... https://variety.com/...

Bill Bradley /
Adweek: NBCU Parent Comcast Explores Spinning Off Cable Networks

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Comcast explores spinoff of cable assets

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Comcast, NBCU See Q3 Revenue Gains

Pascale Paoli-Lebailly /
Advanced Television: TF1 streaming ad revenues up 40%

Lillian Rizzo /
CNBC: Comcast is exploring separation of cable networks business

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The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast reports Peacock's Q3 losses fell to $436M, down from $565M in Q3 2023, revenue rose 82% YoY to $1.5B, and subscribers rose 3M from June to 36M

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Dade Hayes /
TVNewsCheck: Paris Olympics Coverage Powers NBCUniversal & Comcast Results In Q3; Peacock Hits 36M Subs

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Paris Olympics Coverage Powers NBCUniversal & Comcast Results In Q3; Peacock Hits 36 Million Subscribers

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Peacock Q3 Loss Narrows to $436 Million as Paris Olympics Boost Subs to 36 Million

Anusuya Lahiri /
Benzinga: Comcast Q3 Earnings: Olympics Power NBCUniversal Gains, Peacock Hits 36M Subscribers, Explores Forming New Company Of Cable Networks

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Peacock Adds 3 Million Subs to End Q3 With 36 Million as Comcast Considers Spinning Off Cable TV Assets

David Satin /
The Streamable: Peacock's Paid Subscribers Inch Up to 36 Million While Revenue Grows More Quickly

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Peacock Soars with 3 Million New Subscribers As Olympics Fuels Record Revenue for Comcast

Tony Maglio /
IndieWire: Peacock Lost $436 Million in the Paris Olympics Quarter

CNBC:
Comcast reports Q3 net income down 10% YoY to $3.63B and revenue up 6.5% YoY to $32.07B; revenue for media, mainly composed of NBCU, rose 37% YoY to $8.23B

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9to5Mac, Motley Fool, MediaPost, Sportico, Light Reading, Cord Cutters News, Tv Technology, Bloomberg, The Information, The Streamable, Reuters and Barron's Online

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JesterAI /
Motley Fool: Olympics Help Comcast Tops Q3 Estimates

Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Comcast Looks To Spin Off Cable TV Networks, As NBCU Sees Q3 Revenue Rise Of 37%

Anthony Crupi /
Sportico: Comcast Books Record $1.91 Billion in Paris Olympics Revenue

Jeff Baumgartner /
Light Reading: Comcast would've returned to broadband sub growth without ACP impact

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Comcast Explores Spinoff of Cable Networks Including MSNBC & Is Considers Streaming Partnerships For Peacock Amidst Cord Cutting Challenges

Kelcee Griffis /
Bloomberg: Comcast Sales, Profit Beat Estimates After Olympics Boost

Martin Peers /
The Information: Comcast Considers Spinning Off Cable Networks

David Satin /
The Streamable: Comcast Is Thinking About Spinning Off Cable Channels to Focus on Streaming

Harshita Mary Varghese /
Reuters: Comcast tops revenue expectations on Olympics ad boost, blockbuster releases

Bloomberg:

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google— The new option will let the chatbot's users search for timely information much as they would on the web.

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Adweek, Reuters, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Gizmodo, Yahoo Finance, MarTech, Eric Herbel on LinkedIn, VentureBeat, The Information, Forbes, GeekWire, Quartz, CNBC, Wired and Ars Technica, more at Techmeme »

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Trishla Ostwal /
Adweek: OpenAI's ChatGPT Search Goes Live, Taking On Google and Perplexity

Juby Babu /
Reuters: OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT

Mark Sullivan /
Fast Company: ChatGPT's new web search function puts the web ecosystem (and Google) on notice

Kyle Wiggers /
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches its Google challenger, ChatGPT Search

Associated Press:
ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outlets

Lucas Ropek /
Gizmodo: OpenAI Takes on Google With New ChatGPT Search

Daniel Howley /
Yahoo Finance: OpenAI launches ChatGPT search in direct challenge to Google's search empire

Eric Herbel /
Eric Herbel on LinkedIn: As ChatGPT pushes forward into real-time search results, this will be such an interesting space to watch. …

Michael Nuñez /
VentureBeat: Google just gave its AI access to Search, hours before OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search

Stephanie Palazzolo /
The Information: OpenAI's ChatGPT Adds Search Features in Challenge to Google

Ty Roush /
Forbes: OpenAI Launches AI-Powered Search Engine That Could Challenge Google—Here's What To Know

Todd Bishop /
GeekWire: OpenAI's ChatGPT search engine challenges Google and Microsoft, and further upends the web

Britney Nguyen /
Quartz: OpenAI launches its search engine to compete with Google

Reece Rogers /
Wired: ChatGPT's AI Search Tool Is Now Available

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Washington Post: OpenAI says ChatGPT Search draws on articles from the WSJ and others it has deals with, and will direct election-related queries to sources like AP and Reuters

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Discussion:

Mark Sullivan /
Fast Company: OpenAI launches web search in ChatGPT

Andrew Tarantola /
Digital Trends: ChatGPT Search is here to battle both Google and Perplexity

Ryan McNeal /
Android Authority: ChatGPT takes on Google Search directly by launching rival search engine

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: ChatGPT search is officially here, this is what it can do

Jacob Siegal /
BGR: OpenAI's ChatGPT search engine is now live to take on Google

Will Shanklin /
Engadget: ChatGPT Search will do the legwork for you

Cristina Criddle /
Financial Times: OpenAI brings online search to ChatGPT

Kylie Robison /
The Verge: OpenAI's search engine is now live in ChatGPT

Danny Goodwin /
Search Engine Land: ChatGPT search officially launches

Fortune:

Internal memo: Block CEO Jack Dorsey says Tidal is in for another mass layoff; insiders say as many as 100 people could be laid off, or ~25% of Tidal's staff— Block CEO and founder Jack Dorsey wants streaming music app Tidal to operate like a startup again - and that means layoffs

Discussion:

Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: Latest round of TIDAL layoffs could hit a quarter of staff (report)

Chris Cooke /
CMU: Tidal to make up to a quarter of its employees redundant @7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social: Dorsey owns #Tidal? Sh*t. Didn't know that. Seemed like a good music service that paid artists better than other platforms. I'm a subscriber. Possibly not for much longer :-( #Music #Technology #Oligarchs https://fortune.com/...

Jeremiah Lee /
@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold: Jack Dorsey announced the latest Tidal layoff by saying the company needed to act “like a startup again.” — What does that mean? “We're going to [...] remove the product management and product marketing functions entirely.” — A startup without product management or product marketing is called a dead startup. …

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Block CEO Jack Dorsey primes Tidal staff for more layoffs

Emma Roth /
The Verge: Tidal is laying off more staff

Kali Hays /
@kalihays1@threads.net: More layoffs at Jack Dorsey's Tidal. Sigh. Because it needs to operate “like a startup again.” Dorsey didn't specify the number of ppl getting cut, but I'm told it's at least 100 (so about a quarter of Tidal's staff) and more expected as engineering cuts to take place in a few weeks. https://fortune.com/...

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Tidal Hit With Another Wave of Layoffs, Jack Dorsey Says ‘We Need to Build Like a Startup Again’

Elias Leight /
Billboard: TIDAL Cuts More Staff: ‘We Are Going to Be Smaller, Focus on Fewer Things’

Sherin Shibu /
Entrepreneur: Jack Dorsey Tells Tidal Staff About Another Round of Mass Layoffs in Leaked Note: ‘Much Smaller Team’

Sarah Fielding /
Engadget: Tidal, which is in dire need of some good marketing, lays off its entire product marketing team

Aidin Vaziri /
San Francisco Chronicle: Jack Dorsey initiates layoffs at Tidal, saying the S.F. company must operate ‘like a startup’

John O'Nolan:

Ghost's CEO details the organization's governance structure and says the open-source CMS generates ~$7.5M in annual revenue and has been profitable for 12 years— Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.

Discussion:

Mark Jaquith /
@markjaquith: I admit I was skeptical when John started Ghost. I'd baked in my own assumptions about the size and shape of the goal (even though he was pretty clear about it). This is a great post about his approach and future plans: narrow focus, maximal longevity. Sustainability over reach.

John O'Nolan /
@johnonolan: Alright, I'm publishing it. I've had a lot of questions over the last few weeks about how @Ghost is going to avoid ending up in the same situation as WordPress. A lot of trust in open source has been broken. So, I spent some time writing up how we structure and think about

Dr Dev Roychowdhury /
@drdevroy: As a performance scientist, I can assure you that this is how small teams achieve big things: “We'd rather stay small, be selective about what we work on, and know everybody's name.” ~ @JohnONolan

Duane Storey /
@duanestorey: The #WordPress writing was on the wall years ago, and John read the signs. I am glad they've done well and built a proper village around democratic publishing, which seems much nicer than the Potemkin village we unfortunately inherited here in WordPress.

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: For my newsletter I decided on Ghost as a platform. This blog post from its co-founder will help you understand why: — https://john.onolan.org/...

Ian Betteridge /
@ianb@mastodon.well.com: Memo to Matt Mullenweg: this is how you do it. — https://john.onolan.org/...

Anuj Ahooja /
@quillmatiq@threads.net: “we don't want to grow a giant company that we control, we want to grow a giant ecosystem that we support. One with a broad range of hosts, developers, agencies, partners and publishers who can build on top of shared infrastructure — where our role as a core team is helping the collective ecosystem thrive. …

Daniël /
@dvdwinden@threads.net: Very happy to be part of this team and contribute to our product. I look forward to seeing the ecosystem take shape 🥰

Peter Schulz /
@prschulz@threads.net: Very proud to be a part of this ❤️ 👻

Erik Enge /
Erik Enge on LinkedIn: One of the most exciting things for me when I joined Ghost was feeling connected with people who think about business differently. …

Ben Werdmuller /
@ben@werd.social: A genuinely inspiring post about the foundation behind Ghost and how it operates. It feels like a blueprint for so many open source projects. #Technology https://werd.io/...

ProPublica:

An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K ads to collect users' information— Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism — Deceptive Political Ads: Eight deceptive advertising networks …

Discussion:

Emily Baker-White /
Forbes: Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies

Lydia O'Connor /
HuffPost: Misinformation-Packed Ads Thriving On Facebook Just Days Out From The Election

Craig Silverman /
Craig Silverman on LinkedIn: New investigation: Meta earns millions from deceptive political ads. — We found over 100,000 deceptive US political & social issues ads across +200 FB pages. … @craigsilverman@mastodon.social: NEW: Meta earns millions from deceptive political ads. — We found over 100,000 deceptive US political & social issues ads across +200 FB pages. Some pages falsely claimed to be run by the government and the ads were rife with deepfakes and false claims. — Story & 🧵: https://www.propublica.org/... @ProPublica@newsie.social: Exploiting Meta's Weaknesses, Deceptive #Political Ads Thrived on #Facebook and #Instagram in Run-Up to #election2024 — Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users' sensitive personal data or bait them into monthly charges. …

Kim Perales /
@KimPerales@toad.social: #Billionaires are sabotaging democracy, they're among the wealthiest men in the world, #Musk, #Zuck, #Bezos... “Facebook is running ads right now saying the election may be postponed, or: #Harris may drop out. The ads appear to violate the co's misinfo. rules, but -still live. …

Variety:

Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.— Apple missed Wall Street earnings forecasts, as smartphone revenue — including sales of its new AI-enabled iPhone 16 …

Discussion:
New York Times, The Information, Quartz, Media Play News, @lexnfx, Apple Inc. and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Martin Peers /
The Information: Apple Lifts Revenue 6% on Stronger iPhone Sales

Rocio Fabbro /
Quartz: Apple sees record revenues on strong iPhone sales

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Apple Ups Q4 Services Revenue 12% to Record $24.9 Billion

Alexei Oreskovic /
@lexnfx: $AAPL EPS missed Wall Street targets. The reason seems to be a big one-time tax charge of more than $10 billion as a result of a European Union judgement about the company that was reversed.

Alexei Oreskovic /
@lexnfx: Here's the exact language from Apple earnings release: [image]

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: Apple Services Revenue Hits New High of $24.97B

Washington Post:

Analysis: 26 prominent podcasts have amplified unfounded claims about the integrity of the 2024 US election, in a format challenging for researchers to monitor— Claims aired on the free-flowing and beloved medium could undercut trust in the results of a razor-tight election, experts say.

Discussion: LinkedIn:
In the podcast election, top shows cast doubt on integrity of 2024 vote — Claims aired on the free-flowing and beloved medium could undercut trust …

Rachel /
@maddowmaddow@threads.net: ""The Joe Rogan Experience," “The Ben Shapiro Show,” “The Charlie Kirk Show” and “The Dan Bongino Show” are among 26 nationally prominent programs that have amplified unfounded assertions that the election will be rigged or stolen..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Rabia Shahenshah /
@rabiasnyc@threads.net: This explains our information ecosystem rot ( except for Pivot)

Abby Dees /
@abbydees@threads.net: I love podcasts but almost by definition podcasting isn't journalism. There is no “podcaster 's ethos” or shared principles. It's really more like “say whatever ya want and if ppl like it, great!” Unfortunately, it is treated as a news source by most, including me - even as a former journalist and critical consumer of news. …

Cat Zakrzewski /
@cqzakrz.bsky.social: Trump allies aired claims of election fraud on podcasts ahead of the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. But the medium has not received as much scrutiny as social media. — “The microphone is bigger, the audience is larger and the trust is even deeper,” said Valerie Wirtschafter. — . CNBC Councils: Nate Silver: Don't trust the Trump swing in 2024 presidential election polls, betting markets data

New York Times:

Media Matters: from May to August 2024, the top 30 conservative YouTube channels posted 286 videos containing US election misinformation, racking up 47M+ views— In June 2023, YouTube decided to stop fighting the most persistent strain of election misinformation in the United States …

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