DirecTV plans to launch a free, ad-supported streaming service called MyFree DirecTV on November 15 as a mobile app and on some streaming devices and smart TVs (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer: DirecTV plans to launch a free, ad-supported streaming service called MyFree DirecTV on November 15 as a mobile app and on some streaming devices and smart TVs (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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Bloomberg:

Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services— Apple will begin selling TV+ subscriptions through Prime later this month, Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Amazon Prime Video …
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Rebecca Iannucci /
TVLine: Prime Video to Offer Apple TV+ as Subscription Add-On in New Deal

Katie Campione /
Deadline: Prime Video To Offer Apple TV+ Content As Paid Add-On

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Analyst: Apple TV+ Access on Prime Video Foreshadows Move to Ad-Supported Tier

Rocio Fabbro /
Quartz: Amazon Prime Video will soon have Apple TV+ because streaming is just cable now

Pradeep Viswanathan /
Neowin: Apple TV+ expands reach through Amazon Prime Video partnership

Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: Apple TV Plus is coming to Prime Video

Phil Nickinson /
Digital Trends: Apple TV+ is coming to Amazon Prime Video this month

Ananya Gairola /
Benzinga: Apple TV+ Coming To Amazon Prime Video This Month: What You Need To Know About the $9.99 Add-On

Sanuj Bhatia /
Android Police: With Apple TV Plus coming to Prime Video, watching on Android just got way easier

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Amazon adding Apple TV Plus to Prime Video Channels

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Amazon and Apple Strike Deal to Bring Apple TV+ to Prime Video

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Amazon's Prime Video Is Adding Apple TV+ as a Subscription Add-On

Rasmus Larsen /
FlatpanelsHD: Apple TV+ joins Prime Video as a $9.99/month add-on

Variety:

DirecTV plans to launch a free, ad-supported streaming service called MyFree DirecTV on November 15 as a mobile app and on some streaming devices and smart TVs— FAST service to bow Nov. 15 featuring ‘Duck Dynasty,’ Fox Weather, Tastemade and more — DirecTV is shifting into the FAST lane …

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Adweek, The Streamable, MediaPost, TVNewsCheck, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter and Cord Cutters News

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Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: DirecTV Enters FAST Lane With Free Ad-Supported Streaming Platform

David Satin /
The Streamable: MyFree DIRECTV: Free Ad-Supported Streaming Platform from DIRECTV Coming Next Month

Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: DirecTV Starts A FAST Platform - MyFree DirecTV

Rick Porter /
TVNewsCheck: DirecTV Sets FAST Service Launch

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: DirecTV Sets FAST Service Launch

Press Gazette:

The Guardian launches product recommendation site The Filter following a trial lasting several months, as it chases affiliate revenue— The Guardian has begun publishing product guides featuring links to shopping websites to target a growing business of affiliate revenue.

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The Guardian

The Hollywood Reporter:

Paramount's Shari Redstone backs CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil after execs criticized his work and says she lacks editorial control but “something needs to be done”— The mogul, who cut a deal to sell Paramount — including CBS — to Skydance earlier this year, weighed in on the topic on Wednesday.

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Hadas Gold /
CNN: Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout Deadline: Paramount Execs Have Rare Public Difference Of Opinion About CBS Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Shari Redstone Defends Tony Dokoupil Amidst Ta-Nehisi Coates Interview Fallout

Robby Soave /
Reason: CBS Needs a Safe Space for Tony Dokoupil's Critics

Vivek Saxena /
BizPac Review: Gayle King faces new allegations after CBS Mornings controversy blows up

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: NEW: Paramount co-chief and CBS C.E.O. George Cheeks stands behind the CBS News leadership and its handling of the Tony Doukopil matter, despite frustrations of Paramount chair Shari Redstone > [image]

David Bauder /
Associated Press: Head of CBS parent says ‘a mistake’ to rebuke host for Ta-Nehisi Coates interview

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Here's the full statement from CBS president and CEO George Cheeks about the Coates/Dokoupil controversy: “There has been strong and growing discord within CBS News that needed to be addressed in an editorial meeting. This must lead to further substantive dialogue about

Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Shari Redstone Scolds CBS for Scolding Anchor After Coates Interview

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Shari Redstone says CBS “made a bad mistake” in its handling of testy interview

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Corporate owners don't ordinarily weigh in on TV news decisions. But this was no ordinary decision. Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made a “bad mistake” with their handling of the Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout, @Hadas_Gold and @Liam_A_Reilly report: https://www.cnn.com/...

Jeremy Barr /
Washington Post: Top CBS shareholder Redstone praises combative Tony Dokoupil interview

Stacey Matthews /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Pandemonium at CBS News After Journalist Pushes Back on Anti-Israel Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: “I've been working with the CEOs. I've been working with the woman who does a lot of our diversity training, and I think we all agree that this was not handled correctly, and we all agree that something needs to be done.”

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Shari Redstone at AdWeek says she does not think Tony Dokoupil crossed editorial standards - she thinks Tony did a “great job” in the interview “frankly I was very proud of the work he did” and she has let him know that

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Packed house for @sarafischer's panel with Shari Redstone. Redstone said CBS made a mistake in the way it handled the aftermath of Tony Dokoupil's interview. “I frankly think Tony did a great job with that interview.”

Andrew Bernard /
JNS.org: ‘CBS’ boss backs reporter after network says his Ta-Nehisi Coates interview didn't meet standards Fox News: CBS boss backs news network leadership after parent company chair disapproved its handling of Tony Dokoupil

Branko Marcetic /
Jacobin: Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Bucking the Media's Palestine Consensus

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: Shari Redstone backs ‘CBS Mornings’ host over controversial Ta-Nehisi Coates interview

Matthew Hennessey /
Wall Street Journal: You Can't Report in Here. This Is the Newsroom! — CBS News subjects Tony Dokoupil …

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Shari Redstone Defends CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil's Interview Of Ta-Nehisi Coates - “I Frankly Think Tony Did A Great Job”

Corey Pein /
@coreypein.bsky.social: “The comments from Redstone came during a panel at Advertising Week specifically focused on ‘using engaging content to fight hate.’” [embedded post]

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Shari Redstone Says CBS ‘Made a Mistake’ in Rebuking Ta-Nehisi Coates Interview: ‘Tony Did a Great Job’

David Strom /
HotAir: Maoist Struggle Sessions at CBS Wall Street Journal: Sources: Tony Dokoupil's Q&A with Ta-Nehisi Coates was one of several moments that led to CBS execs criticizing him; source: Shari Redstone disagreed with execs

Press Gazette:

Filing: the FT reports 2023 revenue up 5% YoY to £444M, operating profit down 33% YoY to £9M, and 1.4M paid subscribers, of which 1.3M were digital subscribers— The Financial Times made more than half a billion pounds in revenue for the first time in its history in 2023.

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Talking Biz News and Telegraph

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Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: FT has best financial year since 2012

James Warrington /
Telegraph: Financial Times profits hit £30m after surge in subscribers

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:

Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda accuses the government of blocking interviews and pressuring businesses not to advertise in a “systematic pressure” campaign— The editorial board of one of Ukraine's most respected media outlets, Ukrayinska Pravda, has accused President Volodymyr …

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pravda.com.ua and Voice of America

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Ukrainska Pravda /
pravda.com.ua: Ukrainska Pravda reports systematic pressure from the Office of the President of Ukraine

NPR:

A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it— Both fans and foes are getting in on the bidding war for Alex Jones' media company — or at least trying to. — Some harbor hopes …

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BleepingComputer:

A threat actor hacked the Internet Archive and stole a user authentication database with 31M unique records; a DDoS attack took the site offline on October 9— Internet Archive's “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole …

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PCMag, ZDNET, Gizmodo, Engadget, @mrboko1234, @brewster_kahle, Neowin, @vxunderground, @zelinarxy, @tgzerosugar, @aldanmarki, Türkiye Today, @_omoriboy, @sn_darkmeta, @brewster_kahle, @kaybrainrot, @brewster_kahle, @skellenaut, @leo_puglisi6, @vxunderground, Hackaday, 9to5Mac, @sn_darkmeta, @hanno@mastodon.social, @internetarchive, @genkiwastaken, TechCrunch, @brianroemmele, @haveibeenpwned, @lostmediabuster, Wired, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, The Verge, The Register and Land Of Blackbirds …, more at Techmeme »

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Lance Whitney /
ZDNET: Internet Archive breach compromises 31 million accounts - what you need to know

Anna Washenko /
Engadget: The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks

Brewster Kahle /
@brewster_kahle: What we know: DDOS attack-fended off for now; defacement of our website via JS library; breach of usernames/email/salted-encrypted passwords. What we've done: Disabled the JS library, scrubbing systems, upgrading security. Will share more as we know it.

Karthik Mudaliar /
Neowin: Internet Archive confirms data breach of over 31 million accounts, suffers many DDoS attacks @zelinarxy: the internet archive got hacked? that's crazy bro. the thing that has old news articles and old social posts and videos that contradict the blatant lies of the state-controlled media? that's nuts my guy. right befor the election? that's bonkers dude @tgzerosugar: Internet Archive is seriously one of those sites that we shouldn't be trying to hack or take down @aldanmarki: Are you fucking insane. For those unaware, these hackers have taken down the Internet Archive based on the completely false assumption that it's part of the U.S. federal government, believing that their actions somehow support Palestine.

Vidyabatter Joel /
@_omoriboy: who the fuck is ddosing internet archive how fucking miserable and sad do you have to be to ddos internet archive @sn_darkmeta: @Vestboy_Myst They are under attack because the archive belongs to the USA, and as we all know, this horrendous and hypocritical government supports the genocide that is being carried out by the terrorist state of “Israel”.

Brewster Kahle /
@brewster_kahle: DDOS on a tuesday? Last time it was a monday. Geez. @internetarchive is working to restore services on https://archive.org/. @kaybrainrot: You motherfucker. Internet Archive was one of the best, most resourceful sites of the entire history of the Internet. You literally could've hacked into any corrupt site, or government official, but instead you do the online equivalent of nuking a museum. Truly despicable.

Brewster Kahle /
@brewster_kahle: Yesterday's DDOS attack on @internetarchive repeated today. We are working to bring https://archive.org/ back online.

Skel /
@skellenaut: you gotta be such a lowlife to target the fucking Internet Archive of all things. huge loser behavior

Leonardo Puglisi /
@leo_puglisi6: this group has taken down the Internet Archive - genuinely one of the most important sites in the world - because...something something US and Israel?? attacking a non-profit will not stop anything happening in Gaza @vxunderground: Note: Final update and confirmations: The compromise has been confirmed via @BleepinComputer and @TroyHunt. 31,000,000 users impacted. There is no confirmed information on how the site was compromised. No Threat Actor(s) have been attributed to the compromise. More

Lewin Day /
Hackaday: The Internet Archive Has Been Hacked

@sn_darkmeta:
The Internet archive has and is suffering from a devastating attack We have been launching several highly successful attacks for five long hours and, to this moment, all their systems are completely down. second round | New attack 09/10/2024 Duration 6 hours [image] @hanno@mastodon.social: I'm a big fan of the @internetarchive but it does not appear they handled this security breach well... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ... learned about this via haveibeenpwned, that's not how it should go.

Genki /
@genkiwastaken: the internet archive is getting ddos'd because these 0 IQ dumbasses think it's owned by the US look at our fucking hackers dawg we're never wiping out student loan debt 😭😭

Connie Loizos /
TechCrunch: The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach

Brian Roemmele /
@brianroemmele: As I said for over 3 decades and few cared to understand: We are moving from the Information Age to the Amnesia Age. The Internet Archive has been attacked and the aim is to delete it. DO YOU HEAR ME NOW. Any large ethical AI company that does not come to aid—is worthless. [image] @haveibeenpwned: New breach: Internet Archive had 31M records breached last month including email address, screen name and bcrypt password hash. 54% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...

BrianKrebs /
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange: BleepingComputer writes: The text “HIBP” refers to the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service created by Troy Hunt, with whom threat actors commonly share stolen data to be added to the service. — Hunt told BleepingComputer that the threat actor shared the Internet Archive's authentication database three days ago and it is a 6.4GB SQL file named “ia_users.sql.” …

Wes Davis /
The Verge: The Internet Archive is under attack, with a breach revealing info for 31 million accounts

Simon Sharwood /
The Register: Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS

Gothwizardmagic /
Land Of Blackbirds And Disorder: heads up to anyone with an account; internet archive just got hacked. …

The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Pulitzer winning investigative reporter and author Donald L. Barlett, half of the famous Barlett and Steele team at The Philadelphia Inquirer, dies at age 88— Donald L. Barlett, 88, of Philadelphia, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Inquirer …

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Media Nation, New York Times, @hannahallam, @carylkauffman, @will_bunch, @amesalex, @danielrubin and Talking Biz News

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Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: The Boston Globe reports 281K digital subscribers, up 6.5% YoY; paid print circulation in the year to September 2024 was 57K on weekdays and 102K on Sundays

Hannah Allam /
@hannahallam: “Mr. Barlett routinely spent weeks, sometimes months, poring over data and thousands of documents, and interviewing scores of sources to produce stories with Steele that stirred readers and sparked change.” @carylkauffman: @Will_Bunch @PhillyInquirer His “What went wrong” series with steel was one of the best breakdowns of what the Reagan revolution wrought on the American middle class

Will Bunch /
@will_bunch: A true giant of journalism's golden era Donald L. Barlett, former Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Inquirer and best-selling author, has died at 88 https://www.inquirer.com/... via @PhillyInquirer

Ames Alexander /
@amesalex: Anyone interested in the craft of investigative reporting will appreciate this story about Don Barlett. Sadly, he died Saturday. He was 88. https://www.inquirer.com/...

Daniel Rubin /
@danielrubin: A giant has fallen. Donald L. Barlett, former Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The Inquirer and best-selling author, dies at 88 https://share.inquirer.com/niE7aD via @phillyinquirer

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Barlett, two-time Pulitzer winner, dies at 88

New Yorker:

An interview with Taylor Lorenz about “dancing on the grave” of legacy media, the creator economy coming for journalism, resigning from WaPo, and more— A reporter known for chronicling the “extremely online” is making the leap to the creator economy. The most surprising thing is that she waited this long.

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David Folkenflik /
NPR: Taylor Lorenz leaves ‘Washington Post’ after rift with editors

Parker Molloy /
The Present Age: Journalist Taylor Lorenz Talks Going Independent and Leaving Legacy Media

Niko Stratis /
@nikostratis: i truly, well and truly, dislike the push to “internet personality” instead of a writer or a journalist. That idea seems to only reward the people who have already built up enough of a name that they can just become this secret third media idea.

Egirl Tashi Duncan /
@xoxogossipgita: I like writing, I like journalism, being an “internet personality” has brought me endless frustration and anxiety. I think you should be deeply suspicious of people who want to be full time “personalities.”

Egirl Tashi Duncan /
@xoxogossipgita: I truly hope the future of independent media is closer to a series of alt weeklies with full time staff and benefits as opposed to “Internet personalities” peddling newsletters.

Niko Stratis /
@nikostratis: i don't even disagree with (some of) her points, but it just seems a bit funny to always read nice profiles of her in legacy media talking about she doesn't need legacy media and is doing things her way. A series of must be nice moments.

Damin Toell /
@damintoell: Yeah, we know

Christopher Hooks /
@cd_hooks: those who can't write, influence https://x.com/... @emilyctamkin: Not the point but: “When her editor there, a veteran journalist named Mark Seibel, retired, earlier this year, she felt adrift and considered quitting.” That's the @markseibel difference

Shakeel /
@shakeelhashim: Good piece, but odd that it doesn't mention the allegations that she lied to her editor about the Instagram post.

Laura Elliott /
@tinywriterlaura: i'd really like to be a full time writer without becoming an internet personality. bring back the days when it was acceptable/marketable to be a weird little hermit that everyone accepted was bad at socialising because 'well, they're a writer what do you expect'!

Egirl Tashi Duncan /
@xoxogossipgita: I would sincerely prefer to be able to be a full time writer without having to become an Internet personality out of necessity

Kyle Chayka /
@chaykak: New @NewYorker column: Talking to Taylor Lorenz about dancing on the grave of legacy media, the creator economy coming for journalism, and how all US presidents are war criminals https://www.newyorker.com/...

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: Scooplet in here, former Vox journalist Johnny Harris now has a staff of seventeen(!) full-time employees working on his YouTube channel. https://www.newyorker.com/...

Sydney Bauer /
@femme_thoughts: Interesting quote about newspapers not knowing what to do with talent. I think it's the opposite but the internet has rewarded a certain type of talent and that's not the same as journalistic talent.

Michael Luo /
@michaelluo: Such a smart @chaykak column on @TaylorLorenz but also on the media landscape today. “I don't want to be a full-time writer. I want to be an Internet personality.” https://www.newyorker.com/...

Niko Stratis /
@nikostratis: the internet, esp the state it's in right now, rewards personalities and it's no surprise that someone like Lorez would say “yeah i'm just going to be an influencer adjacent person”, but that's not building a healthy future for media, that's just quick bursts of waning fame.

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: Justice for Kyle https://www.newyorker.com/... [image]

Molly Taft /
@mollytaft: truly, genuinely, good for those who choose this route (except maybe bari and matt lol) but my god i wish there was a profitable journalism future right now for those of us who want to do deep investigative work with a collaborative newsroom and not be on tiktok

Reuters:

Spotify launches its free tier in South Korea after entering the market in 2021; South Korean artists have 5.8B+ average monthly streams on the platform— Spotify's (SPOT.N) free music and podcasts service option is now available in South Korea, the audio streaming platform said on Thursday, as it looks to widen its audience base.

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Billboard, Music Ally and Music Business Worldwide

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Elias Leight /
Billboard: Spotify Rolls Out Free Tier in South Korea

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Spotify has finally launched its free tier in South Korea

Murray Stassen /
Music Business Worldwide: Spotify launches Free tier in South Korea

MediaPost:

The IAB, EFF, and other groups urge the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider an August decision that TikTok wasn't protected from liability by Section 23— The Interactive Advertising Bureau and other business organizations are urging a federal appellate court to reconsider a recent ruling …

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