Netflix shut down AAA game studio "Team Blue", which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Mediagazer: Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

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New York Magazine:

New York Magazine says the publication and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways, and an independent probe found no inaccuracies or evidence of bias in Nuzzi's work— Last month, the magazine enlisted the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine to review Olivia Nuzzi's work during the 2024 campaign.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Politico, Vanity Fair, CNN, Eschaton, Adweek, @erickfernandez, @jaredlholt, @diana_trolling, @inyalowda1, Cele|bitchy, The Independent, @hadas_gold, @clarkconquerdem, @the_real_matt_m, @838_carlisle, Poynter, Newser, @phil_lewis_, @lachcartwright, @allezlesboulez, The Hill, Daily Mail, Axios, Us Weekly, Associated Press, acecomments.mu.nu, The Guardian, New York Times, People, Mediaite, HuffPost, Fox News, Business Insider, Page Six, Deadline, Variety, MediaPost, The National Pulse, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Daily News, New York Post and Just Jared

Discussion:

Corbin Bolies /
The Daily Beast: RFK Jr.'s FaceTime Lover Olivia Nuzzi: I'm in the Clear

Kierra Frazier /
Politico: New York Magazine splits with Olivia Nuzzi after relationship with RFK Jr.

Lachlan Cartwright /
Vanity Fair: Olivia Nuzzi to Exit New York Magazine Amid RFK Jr. Scandal

Atrios /
Eschaton: “Bias” — There's a certain kind of justthefacts journalism that can fit nicely into the …

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Olivia Nuzzi to Exit NY Mag Amid RFK Jr. Scandal

Erick Fernandez /
@erickfernandez: The full, rightwing grift is probably the route for her at this point, right? This is a person who fan-girled over Ann Coulter for years and she'll likely pave a similar path.

Jared Holt /
@jaredlholt: Throwing it all away — your love life, your job, and your reputation — just for the prospect of hooking up with RFK Jr. of all the people on this planet. It is truly wild. She'll fail upwards in media, though. I'm sure of that. @diana_trolling: The thing with Olivia Nuzzi is that she will fully go independent or she will get a lucrative deal with The Free Press or she waits for this all to die down and she goes back to work in legacy media. @inyalowda1: “Avoiding the appearance of impropriety” is the phrase they're looking for. (h/t @BrandiAtkinson)

Kaiser /
Cele|bitchy: Olivia Nuzzi & NY Mag have ‘parted ways’ one month after her RFK Jr. affair was outed

Io Dodds /
The Independent: Former star reporter Olivia Nuzzi parts ways with New York magazine over alleged affair with RFK Jr

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Olivia Nuzzi and NYMag have officially parted ways https://www.cnn.com/... @clarkconquerdem: Losing your good journalist job and benefits for a decrepit philanderer with worms

Dave Algonquin /
@the_real_matt_m: All you people applauding this are classless fans! She has mostly been a model reporter with the weight of the world against her, shame on you for cheering an injury to her career like this. @838_carlisle: getting horned up for rfk jr has to be one of the dumbest and funniest ways to lose a job

Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Nuzzi Is Out at New York Magazine

Philip Lewis /
@phil_lewis_: Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York Magazine after relationship with RFK Jr. https://nymag.com/... [image]

Lachlan Cartwright /
@lachcartwright: Olivia Nuzzi to Exit New York Magazine Amid RFK Jr. Scandal: A third-party review into Nuzzi's work found “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias.” My latest yarn for @VanityFair — https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Lauren Irwin /
The Hill: New York Magazine, Olivia Nuzzi part ways

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: New York Magazine, Olivia Nuzzi part ways after writer cleared of bias

Kaitlin Simpson /
Us Weekly: Olivia Nuzzi and Employer New York Magazine Part Ways After RFK Jr. Drama: ‘No Bias’ Found Associated Press: Writer Olivia Nuzzi, New York magazine part ways after relationship with political source revealed

Anna Betts /
The Guardian: Olivia Nuzzi leaves New York magazine after revelation of RFK Jr relationship

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Olivia Nuzzi and New York Magazine Part Ways

Kyler Alvord /
People: Journalist Olivia Nuzzi No Longer Works for New York Magazine After RFK Jr. Drama: ‘Best Course Forward’

Aidan McLaughlin /
Mediaite: Olivia Nuzzi Out at New York Magazine After Relationship With RFK Jr.

Paige Skinner /
HuffPost: Olivia Nuzzi And New York Magazine Part Ways After News Broke Of Her Relationship With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lucia Moses /
Business Insider: New York magazine is parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi following the revelation of her RFK Jr. relationship

Bernie Zilio /
Page Six: Olivia Nuzzi leaving New York magazine after 8 years amid RFK Jr. affair scandal

Peter White /
Deadline: Olivia Nuzzi And New York Magazine Part Ways

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Olivia Nuzzi Out at New York Mag After RJK Jr. Relationship

Katie Kilkenny /
The Hollywood Reporter: Olivia Nuzzi Leaves New York Magazine Following Investigation

David Matthews /
New York Daily News: Olivia Nuzzi, New York Magazine ‘part ways’ over RFK Jr. relationship

Fast Company:

Chick-fil-A announces Chick-fil-A Play, an app with family-focused original animated shows, scripted podcasts, games, e-books, and more, launching November 18— What is Chick-fil-A Play? Inside the food chain's surprisingly logical next move. — Since late last year …

Discussion:
Deadline, @tvgrimreaper, CNBC, USA Today, Delish, Pocket-lint, TheStreet, CBS News, @discussingfilm, Chain Store Age, PYMNTS.com, Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurant Business, Kotaku, Axios, San Francisco Chronicle, AV Club, The Streamable, Quartz, Ad Age, RetailWire, Adweek, IndieWire, Fortune, Retail TouchPoints, PR Daily and Fox Business

Discussion:

Peter White /
Deadline: Chick-Fil-A Lifts The Lid On Entertainment Plans

Amelia Lucas /
CNBC: Chick-fil-A is releasing its own entertainment app, with family-friendly shows and podcasts

Gabe Hauari /
USA Today: Chick-fil-A announces new entertainment app with animated shows, podcasts and games

Danielle Harling /
Delish: Chick-fil-A Finally Reveals Details About Its New Streaming Service But Some Fans Aren't Impressed

Craig Donaldson /
Pocket-lint: What the cluck? New Chick-Fil-A streamer launches next month @discussingfilm: The Chick-Fil-A streaming service has been named Chick-Fil-A Play & will launch on November 18. The service will launch with a collection of original animated shows, scripted podcasts, cooking shows and interactive stories. [image]

Dan Berthiaume /
Chain Store Age: Chick-fil-A to launch family entertainment app

Alicia Kelso /
Nation's Restaurant News: Chick-fil-A wants to connect families beyond mealtime with its new Play app

Lisa Jennings /
Restaurant Business: Chick-fil-A to launch app with original entertainment

Zack Zwiezen /
Kotaku: Watch Out Pixar, Chick-Fil-A Has A New Animated Series

Hope King /
Axios: Why Chick-fil-A is launching an entertainment app

Michael Cabanatuan /
San Francisco Chronicle: Longtime North Bay steakhouse closing, to be replaced by Chick-fil-A

Mary Kate Carr /
AV Club: Behold Chick-fil-A's entry into the TV game with Legends Of Evergreen Hills trailer

Francisco Velasquez /
Quartz: Chick-fil-A is launching a family-friendly app to drive sales

Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: Chick-fil-A's Play App Will Launch Nov. 18

Tony Maglio /
IndieWire: Watch the Trailer for That Chick-fil-A Streaming Service's First Original Series

Chris Morris /
Fortune: Chick-fil-A rolls out its streaming service, an entertainment app with shows and podcasts

Nicole Silberstein /
Retail TouchPoints: Chick-fil-A Cooks up Something New — An Entertainment App

New York Magazine:

Jeff Zucker, Hamish McKenzie, Bari Weiss, and 54 of the most powerful people in media discuss the future of media, return of print, Big Tech, and more— On and off the record with: — Imran Amed, founder and editor-in-chief, The Business of Fashion. Willa Bennett, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan and Seventeen.

Discussion:
Bloomberg, @jakesherman, @jessicahuseman, @rafat, @nbj914, @mariskreizman, @hannahselinger, @agraybee, @michaelsocolow, @thesarahkelly, @andykroll, @froomkin, @nymagpr, @theashleyray, @jbienkahn, @lilahass, @stephenrodrick, @yolafawehinmi, @jessicahuseman, @nymag, @sarahesmith23, @dirtyverse, @lvann_sports, @walsh_eli, @svershbow, @joshkraushaar, @brianstelter, @mikeisaac, @aleksnotalex, @sadarlo1, @stokel, @joshkraushaar, @freddydeknatel, @bariweiss, @tabletmag, @thefilmgoer, @saba_h, @tylerkingkade, @camifateh, @mjnblack, @alexagagosz, @jherrerx, @maxwelltani, @bylinegraph, @charlottetklein, @beejoli, @mairalg, @margotsusca, @_grendan, @inthefade, @adhocemilie, @sapna, Wide World of News, @kelsaywhat, @carlstwitt, @dylanbyers, @maxwelltani, @pkafka, @colbyhall, @anupkaphle, @ssuttell, @rafat, @kennysmith.bsky.social, @heathenqueen76.bsky.social, Gabriel Brotman on LinkedIn, @shortformernie@threads.net and @wagatwe.com

Discussion:

Jake Sherman /
@jakesherman: An interesting look at the media universe.

Jessica Huseman /
@jessicahuseman: help me understand why a “top journalist” was given anonymity to compliment barstool sports. @rafat: This piece is like the state of mainstream media today: too broad a sweep, no idea what it stands for and useful to none.

Nick Jackson /
@nbj914: I think about this all day every day (until the edible hits, though, sometimes, dangerously, after it does too). And there's much to be concerned about. But I do find it funny that it's the most successful people in media who are the first to say you shouldn't follow their lead.

Maris Kreizman /
@mariskreizman: help [image]

Hannah Selinger /
@hannahselinger: @mariskreizman I'm resisting this package, because I think it's offensive in so many ways, but also, hot take: there were no real media stars in 2024, a year when those who spoke up for human rights/free speech were punished and those who endorsed the worst kind of war crimes were lionized. @agraybee: It's interesting how Joe Rogan has the world's most popular podcast and easily one of the most influential media figures today, but he's not extremely online so the media considers Glenn Greenwald and Bari Weiss to be more important.

Michael Socolow /
@michaelsocolow: “Could be worse. You could be in academia.” - “Top Editor” quoted in this story. The media industries & academia share many of the same challenges, but rather than conceive collaborative ideas & solutions [i.e.: cooperative philanthropic initiatives] they'll insult each other.

Andy Kroll /
@andykroll: This was an eye-opening, fun, white-knuckled read. Highly recommend to anyone in and not in our biz.

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: It's telling that there's not one progressive media critic on this list. No @Sulliview @JamesFallows @jayrosen_nyu @ParkerMolloy @MarkJacob16 @NormOrnstein @DeanBaker13 @jenmercieca me etc. @nymagpr: This year's edition of @NYMag's annual “Power Issue,” reported by features writer @charlottetklein, is an examination of the media industry in a time of enormous financial turmoil and record public distrust. Read about the issue: https://nymag.com/... [image] @theashleyray: somehow they didn't talk to a single person whose thoughts on media i actually want to hear, i wanna hear about the state of journalism from the ppl trying to bring jezebel back or how ppl are pivoting with every publication shutting down

Joseph Bien-Kahn /
@jbienkahn: Would love to read one of these about the State of Freelancing...

Lila Hassan /
@lilahass: The part on Israel & Palestine in the newsroom: Most top editors, even when annonymized, only say that it's been ‘divisive.’ It's too hard until they can parachute in. One didn't even touch it. News editors cannot see their own country as part of a war. They've learned nothing.

Stephen Rodrick /
@stephenrodrick: Ha, the number of full-time writer/reporters on the list is maybe zero.

Yolanthe Fawehinmi /
@yolafawehinmi: Hmm. Speaking solely to “media elites” about the current state of journalism isn't a true reflection of what's really happening in our industry.

Jessica Huseman /
@jessicahuseman: I cannot think of a single thing we need less than this right now. @nymag: Presenting the 2024 Power Issue! We gathered 57 of the most powerful people in media for a tour through the state of journalism, assembled from dozens of hours of extremely candid conversations. Read the new issue now: https://nymag.com/... [image]

Sarah Smith /
@sarahesmith23: Pitch: A version of this with non-powerful people in local media. If anyone knows about the state of news, it's a local reporter juggling 2 stories they want to do, 7 stories an editor forced on them, & learning the latest tech fad — all while underpaid & flirting with layoffs @dirtyverse: There are two types of media movers in this world. People building the future, and people that allow themselves to be photographed with their mouth open.

Leah Vann /
@lvann_sports: This was interesting and insightful from a broad perspective, but I do think it's a disservice to not ask any local news leaders their views. If you want to be honest to prospective journalists, that's where most of them will be. https://nymag.com/...

Eli Walsh /
@walsh_eli: i find it interesting that there are two Daily Wire-adjacent people in here as well as Bari Weiss but no one from the masthead of, say, the New Republic or Jezebel

Sophie Vershbow /
@svershbow: Devoured this feature like a big bowl of ice cream. https://nymag.com/...

Josh Kraushaar /
@joshkraushaar: “You see what happened at the Washington Post; essentially, it's anarchy. The staff took over the publication and started dictating moves.” https://nymag.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Out this morning: @NYMag's annual “power issue” examines the past, present and future of the media industry >> https://nymag.com/... [image]

Rat King /
@mikeisaac: just want to say that they interviewed me for this but unfortunately my photo turned out too good looking so i was forced to bow out https://nymag.com/...

Aleks Chan /
@aleksnotalex: never more apparent how the game of musical chairs happening in media leadership has made what little has survived boring, bad, or both https://nymag.com/... @sadarlo1: Some people on my feed are lamenting this article, but I actually found it illuminating. I think it's an actually good idea to see how people are making money - especially from people you despise. “Can Journalism Survive? The Media Elite on Its Future” https://nymag.com/...

Chris Stokel-Walker /
@stokel: This is the apogee of a great story in that I hate clicked it wanting to bitch about who they picked to ask then found it enthralling https://nymag.com/...

Josh Kraushaar /
@joshkraushaar: “Google really undermined professional journalism when they moved away from PageRank. It's one thing to place less emphasis or weight on authority. It's another to actively harm those publishing houses that have reputations and authority.” https://nymag.com/... @freddydeknatel: The grimmest part of this media elite parade, by far, is the fawning over disgraced Mark Halperin. This says a lot more about the sorry state of media than anything else. https://nymag.com/... [image]

Bari Weiss /
@bariweiss: “I pay for Andy Borowitz. And The Free Press.” — Graydon Carter ❤️❤️❤️ https://nymag.com/... @tabletmag: Parts of this feel like asking a whole bunch of arsonists why houses are catching on fire: https://nymag.com/...

Matt Brennan /
@thefilmgoer: The slippage here between main and SEO headlines is rather telling: Mistaking “journalism” — the production of true stories about the world — for “media” — the entities that commoditize and distribute those stories — is at the heart of the crisis. https://nymag.com/...

Saba Hamedy /
@saba_h: a whole issue on the media by the media, just what non-media folks wanted before the election https://nymag.com/...

Tyler Kingkade /
@tylerkingkade: these are the worst photos i've ever seen published in a major news outlet. like, it's insane how they purposefully took the worst shots of people mid blink and said “that's the one” https://nymag.com/...

Cami Fateh /
@camifateh: It's like surprise Xmas this morning thanks to the people at @NYMag @intelligencer who made this story happen: https://nymag.com/.... Obviously following along in @Emily_Sundberg's live chat in Feed Me. I'm taking a minute to let it all marinate (and write my final paper for

Julia Black /
@mjnblack: “I think there is a great business in hit-driven journalism — the biggest scoop, the biggest investigative story, maybe the top 20 percent of what great journalists and news organizations are doing,” says @theinformation's @Jessicalessin. 💥 https://nymag.com/...

Alexa Gagosz /
@alexagagosz: The WSJ is “a lot more interesting and readable. I think every day I find more features that are accessible and surprising. I feel the heat of what they're doing. I feel it in the headlines.” https://nymag.com/...

Jack Herrera /
@jherrerx: Groundbreaking stuff here https://nymag.com/... [image]

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: nymag keeps tricking media executives into posing for portraits https://nymag.com/...

Graph Massara /
@bylinegraph: Newsrooms have treated copy editors/fact-checkers as unnecessary bloat for years, so it doesn't occur to many Substackers to hire an editor, but this is a predictable result Sorry but if you expect subscribers to pay, you owe them a professional product https://nymag.com/... [image]

Charlotte Klein /
@charlottetklein: What 57 of the most influential people in journalism really think. https://nymag.com/...

Beejoli Shah /
@beejoli: This was really, really good. (As always, @semaforben has the most salient takes.) https://nymag.com/...

Maira Garcia /
@mairalg: While I don't agree with everything said in this piece, it's a thorough assessment of how people feel about the media landscape (which is really fucking grim, you know that). I've worked w/ entry level and highly experienced writers and yeah, I'm worried. https://nymag.com/...

Margot Susca /
@margotsusca: Show me a nonprofit media founder running a site from their dining room table and I'll show you the real future of news. https://nymag.com/...

Brendan O'Connor /
@_grendan: “I don't feel like employees understand how precarious it is at all” is such a funny thing for a boss to say https://nymag.com/... [image] @inthefade: this is just the bleakest view of internet journalism. jesus christ https://nymag.com/... [image]

Emilie Friedlander /
@adhocemilie: Someone should do this package from the perspective of the journalists who worked for these people, would be fun to compare and contrast https://nymag.com/...

Sapna Maheshwari /
@sapna: some of the cruelest portrait photography ever seen! https://nymag.com/...

Mark Halperin /
Wide World of News: It Gets Early Out There Early — “THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK — TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2024

Kelsey Weekman /
@kelsaywhat: opening the “will the media survive” story, seeing the name of the guy who shut down your newsroom, then immediately closing the article 😮 💨👌

Carl Swanson /
@carlstwitt: Shortly after @charlottetklein⁩ arrived @nymag this past summer, we set her on this project: interview as many members of the media elite as she could and ask them what exactly they think is going on with the media. This is what they said. https://nymag.com/...

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: two kinds of media people: the people bitching about their @NYMag photo... and the people who know bitching about it makes them look even worse...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: it's media conventional wisdom at this point that the times overpaid for the athletic, but it's hard to argue the company with the most successful daily news podcast and a few other pretty big hits has been “terrible with podcasts for the most part” https://nymag.com/... [image]

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Quality listicle [image]

Colby Hall /
@colbyhall: If the media is relying on this sort of useless and bloviated wank then they are doomed. What a waste of energy.

Anup Kaphle /
@anupkaphle: Asked AI to summarize this and the answer was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://nymag.com/...

Scott Suttell /
@ssuttell: “Still, we found a lot of optimism about the media business and its future. Even those who are gloomy about the state of the industry see a lot of good work being done in their own shops and those of their rivals.” https://nymag.com/...

Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith.bsky.social: Let's all just take a moment to consider the three people name dropped here. — I don't even want to click through to see who the other 54 people might be to offer alternatives. [embedded post] @heathenqueen76.bsky.social: Hmmm — People I consider journalists and folksci consider rabble rousing sh*t starters in the same room. — Interesting [embedded post]

Gabriel Brotman /
Gabriel Brotman on LinkedIn: New York Magazine's latest “Power Issue” offers a fresh look into the state of journalism in 2024, featuring our very own Mathias Döpfner …

Ernie Smith /
@shortformernie@threads.net: This paragraph from this @nymag piece on media players is insane. It's like they got the worst people in journalism to talk smack about their competitors. — It's telling that only two people on this entire list went on record. — https://nymag.com/... [image]

Variety:

TelevisaUnivision reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY to $1.3B, operating expenses up 1% YoY to $878M, and says its DTC business is now profitable after two years— Gains in U.S. advertising revenue and the sale of a set of broadcasting towers helped Spanish-language giant notch increase profits …

Discussion:
Radio & Television …, MediaPost, TVNewsCheck, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and TelevisaUnivision

Discussion:

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: With Wade Davis Gone, TelevisaUnivision Reflects On Q3

Steve McClellan /
MediaPost: IPG Reports Flat Q3 Organic Revenue, Takes $224 Million Impairment Charge

Georg Szalai /
TVNewsCheck: TelevisaUnivision Posts Record Q3 U.S. Political Ad Revenue, Streaming Turns Profitable

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: TelevisaUnivision Posts Small Q3 Gains, Largely From U.S. Political Ads, As Daniel Alegre CEO Era Begins

Georg Szalai /
The Hollywood Reporter: TelevisaUnivision Posts Record Third-Quarter U.S. Political Ad Revenue, Streaming Turns Profitable

The Streamable:

Fubo announces that FanDuel Sports Network, NBA League Pass, and Paramount+ with Showtime are now available without requiring a base channel plan purchase— FanDuel Sports Network, NBA League Pass and Paramount+ with SHOWTIME are now avaible through Fubo regardless of whether you buy a base channel plan.

Discussion:
Awful Announcing, ir.fubo.tv, Cord Cutters News and Streaming Better

Discussion:

Andrew Bucholtz /
Awful Announcing: Fubo launches standalone streaming options with FanDuel Sports Network, Paramount+ with Showtime, and NBA League Pass

Ameet Padte /
ir.fubo.tv: Fubo Launches Standalone Premium Subscription Services - No Base Channel Plan Necessary

Raymond McCain /
Cord Cutters News: Bally Sports Is Now Officially FanDuel Sports Network

Axios:

OpenAI and Microsoft announce a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five US metro news organizations— - “The scale, we think, is significant,” he added. … - The new program is being driven in partnership with The Lenfest Institute's Local …

Discussion:
@lenfestinst, @jjaron, @lenfestinst, The Lenfest Institute …, @sarafischer and Digital Scholarship

Discussion:
@lenfestinst: Direct funding and software and enterprise credits totaling up to $10 million will be awarded to @WBEZ/@Suntimes, @Newsday, @StarTribune, @PhillyInquirer, and @seattletimes. Learn more about their projects: https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/ ...

Jacob Aron /
@jjaron: Local news is (well, should be) all about being out and about on your local beat, how is $5m of AI credits going to help you generate local news stories when the AI has no way of gathering local information?

@lenfestinst:
Today we're announcing a new partnership with @OpenAI and @Microsoft to launch The Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative & Fellowship to help local news orgs use artificial intelligence to drive business sustainability and innovation https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/ ... The Lenfest Institute for Journalism: Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft announce $10 million AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program for US metro news organizations

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @OpenAI & @Microsoft are jointly funding a $10M AI local news project managed by @lenfestinst —$5M funding for fellowships, $5M credits for OpenAI and Azure products —No data licensing deal, just funding experimentation/fellowships More on @axios: https://www.axios.com/...

Charles W. Bailey, Jr /
Digital Scholarship: “Microsoft and OpenAI's Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying”

TechCrunch:

Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts— Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.

Discussion:
MEDIANAMA, Meta, The Verge, 9to5Mac, RTÉ, Social Media Today, PCMag, Business Standard, The Independent, CNET, SiliconANGLE, The Straits Times, @john_j_howard, @newley, Silicon Republic, ABC, Digital Trends, @rmsherman, Engadget, @nickclegg, London Evening Standard, Reuters, The Guardian and BNN Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Sharveya Parasnis /
MEDIANAMA: Meta Testing FRT To Find Scammers And Verify User Identity

Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: Meta brings back face scanning to combat scams and account hacking

Ben Lovejoy /
9to5Mac: Meta testing Face ID-like video selfie to recover your Instagram or Facebook account

Brian O'Donovan /
RTÉ: Meta to test using facial recognition to combat fake ads

Andrew Hutchinson /
Social Media Today: Meta Experiments With Facial Recognition for Security Purposes

Shivani Shinde /
Business Standard: Celeb-bait ads make Meta turn to facial recognition tech to combat scams

Martyn Landi /
The Independent: Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts

James Farrell /
SiliconANGLE: Meta will employ facial recognition technology to fight back against celebrity scam ads

Osmond Chia /
The Straits Times: Meta tests facial recognition tech to detect celeb scams, recover hacked accounts

John J. Howard, Ph.D. /
@john_j_howard: Face recognition is a viable means of remote identity verification. Many caveats apply but this is an overall good thing.

Newley Purnell /
@newley: Meta will “immediately delete any facial data generated after this comparison regardless of whether there's a match or not,” the company wrote in a blog post. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan /
Silicon Republic: Meta to test facial recognition to deter scammers

James Purtill /
ABC: Meta is testing facial recognition to combat ‘relentless’ celebrity endorsement scams

Rob Sherman /
@rmsherman: Today, @meta announced that we're beginning to test how facial recognition technology can help us protect people and make it harder for scammers to deceive others. Specifically, we're using this tech to make it harder for scammers to run celeb-bait ads on our platforms and as a

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Meta is bringing back facial recognition with new safety features for Facebook and Instagram

Nick Clegg /
@nickclegg: Specifically, we'll begin using facial recognition technology to detect when scammers try to use images of celebrities or content creators in ads to trick others into sharing personal information or sending money.

Martyn Landi /
London Evening Standard: Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts

Josh Taylor /
The Guardian: Meta to use facial recognition technology in fight against celebrity investment scam ads

Bloomberg:

A look at Netflix's movie strategy, with Dan Lin, who took over as film chairman in April 2024, pushing for quality in-house projects and being more selective— Netflix is trying to make better movies. It starts with making less and spending less. — Ted Sarandos is tired of answering questions about movie theaters.

Discussion:
@lucas_shaw, ComingSoon.net and Gizmodo

Discussion:

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: Lots of news about budgets + talks for future movies, including: Netflix is paying Cameron Díaz $45M to make two movies. It's also planning to spend $200M+ on Chronicles of Narnia.

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: Netflix appointed a new film chairman in April. Spent the last couple months talking to people about his plans, which boil down to 3 words: Make better movies. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Brandon Schreur /
ComingSoon.net: Netflix Turned Down Buying Zachary Levi's Harold and the Purple Crayon

Lucas Ropek /
Gizmodo: Netflix's New Plan Is to Make Movies That Suck Less

Game File:

Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up— The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch — One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.

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Chris Scullion /
Video Games Chronicle: Netflix has shut down its triple-A ‘Team Blue’ studio

Tom Regan /
Game Developer: Netflix closes its only AAA game studio

Aaron Astle /
PocketGamer.biz: Netflix closes ‘triple-A’ studio Team Blue and cuts ties with senior hires

Kate Irwin /
PCMag: Netflix Shutters Internal Team ‘Blue’ Games Studio

Henry Gilbert /
@henereyg: Every huge media company wants to make a “Triple A game” for a couple years until they see how much it actually costs, then they just go “whoopsie” in the form of layoffs

Hunter /
@nextgenplayer: Netflix has closed its AAA studio that employed: - Halo creative lead Joseph Staten - Santa Monica Studio art director Rafael Grassetti - Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny See more: https://www.gamefile.news/... [image]

Stephen Totilo /
@stephentotilo: SCOOP: Netflix has closed its “AAA” game studio in California, less than 2 years after opening it and making big hires Last spring, Halo vet Joseph Staten made headlines for joining Team's now gone A shake-up as new gaming bosses at Netflix settle in https://www.gamefile.news/... @mr_rebs_: Netflix shut down their AAA video game studio “Team Blue”. Their development team included Joseph Staten, who was the creative lead for Halo. Source: https://www.gamefile.news/... [image]

Dwaipayan Roy /
NewsBytes: Netflix shuts down AAA gaming studio. Shift of strategy?

Steve Vegvari /
iPhone in Canada Blog: Netflix Shutters its AAA Southern California Game Studio Known as Team Blue

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@threads.net: This news story is a combination of two negative trends; Netflix's habit of canceling things before you hear about them and the winter in AAA gaming. Netflix hired execs from Halo, Overwatch & God of War to build a AAA game only to shut down the studio before they published any games.

Steve Dent /
Engadget: Netflix has closed its AAA gaming studio

TechCrunch:

Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, effective next month— Ireland's media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply …

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TheJournal.ie, Silicon Republic, Head Topics, Irish Independent, The Independent, Business Post, Gript, @cathmartingreen, @cnam_ie, Irish Examiner, Business Plus, Irish Examiner, Irish Legal News, Search for services …, Coimisiún na Meán, HotAir, RTÉ, Kilkenny Live and Irish Independent, more at Techmeme »

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Muiris O'Cearbhaill /
TheJournal.ie: Social media companies to face major fines under new, long-awaited online safety rules

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan /
Silicon Republic: Irish media regulator finally adopts the Online Safety Code Head Topics: Online safety code will bring ‘end to era of social media self-regulation’, media regulator vows Irish Independent: Social media platforms could use ‘live selfies’ to check users' age under new Online Safety Code

Grinne N. Aodha /
The Independent: Tech giants face large fines if they ignore new safety rules - Irish watchdog

Fionn Thompson /
Business Post: Media watchdog finalises new online safety code: Here's what's changing

Jason Osborne /
Gript: Media regulator publishes finalised ‘Online Safety Code’ for video-sharing platforms

Catherine Martin TD /
@cathmartingreen: A major step forward in online safety: @CNaM_ie launched Ireland's Online Safety Code today It sets out rules to protect people, especially children, from harmful video content online. Introducing real accountability for online video sharing platforms https://www.cnam.ie/... [image] @cnam_ie: Big news 🔊 Today, we've published our finalised #OnlineSafetyCode. It sets binding rules for video-sharing #platforms who have their EU HQ in Ireland, helping to protect users from online harm. https://www.cnam.ie/... [video]

Aoife Molloy /
Coimisiún na Meán: Coimisiún na Meán adopts final Online Safety Code

David Strom /
HotAir: Race to the Censorship Bottom

Brian O'Donovan /
RTÉ: Coimisiún na Meán to launch Online Safety Code

Adrian Weckler /
Irish Independent: Online Safety Regulator may require Meta and TikTok to seek passport uploads from children to prove age

Wired:

X data: Elon Musk-backed America PAC spent $166K between July 8 and October 1 to run 59 ads on X targeting swing voters in six states, yielding 32M+ impressions— America PAC purchased ads yielding tens of millions of impressions on X between July 8 and October 1, according to the platform's ad disclosure data.

Discussion:

Theodore Schleifer /
New York Times: Elon Musk Donates Legal Maximum to Trump Campaign

Scott Korba /
@scottinoc@threads.net: Elon paying himself to run ads for Trump. LOL https://www.wired.com/...

Jacob Silverman /
@silvermanjacob: Elon Musk paying Elon Musk to advertise Elon Musk's preferred political candidate. https://www.wired.com/...

Blake Wolf /
One America News Network: Musk Announces $1M Giveaway Per Day To America PAC Petition Signees

Julianna Frieman /
The Daily Caller: Elon Musk To Award One Person $1 Million Every Day Before Election Day

MacRumors:

Disney no longer lets new and returning customers sign up for and buy subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store, avoiding Apple's cut— Disney is no longer allowing its customers to sign up for and purchase subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store …

Discussion:
The Streamable, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, Engadget, Benzinga, @carnage4life@mas.to, BGR, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Decider and The Ankler, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Disney+ & Hulu Stop Paying The Apple Tax Blocking App Store Payments For New Customers

Sarah Fielding /
Engadget: You can no longer sign up for Hulu or Disney+ in Apple's App Store

Ananya Gairola /
Benzinga: Disney+ And Hulu Stream Away From Apple's 30% Toll Bridge: What It Means For The iPhone Maker?

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: Both Hulu and Disney+ have stopped allowing users to sign up on iOS devices to avoid Apple's 30% fee. As Disney focuses on getting its streaming services to profitability, avoiding the Apple tax is a no brainer. — It's telling that even the largest companies in the world find the Apple tax to business impairing. …

Jacob Siegal /
BGR: You can't sign up for Hulu or Disney+ on the App Store anymore

Filipe Espósito /
9to5Mac: Disney+ and Hulu ditch App Store In-App Purchase billing as latest round of price increases goes into effect

Angela Tricarico /