Three journalists have been killed in Lebanon by an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters, whose courtyard had cars marked "press" (BBC)
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Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned over the paper's decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election— The Scoop — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board resigned on Thursday over the paper's decision …
Discussion: The Wrap, The Guardian, Status, @maxwelltani@threads.net, @marisakabas.bsky.social, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, @semaforben, @maxwelltani@threads.net, @margarita.bsky.social, Blaze Media, MediaPost, Townhall, Fox News, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Deadline, Columbia Journalism Review and Newser
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Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Kamala Harris Endorsement | Exclusive
Lois Beckett /
The Guardian: Los Angeles Times sees resignations and loss of subscriptions after owner blocks Harris endorsement
Oliver Darcy /
Status: Turbulence at the Times — The Los Angeles Times name remains visible on the former LA Times downtown building.
Maxwell Tani /
@maxwelltani@threads.net: Karin Klein, another LA Times editorial board member, tells me she has also resigned https://www.semafor.com/...
Marisa Kabas /
@marisakabas.bsky.social: masterful gambit, pat. [image]
Mary Chastain /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Los Angeles Times Editorial Editor Resigns After Owner Didn't Allow Presidential Endorsement
Ben Smith /
@semaforben: More fallout at the LA Times, @maxwelltani scoops https://www.semafor.com/...
Maxwell Tani /
@maxwelltani@threads.net: NEW: LA Times editorial board member Robert Greene tells me he has also resigned from the paper over the decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race, as well as the statement yesterday from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Margarita Noriega /
@margarita.bsky.social: Los Angeles expects more from the LA Times than silence. www.cjr.org/business_of_...
Chris Enloe /
Blaze Media: LA Times owner tells the truth about Kamala Harris non-endorsement fiasco — and it exposes the rot in journalism
Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: Editorials Editor Of ‘The Los Angeles Times’ Resigns Over Blocked Endorsement
Leah Barkoukis /
Townhall: Here's What the LA Times' Editorials Editor Did After Owner Decided Not to Run Presidential Endorsement Fox News: LA Times editor resigns over the paper not endorsing Harris for president: ‘Not okay with us being silent’
Katie Kilkenny /
The Hollywood Reporter: Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Editor Resigns Following Paper's Decision Not to Endorse Presidential Candidate
Juliann Ventura /
The Hill: L.A. Times editorial editor quits after owner blocks plans to endorse Harris
Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: Leftist LA Times Editorial Page Editor Resigns in Protest After Owner Blocks Endorsement of Kamala Harris
Mallory Wilson /
Washington Times: L.A. Times, California's largest paper, decides to not endorse home-state Kamala Harris
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Los Angeles Times Editorials Editor Resigns Over Owner's Decision Not To Endorse In Presidential Race
Sewell Chan /
Columbia Journalism Review: Mariel Garza, editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigns after the outlet's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Harris for president
Jenn Gidman /
Newser: LA Times Is Missing One Big Endorsement
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NPR:
Recent moves at the Los Angeles Times and NBC News, and the lack of a Washington Post presidential endorsement, raise concerns that owners are appeasing Trump— Recent episodes involving major U.S. news organizations have stoked fears that outlets are preemptively self-censoring coverage …
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CNN, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Media Nation, The Wrap, Matt Pearce, @jbrand07, @pattmlatimes, @mattdpearce, @maxwelltani, @davidfolkenflik, @azi, @sbasspersonal, @_hamilton_matt, @bgrueskin, Blaze Media, One America News Network, Fox News, Vanity Fair, HotAir, Raw Story, Poynter, Washington Times, Breitbart, HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, Status, Associated Press, Semafor, Newser, Axios, New York Times, The Guardian, UPI, Bloomberg, New York Post, SFGATE, The Independent and The San Francisco Standard
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Jon Passantino /
CNN: Two more Los Angeles Times editorial board members resign amid turmoil over blocked Harris endorsement
Sara Fischer /
TVNewsCheck: Meta Strikes Multi-Year Deal With Reuters
Zoe G. Phillips /
The Hollywood Reporter: More Editors Exit Los Angeles Times Amid Paper's Presidential Endorsement Scandal
Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Harris Endorsement
Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: More fallout from the LA Times; plus, the Sun shines in Colorado, and news deserts spread
Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Is Washington Post Another LA Times? Speculation Grows Without Presidential Endorsement 10 Days From Election Matt Pearce: That doesn't make any sense, Patrick — An embarrassing and avoidable episode for the owner of the Los Angeles Times.
Jessica Brand /
@jbrand07: It is hard to describe what a loss this is. @robrtgreene was one of the most important, moral columnists in America on the critical issues of our time. @pattmlatimes: .@robrtgreene won a Pulitzer Prize for his wise, informed, invaluable writing about how government at every level works, and doesn't. This is a serious blow to the paper, a serious loss for readers, and for me, a gut-punch loss of a great colleague and friend.
Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: NEW: LA Times editorial board member Robert Greene tells me he has also resigned from the paper over the decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race, as well as the statement yesterday from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Did the L.A. Times and other news outlets pull punches to appease Trump? My story for NPR - (with cameos from @semaforben & @ianbassin) https://www.npr.org/...
Azi™ /
@azi: “One of the central media stories in the U.S. right now is the people who run big media companies making accommodations for a second Trump presidency and thinking about how to avoid antagonizing him” — @semaforben
Steve Bass /
@sbasspersonal: I don't know how much endorsements matter. However, if owners are fearful about endorsements, will they stand behind critical reporting? Raises questions for sure.
Matt Hamilton /
@_hamilton_matt: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Greene is smart, deeply knowledgeable about L.A. County, and a decent colleague. His departure is a huge loss.
Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: This behavior by the Washpost edit page — and the editors' unwillingness to be upfront about it — is bizarre. Smacks of “anticipatory obedience” as @TimothyDSnyder would put it. Via @davidfolkenflik Link below [image] Blaze Media: Panicked LA Times union begs readers to stop canceling subscriptions over presidential endorsement debacle
Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong /
One America News Network: LA Times Editor Announces Resignation After Owner Blocks Planned Harris Endorsement
Fox News:
LA Times union begs readers not to cancel the subscriptions that pay their salaries after blasting owner
Natalie Korach /
Vanity Fair: Los Angeles Times Owner's Attempt at 2024 Neutrality Backfires
Tom Jones /
Poynter: The Los Angeles Times won't endorse a candidate for president. Its owner offers a nonsensical explanation
Mallory Wilson /
Washington Times: L.A. Times owner says editorial board was given choice, ‘chose to remain silent’ on endorsement
Paul Bois /
Breitbart: Los Angeles Times Editor Resigns After Owner Blocks Kamala Harris Endorsement
Marita Vlachou /
HuffPost: Los Angeles Times Editor Resigns After Owner Blocks Presidential Endorsement
Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: LA Times Owner Exposes Editorial Board's Bias After Refusing to Draft Balanced Analysis of Trump and Kamala Harris Policies — Opts for Silence Instead of Informing Voters
Jenny Goldsberry /
Washington Examiner: Los Angeles Times editorials editor quits when owner won't endorse Harris
Germania Rodriguez Poleo /
Daily Mail: LA Times boss says editors were asked to come up with ‘fair’ analysis of Trump AND Kamala - but chose not to
Oliver Darcy /
Status: A Puzzle at The Post — The Washington Post building. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Associated Press: ‘Los Angeles Times’ editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement
Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: LA Times Editor Resigns After Harris Endorsement Is Blocked
Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: LA Times editor resigns after owner blocks Harris endorsement plans
Katie Robertson /
New York Times: L. A. Times Editorial Chief Quits After Owner Blocks Harris Endorsement
Sheri Walsh /
UPI: L.A. Times editorials editor quits over decision to withhold presidential endorsement
Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: LA Times Editorial Chief Quits After Harris Endorsement Quashed
David Propper /
New York Post: Los Angeles Times editorial boss resigns after billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong scraps Harris endorsement
Farley Elliott /
SFGATE: LA Times editor quits after billionaire owner blocked paper's presidential endorsement
Josh Marcus /
The Independent: LA Times editorials editor quits after billionaire owner reportedly blocked paper from endorsing Harris
TechCrunch:
In a post, Perplexity criticizes media companies that have sued over AI, saying they wish AI tools didn't exist and prefer that corporations own reported facts— Perplexity shot back at media companies skeptical of AI's benefits in a blog post Thursday responding to News Corp's lawsuit filed against the startup earlier this week.
Discussion:
Adweek, The Verge, @carnage4life@mas.to, The Hollywood Reporter, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends and TVNewsCheck, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: The big difference between the AI era and Web 2.0 is that the former are quite happy to eat their seed corn. — Why support the business models of the companies your entire product is built around when you can destroy them instead? 🤷🏾 ♂️ — https://techcrunch.com/...
Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Perplexity CEO Speaks at News Corp. Event Days After Lawsuit: “Let's Talk About the Elephant in the Room”
Craig Donaldson /
Pocket-lint: AI search tool in legal trouble (again) since it can't stop plagiarizing
Andrew Tarantola /
Digital Trends: ‘Massive copyright violation’ threatens one of the world's hottest AI apps
Jon Accarrino /
TVNewsCheck: News Corp's Perplexity AI Lawsuit Signals The Need For News Data Licensing
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Wall Street Journal: At a conference, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says he'd like the company to reach ad revenue sharing agreements with publishers, rather than licensing deals
Discussion:
Reuters, San Francisco Business Times, MediaPost, Digiday, Adweek and Business Insider
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San Francisco Business Times: Perplexity AI's quest for curiosity and cash, Mira Murati's new startup: Week in AI
Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: Perplexity CEO ‘Surprised’ By Dow Jones Lawsuit
Marty Swant /
Digiday: Perplexity faces new legal pressure even as it attempts to win over publishers and advertisers
BBC:
Three journalists have been killed in Lebanon by an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters, whose courtyard had cars marked “press”— Three journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters in south-eastern Lebanon, witnesses have told the BBC.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Le Monde.fr, NBC Bay Area, Deadline, Irish Examiner, Financial Times, New York Times, Al Jazeera, TheJournal.ie, Arab News, Associated Press and Reuters
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Raya Jalabi /
Financial Times: Three journalists among those killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon
David MacRedmond /
TheJournal.ie: Israel kills three journalists in ‘deliberately targeted’ strike in south Lebanon
Associated Press:
An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says
USA Today:
A poll of 1,000 likely US voters finds 72% had not seen Kamala Harris on a podcast and 77.5% had not seen a Trump podcast appearance— An exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll asked respondents whether they caught campaign appearances by Harris and Trump on podcasts.
Discussion:
Lori Lewis /
Inside Radio: Candidates Embrace Podcasts, But Is It Working? Here's What One Survey Shows.
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: A new USA TODAY/Suffolk U poll finds that 1 in 4 American adults have heard Kamala Harris on a podcast and 1 in 5 have heard Donald Trump - impressively high totals if you ask me https://www.usatoday.com/...
Daniel Strauss /
@danielstrauss4: Watch this become the new normal for campaigning 👇
Brandi D. Addison /
Austin American-Statesman: Former President Donald Trump is coming to Texas for ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ appearance
Stephen Quillen /
Al Jazeera: Trump, Harris turn to podcasts, and maybe Joe Rogan, for US election boost
Kevin Dolak /
The Hollywood Reporter: Harris and Trump's Much-Hyped Podcast Appearances Aren't Transforming the Election: Poll
Music Business Worldwide:
TikTok strikes a licensing deal with indie music distributor UnitedMasters, a member of Merlin; the current TikTok/Merlin licensing deal ends October 31— TikTok has announced that it has struck a multi-year direct deal with prominent indie artist services and distribution platform UnitedMasters.
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Music Ally, TikTok, Social Media Today, Billboard and Digital Music News
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Andrew Hutchinson /
Social Media Today: TikTok Establishes New Deal With UnitedMasters to Promote Independent Musicians
Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: UnitedMasters Forges Direct Deal With TikTok After Merlin Negotiations Collapse
Axios:
Sources: Meta strikes a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries in Meta AI chatbot, a first for Meta— - Meta has backed away from news content in its platforms' main feeds amid regulatory scrutiny, but news content may prove harder …
Discussion:
@sarafischer, more at Techmeme »
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Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @Meta's first news deal in the AI era... $META has struck a multi-year deal with @Reuters to use its news content for real-time answers to user queries about news in its Meta AI chatbot - Reuters is a fact checking partner but never had news tab deal https://www.axios.com/...
Bloomberg:
Filing: Grupo Televisa SAB Executive Chairman Emilio Azcarraga steps down amid a US DOJ probe into the Mexican conglomerate's dealings in international soccer— - Grandson of broadcaster's founder stepping down immediately — Investigation ongoing, company says it's cooperating
Discussion:
Reuters, Financial Times and The Desk
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Kylie Madry /
Reuters: Mexico's Televisa swings to profit in third quarter on boost from Univision tie-up
Christine Murray /
Financial Times: Grupo Televisa's chair Emilio Azcárraga steps down amid Fifa probe
Esquire:
How the uncertainty of elections affects the US book publishing industry, as publishers try to schedule relevant nonfiction books in the fall in hopes for a hit— Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome …
Discussion:
@svershbow, Jane Friedman, @adriennemwest and Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
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Sophie Vershbow /
@svershbow: In my latest for @esquire, I explored how a presidential election year impacts the book publishing industry, from distracted media, to buzzy drop-in titles, to the Hillbilly Elegy of it all. https://www.esquire.com/...
Adrienne Westenfeld /
@adriennemwest: Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome, and how do their decisions influence the national conversation? Insiders take @svershbow behind the scenes for @esquire. https://www.esquire.com/...
Notes From Poland:
A state-owned Polish radio station relaunches with AI “presenters” after firing its journalists; station head says layoffs were due to a lack of listeners— A Polish radio station has stirred controversy after relaunching one of its channels in a new version run almost completely …
Discussion:
The Register, Marcos Bravo C. on LinkedIn and Associated Press
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Brandon Vigliarolo /
The Register: Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids
Marcos Bravo C. /
Marcos Bravo C. on LinkedIn: The beginning of the end? — Or the end of the beginning?
Punchbowl News:
A group of Republican lawmakers led by senators Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell ask for a probe into “systematic” leaks from the FTC and DOJ to Bloomberg News— In a letter dated Wednesday, the senators point to twelve instances since 2023 when Bloomberg broke stories …
Discussion:
Washington Times and Election Law Blog
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Alex Miller /
Washington Times: Senators press for IG probe of Biden-Harris administration weaponizing DOJ, FTC leaks
Reuters:
IAB, cable trade group NCTA, and the Electronic Security Association sue to block the US FTC's “click to cancel” rule, alleging it oversteps the FTC's authority— An industry group representing cable and internet providers sued along with two others on Wednesday to block …
Discussion:
@fight@mastodon …, Politico, MediaPost, Variety, Engadget, The Verge, USA Today, Cord Cutters News, Policyband and AV Club
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@fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org: Another reason why we still need Lina Khan — https://www.reuters.com/... Politico: Should Kamala Harris embrace Lina Khan? Democrats are split — and some worry it will cost her
Wendy Davis /
MediaPost: IAB, Cable Lobby Challenge Click-To-Cancel Regulations
Todd Spangler /
Variety: Cable Industry Trade Group Sues FTC, Seeking to Block ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule
Lawrence Bonk /
Engadget: Of course telecom companies are suing the FTC to block the new ‘click-to-cancel’ rule
Luke Bouma /