Sources and records: Trump Media has forced out its COO, CPO, and other executives after internal allegations that CEO Devin Nunes is mismanaging the company (ProPublica)

Mediagazer: Sources and records: Trump Media has forced out its COO, CPO, and other executives after internal allegations that CEO Devin Nunes is mismanaging the company (ProPublica)

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The Verge:

Google rolls out ads in AI Overviews when a user's question has a “commercial angle”, and identifies the ads with a “sponsored” header, on mobile in the US— Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you'll now start seeing products in some of the search engine's AI-generated summaries.
Discussion: Mediaweek, PRWeek, 9to5Google and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

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Michelle Castillo /
PRWeek: Pinterest unveils AI-fueled ad tools

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TechCrunch:

Google rolls out AI-organized Search results in the US on mobile, showing users AI-aggregated pages of content from forums, articles, YouTube videos, and more— Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Google Search queries …

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Dan Shields /
@dshieldspgh.bsky.social: <insert thisisfine.gif> [embedded post]

Shelly /
@mizshellytee.bsky.social: Today's a good day to switch your default search engine to something else, if you haven't already. [embedded post] @xodaniwrites.bsky.social: Even with human editors, the headline can make or break a piece. [embedded post]

Webb Wright /
The Drum: Google launches ads in AI Overviews as it pushes onward in the generative AI race

Trishla Ostwal /
Adweek: Publisher Traffic Spiked Thanks to Google's Gen AI Overview Tweaks @feralhattie.bsky.social: Just in time to lend a smidge, a dollop, a hint of added election chaos! Thanks awfully, goog [embedded post]

Danny Goodwin /
Search Engine Land: Google AI Overview ads launch on mobile in U.S.

Alex Brown /
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social: please. i'm begging you to stop. no one wants this. [embedded post]

Bloomberg:

Sources: the NFL is in talks with Skydance Media and its major investor RedBird Capital Partners that could result in a sale of NFL Media and NFL Network— - Discussions revolve around the league's media assets — Earlier conversations with ESPN are said to have stalled

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Business Insider, The Desk, The Streamable, Randall Williams on LinkedIn, Dan Rayburn on LinkedIn and TVNewsCheck

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Peter Kafka /
Business Insider: The most valuable programming on TV is for sale. Why hasn't anyone bought it?

David Satin /
The Streamable: First Paramount, Now NFL Media? Skydance in Talks With NFL to Purchase NFL Network

Randall Williams /
Randall Williams on LinkedIn: I'm back again, this time alongside the pro party pooper that is Lucas Shaw. — Sources tell us the National Football League (NFL) …

Dan Rayburn /
Dan Rayburn on LinkedIn: Bloomberg reports that Skydance is in talks with the NFL to purchase the NFL Network, which includes the NFL Network cable channel and NFL Films. …

The Guardian:

A study finds Australia has the second-highest media concentration in the world after Brazil; in the newspaper sector, four companies control 84% of the market— Google and Meta should fund traditional public interest journalism, a new international study reports

Discussion:
Global Media …, @mediamorphis, @ruthmahalia, @simon_rosenberg and Caroline James-Garrod on LinkedIn

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Global Media and Internet Concentration Project: Communications, media and internet concentration in Australia, 2019-2022

Dwayne Winseck /
@mediamorphis: Excellent write-up by @meadea in @GuardianAus on @FlewTerry, Cam McTernan, Rob Nicholls & Scott Fitzgerald's recently released study of media concentration in Australia as part of the @GMICProject. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... cc @SSHRC_CRSH @Carleton_U

Ruth McHugh-Dillon /
@ruthmahalia: Four companies - News Corp, Nine Entertainment, Seven West Media and Australian Community Media -own 84% of print media in Australia. Only Brazil had a higher media concentration. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Simon Rosenberg /
@simon_rosenberg: “Australia's media concentration ranked second-worst in world” And JFC does it show in the embarrassingly poor quality that passes for most journalism in this country. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

CNN:

Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication”— Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir.

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The Daily Beast, WXIA-TV, New York Post, DNyuz, @weathersbywi, The Hill, Mediaite, Boing Boing, Metro.co.uk, @joshtpm, @lesliestreeter, @claytravis, @heinendevon@threads.net, @dfriedman33 and @hadas_gold

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William Vaillancourt /
The Daily Beast: Anderson Cooper Rendered Speechless by Melania's Book Promo

Christine Fernando /
WXIA-TV: Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights, putting her at odds with the GOP

Emily Crane /
New York Post: Melania Trump doubles down on pro-abortion stance after memoir leak : ‘No room for compromise’

Brandon Weathersby /
@weathersbywi: Price of the brick went up since April. [image]

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: CNN says Melania Trump publisher asked for $250K fee in response to interview request

Sarah Rumpf /
Mediaite: CNN Reporter Absolutely Shreds Melania Trump Over ‘Completely Unprecedented and Very, Very Unusual’ $250K Request to Do an Interview

Jason Weisberger /
Boing Boing: Melania's representatives backpedal after attempt to fleece CNN

Jessica Kwong /
Metro.co.uk: Melania Trump book publisher ‘tried to charge CNN $250,000 for an interview’

Leslie Gray Streeter /
@lesliestreeter: You can't miscommunicate a check that big.

Clay Travis /
@claytravis: Honestly they should have asked for $10 million. Why should Melania speak to CNN when Kamala and Walz ignore you guys too? (Except for a ten minute slobber fest with Dana Bash).

Devon Heinen /
@heinendevon@threads.net: And just for clarity for non-journalists here on Threads: We journalists, nor our outlets we work for, do NOT pay for interviews or for people to be our sources in our stories. Paying for sources is unethical and can cause a subjectivity issue.

Dan Friedman /
@dfriedman33: $500K and she'll exclusively change her mind to pro-life. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

ProPublica:

Sources and records: Trump Media has forced out its COO, CPO, and other executives after internal allegations that CEO Devin Nunes is mismanaging the company— Several people involved with the former president's company, operator of Truth Social, believe the departures …

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@jdluckenbach, @robertfaturechi, @brianstelter and @devincow

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Luke /
@jdluckenbach: Alleged mismanagement by Nunes. One person said they include allegations of misuse of funds, hiring of foreign contractors and interfering with product development.

Robert Faturechi /
@robertfaturechi: NEW: Trump's media company forced out execs after internal allegations that CEO Devin Nunes is mismanaging Truth Social, according to interviews + records. Several people involved believe the ousters are retaliation following “whistleblower” complaint. https://www.propublica.org/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: ProPublica: Donald Trump's media company “has forced out executives in recent days after internal allegations that its CEO, former Rep. Devin Nunes, is mismanaging the company, according to interviews and records of communications among former employees.” https://www.propublica.org/...

The Times:

Reuters withdraws two stories on the World Anti-Doping Agency after it was found that WADA's media head received a Reuters press pass for the Masters golf event— World Anti-Doping Agency media chief James Fitzgerald accredited for golf event via Reuters, who have admitted to ‘a violation of our journalistic standards’

Discussion:
KSTP-TV, @tariqpanja, The Guardian, @2xaught7.bsky.social, Reuters, @tariqpanja and Talking Biz News

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KSTP-TV: Reuters withdraws two articles on anti-doping agency after arranging Masters pass for source

Tariq Panja /
@tariqpanja: The WADA official denies to @martynziegler the two things are connected and that he was attending the golf in a private capacity. [image]

Tariq Panja /
@tariqpanja: @martynziegler This is the note attached to the stories that are now no longer available. [image]

Tariq Panja /
@tariqpanja: Global news agency Reuters has pulled two stories related to the World Anti Doping Agency after WADA's chief comms officer was found to have been supplied with a Reuters press pass for the coveted Augusta Masters golf. Story here by @martynziegler https://www.thetimes.com/...

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Reuters pulls stories on anti-doping agency

TechCrunch:

Spotify launches Offline Backup, which automatically makes recently streamed and now playing queued songs available as an offline playlist for Premium users— Spotify introduced a new feature today called Offline Backup. This feature for premium users is essentially a list of songs …

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Mahmoud Itani /
Android Authority: Spotify puts its song cache to good use with a new auto-offline playlist

Dua Rashid /
Gizmodo: Spotify's New Offline Backup Playlists Will Be a Game Changer for Frequent Flyers

Andrew Liszewski /
The Verge: Spotify now automatically creates an offline playlist when you lose internet

Omar Gallaga /
CNET: Spotify Adds a New Offline Backup Feature for Premium Users

Mikael Bolle /
Mikael Bolle on LinkedIn: I typically work on things that you hear rather than see. However, today I'm excited to share something that breaks that pattern: Offline Backup. …

Steve Vegvari /
iPhone in Canada Blog: Spotify Introducing Offline Backup Feature, Storing Songs Using no Extra Data

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Spotify Now Automatically Generates an Offline Playlist When You Lose Internet Access

Chandraveer Mathur /
Android Police: Spotty networks won't bother Spotify users anymore

Rowan Davies /
TechRadar: Spotify's new automatic ‘Offline Playlist’ lets you listen to music even when you lose signal - no effort required

TechCrunch:

YouTube unveils Shorts updates, including letting creators upload three-minute videos, updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and a new trends page— YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts.

Discussion:
YouTube Official Blog, @0marutg, @teamyoutube, @yodontmentionme, @stufflistings, @liahaberman, @bricksbymind, @robbydude, Creator Insider on YouTube, @nealmohan, @youtubeliaison, 9to5Google, @kennysmith.bsky.social, Android Police, Tubefilter, The Verge and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Todd Sherman /
YouTube Official Blog: Tall updates coming to Shorts @teamyoutube: Short on time? Not anymore! 3 minute long videos that are square or taller in aspect ratio will be considered a Short very soon!! We're excited to be bringing this top feature request to our creators 🫶 More info: https://yt.be/...

Mukul Sharma /
@stufflistings: Meet YouTube... Longs? Starting October 15th, YouTube will allow Shorts up to 3 minutes long. [image]

Lia Haberman /
@liahaberman: HUGE FOR YOUTUBERS 🔔 YouTube Shorts is expanding to 3 minutes! Starting October 15, you can upload Shorts up to 3 minutes long — a top requested feature by creators https://blog.youtube/... @bricksbymind: This is HUGE For the longest time I've had to aim for my shorts to be EXACTLY 1 minute, because they have to be under 60s for YouTube, but over 60s for tiktok monetization This opens up so much @robbydude: youtube's recent reliance on “shorts” is such a depressing change, imo. it just feels so incredibly hard to use that platform for anything but attention grabbing short-form monetization bait that uploading anything else just feels so temporary and unimportant

Neal Mohan /
@nealmohan: We're launching updates to Shorts, including a top requested feature from @YouTubeCreators...longer Shorts! Starting on the 15th, you can upload Shorts up to 3 min long. More on this & other updates to help creators find inspiration and engage with fans: https://blog.youtube/... @youtubeliaison: Hi! Longs/Pants have already been claimed/disavowed by long-form video! We need something new new. What's between Shorts and pants?

@youtubeliaison:
Big Shorts news! 👖 Longer Shorts — Up to 3 min! 🪄 Templates! 🕺 Stay on top of trends! 🫣 Show fewer Shorts! ✨ Veo in Dream Screen ➕ And more! So excited for @YouTubeCreators @tdd ! [video]

Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith.bsky.social: The Social Media Sameness Singularity continues (Smith, 2016). [embedded post]

Karandeep Singh Oberoi /
Android Police: YouTube will soon let creators tell longer stories within the Shorts format

Sam Gutelle /
Tubefilter: YouTube is letting Shorts be longer

Mia Sato /
The Verge: YouTube Shorts are getting less short

Sarah Fielding /
Engadget: YouTube Shorts can now run up to three minutes

Columbia Journalism Review:

How Meta's Canada news ban affected the town of Squamish and how outlets are working around the ban, including through paid posts on Meta— Meta's Canadian news ban, as told through my small town — In March of 2021, a set of Facebook pages showed up in the feeds of my neighbors in Squamish …

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Lauren Watson on LinkedIn, Phaedra de Saint-Rome on LinkedIn and @cjr

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Lauren Watson /
Lauren Watson on LinkedIn: This is a story very close to my heart. — When I left Canada last year for journalism school, Meta and Google were threatening to ban news across …

Phaedra de Saint-Rome /
Phaedra de Saint-Rome on LinkedIn: “Meta's Canadian news ban, as told through my small town.” — Stellar reporting by Lauren Watson at Columbia Journalism Review …

Axios:

A look at James McDonald's Access Global, which has bought seven local news sites and launched eight in Philadelphia and on the Jersey Shore over the last year— McDonald thinks there's a viable business model for hyper-local sites if they're tied to coverage from a broader region or city.

Discussion:
Simon Owens on LinkedIn

Reuters:

Thomson Reuters agrees to sell FindLaw, which provides legal information, to Internet Brands, which owns WebMD and more, in a deal expected to close in Q4 2024— Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO), (TRI.N) said on Thursday that it was selling its FindLaw business to Internet Brands.

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Thomson Reuters

Tubefilter:

Meta streamlines monetization for Facebook creators by merging programs for in-stream ads, Reels ads, and performance bonuses into one invite-only beta program— Facebook creators have multiple monetization options to choose from, and Meta is now uniting its revenue streams within a single, centralized program.

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Meta, PetaPixel, TechCrunch, Digiday and Engadget

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Matt Growcoot /
PetaPixel: Meta Has Reportedly Paid $2 Billion to Content Creators Posting on Facebook

Amanda Silberling /
TechCrunch: Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

Michael Bürgi /
Digiday: Omnicom Media Group strikes partnership with Snap for creator collaboration

Mariella Moon /