PayPal formally launches PayPal Ads, which looks to help US marketers tap into data about transactions across PayPal's platforms, including Venmo and Honey (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)

Mediagazer: PayPal formally launches PayPal Ads, which looks to help US marketers tap into data about transactions across PayPal's platforms, including Venmo and Honey (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)

Top News:

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 …
Discussion: Deadline, Ars Technica, RetailWire, UPI, Android Police, Cord Cutters News, NewscastStudio, The Information, Quartz, TVLine, Nicola Korzenko on LinkedIn, Neowin, The Streamable, Media Play News, The Verge, TVNewsCheck, FlatpanelsHD, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, Reuters, The Desk, Digital Trends, About Amazon, The Wrap, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and iPhone in Canada Blog, more at Techmeme »

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

Lucille Barilla /
RetailWire: Apple TV+ To Launch on Prime Video in the US in Late October

Jessica Inman /
UPI: Prime Video users to soon have Apple TV+ add-on option

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

Michael P. Hill /
NewscastStudio: Apple TV+ coming to Amazon Prime Video

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

Rebecca Iannucci /
TVLine: Prime Video to Offer Apple TV+ as Subscription Add-On in New Deal

Nicola Korzenko /
Nicola Korzenko on LinkedIn: This was a labor of love but we did it Laura C.! Thrilled to finally share the news and launch very soon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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GeekWire:

Prime Video's head says Amazon's sports investments are part of a move to build the next generation of an entertainment service, beyond just movies and TV shows— In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant's hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

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The Streamable, Charlie Neiman on LinkedIn and @taylor_soper

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David Satin /
The Streamable: Watch a Huge Selection of Live Sports For Less Than $30 With This Bundle

Charlie Neiman /
Charlie Neiman on LinkedIn: Proud of what our team has accomplished, but it's still Day 1 for #SportsonPrime — Thanks to GeekWire for sharing our journey! …

Media Matters for America:

Study: five major US newspapers gave the latest filing in Trump's indictment over the 2020 election a small fraction of the coverage they gave Clinton's emails— In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, major newspapers are giving former President Donald Trump's federal criminal indictment …

Discussion:
@newsjennifer_schulze@threads.net: As clear a sign as you'll ever see that Trump has co-opted mainstream media ⤵️The response will be ‘but what about that big story we did about the rallys’ but everyone knows the one-off pieces aren't the same as crusades like the ones run against Clinton, then Biden, etc. @mediamattersforamerica @mattgertz https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...

Bruce Bartlett /
@brucebartlett: “Her emails” were news because the Trump campaign talked about them over and over again. Trump's felony convictions are not news because Harris never, ever mentions them.

Magdi Jacobs /
@magi_jay: A pretty clear, objective measurement of media bias

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: The five newspapers — NY Times, Wash. Post, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, and USA Today — ran over 6 times as many combined front-page stories that mentioned Clinton's server (46) as they did front-page stories that mentioned Trump's indictment (7) over those periods. [image]

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: We found the papers ran 26 combined articles mentioning Trump's indictment in the week after the unsealing of Smith's filing. But those same papers published 100 combined articles — nearly 4 times as many — that mentioned Clinton's server in the week after Comey's letter. [image]

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: Obsessive news media focus on Clinton's server in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign helped Trump to victory, even as Comey ultimately reconfirmed that no charges were appropriate in the case. But eight years later, with one presidential candidate facing active

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: Major papers are giving Trump's Jan. 6 indictment dramatically less attention than they did Clinton's server https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... @heathermoandco: New from Media Matters @mmfa: Major papers are giving Trump's #J6 indictment dramatically less attention than they did Clinton's email server. The failure of corporate media is on full display here. #VoteBlueDownBallot #VoteBlueToStopACriminalDictator https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... [image]

Emily Ngo /
Politico: Why Donald Trump is keeping Republicans from attacking NYC's indicted Dem mayor @tusk81@mastodon.social: “In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, major newspapers are giving former President Donald Trump's federal criminal indictment for alleged crimes related to the January 6 insurrection a fraction of the coverage they gave former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server in 2016, according to a new Media Matters study.” …

Kim Perales /
@KimPerales@toad.social: #Media: threaten democracy with their biased coverage favoring #TFG. — Blue bars: articles mentioning H Clinton's email server in the week after the Oct. 2016 Comey letter. — Red bars: articles mentioning #TFG's #Jan6 indictment the week after Smith's latest filing was unsealed earlier this mo. …

NPR:

Sources: Taylor Lorenz lost the trust of WaPo leadership after labeling Biden a “war criminal”; WaPo has not released its formal review of the incident— When tech columnist Taylor Lorenz left the Washington Post last week, she did so with a splash: An interview with The Hollywood Reporter …

Discussion:
New York Post, @theonlyjdb.bsky.social, @davidfolkenflik and acecomments.mu.nu

Discussion:

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Washington Post ‘lost faith’ in Taylor Lorenz after she ‘misled’ bosses about Biden ‘war criminal’ post: report

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Taylor Lorenz leaves ‘Washington Post’ to launch her own digital publication after rift with editors - My story for NPR https://www.npr.org/...

Ace /
acecomments.mu.nu: Elderly Internet Spinster Taylor Lorenz Repeatedly Lied to Her Bosses, Says NPR Hit Piece

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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

Discussion:
Feed Me, @cd_hooks, @shakeelhashim, @tinywriterlaura, @damintoell, @xoxogossipgita, @femme_thoughts, @mollytaft, @nikostratis, @emilyctamkin, @nikostratis, @chaykak, @taylorlorenz, @michaelluo, @taylorlorenz, Talking Biz News and The Present Age

Discussion:

Emily Sundberg /
Feed Me: The fragrance industry is bigger (and more annoying) than ever.

Christopher Hooks /
@cd_hooks: those who can't write, influence https://x.com/...

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'!

Damin Toell /
@damintoell: Yeah, we know

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.

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 would sincerely prefer to be able to be a full time writer without having to become an Internet personality out of necessity

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.

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

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.

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. @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

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.

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/...

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/...

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

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: An OLD SCHOOL declining legacy media PRINT mag wrote about my decision to become a full time independent content creator https://www.newyorker.com/...

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: What led Lorenz to leave the Washington Post

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.

Discussion:
The Times, Telegraph and Talking Biz News

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Helen Cahill /
The Times: Financial Times reports record readership

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

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

The Verge:

Google tests a “quick view” feature that displays full recipes without leaving Search; the company says it has agreements with participating recipe bloggers— Google is testing yet another feature aimed at keeping users on search results pages — this time targeting the popular recipe blog industry.

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Barry Schwartz /
@rustybrick@threads.net: Google is testing “Quick view” buttons that show your content on Google, leaving the searcher with little reason to click over to your site - not good Google https://www.seroundtable.com/ ... via @tomcritchlow google cc @randderuiter

John Grohol /
@docjohng@threads.net: How could this possibly go wrong for publishers? What possible motivation would I have as a small online publisher to allow my content to do this on a third-party site? Unless they're paying me to use my content in this manner, this is going to be subject to a lawsuit.

Rand Fishkin /
@randderuiter@threads.net: Well, at least they got the pesto recipe totally wrong. 🙄🙄🙄 @mildredmorgan@threads.net: I'm wondering if they've really thought through what they're going to do for content once content creators stop being able to monetize and thus stop creating...

Erica Julson /
@theunconventionalrd@threads.net: Yikes.... Google is testing a new “quick view” feature for recipes that displays the entire recipes, photos, and ratings right there in the search results without ever needing to go to the creators website... (note: all the websites used in this test agreed to it.) Food bloggers - pop off in the comments! …

Erica Julson /
@theunconventionalrd@threads.net: They are also prompting people to SAVE these recipes in their own “cookbooks”, which can be private or PUBLICLY SHARED as visual recipe collections. (Copying Pinterest much?? Except Pinterest rich pins have the decency to only show ingredients...) Yikes …

Business Insider:

PayPal formally launches PayPal Ads, which looks to help US marketers tap into data about transactions across PayPal's platforms, including Venmo and Honey— - PayPal is set to launch an ads business, starting in the US. — The company intends to offer ads across its own properties, as well as retailers.

Discussion:
Adweek, Business Insider, @kross_roads, Dr. Mark Grether on LinkedIn and CNBC

Discussion:

Lauren Johnson /
Adweek: PayPal Formally Launches Ad Business to Pitch Its Shopping Data to Advertisers

Lara O'Reilly /
Business Insider: PayPal just opened a new ad business. The exec leading it unpacks the plan to link advertisers with its trove of transaction data. @kross_roads: $PYPL PayPal Ads is announcing its official launch this Thursday, according to Business Insider! I had thought the advertising business wouldn't launch until next year, but this is just in time for the holiday season in the USA. Based on the description, this seems to be [image]

Dr. Mark Grether /
Dr. Mark Grether on LinkedIn: Many thanks to Lara O'Reilly of Business Insider for sharing the news that PayPal Ads is now available to help advertisers reach shoppers in new and valuable ways. …

Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at issues at Global Press, which trains women journalists in the developing world and is terminating 37 reporters' contracts amid a fundraising crunch— A nonprofit that trains women journalists in the developing world is recalibrating its model amid a fundraising crunch.

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Global Press Journal

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Katie Myrick /
Global Press Journal: Global Press Enters a New Era

Bloomberg:

Sources: Legendary Entertainment is in advanced talks to buy out Dalian Wanda's stake in the studio; Legendary and Apollo would take control after the deal— - Wanda acquired Legendary for about $3.5 billion in 2016 — An announcement could come as soon as in coming days

Reuters:

A Kyrgyzstan court sentences two journalists to prison and two more to probation after finding them guilty of inciting unrest; seven more were found not guilty— A court in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday sentenced two journalists to prison terms and two more to probation after finding them guilty …

Discussion:
Reporters Without Borders, The Diplomat, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Committee to Protect …

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Reporters Without Borders: Kyrgyzstan: RSF condemns the unfounded conviction of four independent journalists

Catherine Putz /
The Diplomat: Trial of 11 Journalists in Kyrgyzstan Ends in Prison Sentences and Acquittals Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Kyrgyz Investigative Journalists Jailed As Media Crackdown Continues

Axios:

Yahoo Sports and The Athletic partner to launch a hub with free coverage of women's sports on the Yahoo Sports site and, “in the coming months”, on the app— - With women's sports, “there's a ton of attention, but there's still room to grow in terms of distribution and audience,” he added.

Discussion:
Yahoo Sports: Yahoo Sports and The Athletic Partner to Launch a New Digital Destination for Comprehensive Women's Sports Coverage

Sona Iliffe-Moon /
Sona Iliffe-Moon on LinkedIn: 📣 There's a new way to stay informed, passionate and connected around women's sports! 📣 …

Rory Maloney /
Rory Maloney on LinkedIn: Huge news from The Athletic! We are partnering with Yahoo to continue to power the future of Women's Sports. Read more here:

David Clinch /
@davidclinchnews: We will likely see more of these kinds of vertical partnerships, especially as AI companies think about developing vertical products. #MediaRevenue

Ryan Spoon /
Ryan Spoon on LinkedIn: We are thrilled to announce our partnership with The Athletic today and the launch of a new, comprehensive home for women's sports coverage: https://lnkd.in/... …

Trevor Gibbons /
Trevor Gibbons on LinkedIn: BIG DAY. This an exciting step forward in our women's sports journey and an incredible opportunity to get more people engaged with our best-in-class journalism. …

Jon Shaw /
Jon Shaw on LinkedIn: Extremely proud to announce today's launch with The Athletic. Bringing their leading women's sports content in front of the paywall on Yahoo Sports will be such a win for our audience. …

Shane McNichol /
@ontheshanetrain: this feels like “hey we're both covering womens sports about half as good as we should, but if we put all our stuff in one place, it will seem like enough”

Michael Davis /
Michael Davis on LinkedIn: The Athletic has partnered with Yahoo Sports to create a new hub for women's sports content, enabling our best-in-class women's sports content to reach and engage a larger audience than ever before. …

Matt Ufford /
@mattufford: everyone watches women's sports 🤝

Ryan Spoon /
@ryanspoon: Very excited to announce our partnership with @TheAthletic today to create a new home for comprehensive women's sports coverage: https://sports.yahoo.com/.... @sarafischer covers the news / launch here 👇

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— Paid circulation growth at The Boston Globe has leveled off, as a modest increase in digital subscriptions has barely been enough …

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