Rakuten TV unveils new B2B services to help content owners and distributors set up FAST channels and video apps on Tizen, webOS, Fire TV, Roku, and more (Jamie Lang/Variety)

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

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

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

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

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

Craig Donaldson /
Pocket-lint: What the cluck? New Chick-Fil-A streamer launches next month

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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.

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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Deseret News, Cele|bitchy, Poynter, Newser, Politico, @erickfernandez, @diana_trolling, @the_real_matt_m, @inyalowda1, @clarkconquerdem, @838_carlisle, @phil_lewis_, @allezlesboulez, @jaredlholt, @lachcartwright, Vanity Fair, @hadas_gold, CNN, Adweek, Eschaton, The Independent, Daily Mail, Axios, The Hill, Us Weekly, Associated Press, acecomments.mu.nu, The Guardian, New York Times, People, Mediaite, HuffPost, Fox News, Business Insider, Page Six, Deadline, MediaPost, Variety, The National Pulse, New York Daily News, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Post and Just Jared

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

Kelsey Dallas /
Deseret News: New York magazine and star political reporter part ways after controversy

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

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

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

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. @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.

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. @inyalowda1: “Avoiding the appearance of impropriety” is the phrase they're looking for. (h/t @BrandiAtkinson) @clarkconquerdem: Losing your good journalist job and benefits for a decrepit philanderer with worms @838_carlisle: getting horned up for rfk jr has to be one of the dumbest and funniest ways to lose a job

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

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.

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/...

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

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Olivia Nuzzi and NYMag have officially parted ways https://www.cnn.com/...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:
MediaPost, TelevisaUnivision, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and TVNewsCheck

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Steve McClellan /
MediaPost: IPG Reports Flat Q3 Organic Revenue, Takes $232 Million Impairment Charge

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

Axios:

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

Discussion:
@sarafischer and Jeff Green on LinkedIn

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Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Scoop: @Spotify has been quietly piloting its own ad exchange — Trade Desk will be its first DSP partner — Focus is on video to start More on @axios: https://www.axios.com/...

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.

Discussion:
Variety, Benzinga, Comic Book, Digital Trends, Cord Cutters News, The Verge, Video Games Chronicle, PCMag, Game Developer, PocketGamer.biz, Engadget, @henereyg, @mr_rebs_, Kotaku, TechRaptor, Gameranx, Mobilegamer.biz, iPhone in Canada Blog, @carnage4life@threads.net, NewsBytes, @sophianarwitz, @nextgenplayer and @stephentotilo, more at Techmeme »

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Jennifer Maas /
Variety: Netflix Shuts Down AAA Video Game Studio in Southern California

Franca Quarneti /
Benzinga: Netflix Ends AAA Game Development At California Studio

Marc Deschamps /
Comic Book: Netflix Shuts Down AAA Gaming Team

Carli Velocci /
Digital Trends: Netflix closes its star-studded AAA studio before it announces a game

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

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

Steve Dent /
Engadget: Netflix has closed its AAA gaming 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 @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]

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.

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

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/...

The Guardian:

Penguin Random House, UMG, and SAG-AFTRA join 11.5K+ signatories of an open letter saying the “unlicensed use of creative works” to train AI must not be allowed— Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals' work to train AI models

Discussion:
The Wrap, TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Hill, Washington Post, Stereogum and The Bookseller, more at Techmeme »

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Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
The Wrap: Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, Rosario Dawson Among 11,500 Creatives Warning of AI's ‘Major, Unjust Threat’

Natasha Lomas /
TechCrunch: Thousands of creatives sign petition against AI data scraping

Juliann Ventura /
The Hill: Thousands of actors, artists call AI ‘major, unjust threat’

Nitasha Tiku /
Washington Post: More than 10,500 actors, musicians, authors protest tech's AI data grab

Chris Deville /
Stereogum: Radiohead, Robert Smith, Billy Bragg, & More Sign Statement Protesting “Unlicensed Use Of Creative Work” In AI Training

Dan Conway /
The Bookseller: Trade bodies join 10,500 creators to condemn unlicensed training of AI models

Variety:

Rakuten TV unveils new B2B services to help content owners and distributors set up FAST channels and video apps on Tizen, webOS, Fire TV, Roku, and more— Rakuten TV, a leader in European streaming and FAST channels, will unveil its new business line, Rakuten TV Enterprise Services, from Mipcom today.

Discussion:
Advanced Television, TVNewsCheck, Broadband TV News and WORLD SCREEN

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Mark K. Miller /
TVNewsCheck: Rakuten TV Announces ‘Enterprise Services’

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Rakuten announces Enterprise Services

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Rakuten TV Launches New B2B Service

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

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Chris Morris /
Fortune: Meta is reviving facial recognition for Facebook and Instagram three years after it shut down the tool—this time, to fight back against scammers

Julia Shapero /
The Hill: Meta again testing facial recognition software to fight ‘celeb bait’ scams

Usman Qureshi /
iPhone in Canada Blog: Meta to Use Video Selfies for Scam Detection, Faster Account Recovery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

Bryan Metzger /
Business Insider: Elon Musk's X has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from his super PAC

Amy Curtis /
Twitchy: THIS IS WAR: Kamala Harris Working With Foreign Countries to KILL X, Silence Elon Musk and the Rest of Us

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

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:
Screen Rant, @lucas_shaw, ComingSoon.net and Gizmodo

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Ben Sherlock /
Screen Rant: Netflix's Popular New Movie Has One Of The Most Brilliant Horror Weapons I've Ever Seen

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

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:
The Verge, The Wrap, @lenfestinst, @sarafischer, @jjaron, @lenfestinst, The Lenfest Institute … 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/ ...

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/...

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

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

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.

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Awful Announcing, Digital Trends, Cord Cutters News, Fubo and Streaming Better

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

Phil Nickinson /
Digital Trends: Fubo shakes up subscriptions with free and premium options

Luke Bouma /