The US charges a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in connection with a failed plot to kill Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2022 (New York Times)

Mediagazer: The US charges a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in connection with a failed plot to kill Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2022 (New York Times)

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Politico:

Source: Trump is planning to record an interview for Joe Rogan's podcast on October 25; Harris has also reportedly been in talks to go on Rogan's podcast— Former President Donald Trump is expected to record an interview with podcasting behemoth Joe Rogan on Friday.
Discussion: Variety, Fox News, Reuters, Mediaite, The Hill, The Wrap, NBC News, Daily Mail, KVUE-TV, New York Post, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Townhall, The Hollywood Reporter, Maine Morning Star, Deadline, CBS News, New Republic, Washington Examiner, Forbes, HotAir, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, The Daily Caller, Axios, Twitchy, ZeroHedge News, Barrett Media, freebeacon.com, NPR and Human Events

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Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Trump recording podcast with Joe Rogan this week

Charlie Spiering /
Daily Mail: Trump ramps up the pressure on Kamala with Joe Rogan appearance as her support with men plummets

Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: A Groundbreaking Interview in the Making: Donald Trump Set to Appear on Joe Rogan's Show in Austin, Texas This Friday

Teri Christoph /
RedState: BREAKING: Trump Is About to Win the Podcast Wars

Ashley Murray /
Maine Morning Star: Early voting now underway, Trump and Harris crisscross the battleground states

Dominic Patten /
Deadline: Donald Trump Heading To Joe Rogan's Podcast In Austin Same Day VP Is In Houston

Kathryn Watson /
CBS News: Trump to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling /
New Republic: Trump Cancels All His Events in Favor of One of the Worst People Ever

Jenny Goldsberry /
Washington Examiner: Donald Trump to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast: Report

Stephen Pastis /
Forbes: Here Are The Biggest Moments From Trump's ‘Bro’ Podcast Tour Ahead Of Joe Rogan Appearance

Ed Morrissey /
HotAir: Oh My: Trump Beats Harris to the Rogan Podcast

Joseph Wilkinson /
New York Daily News: Donald Trump to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast

Jason Cohen /
The Daily Caller: Trump Slated For Joe Rogan Podcast Appearance

Erin Doherty /
Axios: Joe Rogan to interview Trump on his podcast

Tyler Durden /
ZeroHedge News: Trump-Rogan Interview Set For Friday: Politico

Blake Mauro /
freebeacon.com: Trump Set To Appear on Joe Rogan's Podcast

Kenny Cody /
Human Events: Trump's media presence is a winning strategy

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

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

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Netflix Shutters AAA Video Game Studio

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

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

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

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 @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]

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

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

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

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/...

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

Semafor:

Sources: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong decided the Los Angeles Times will not endorse a presidential candidate; it also didn't endorse from the mid-1970s until 2008— The Scoop — The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this year.

Discussion:

Kipp Jones /
Mediaite: LA Times' Billionaire Owner Forbids Paper's Editorial Board from Making 2024 Endorsement, Report Claims Fox News: Los Angeles Times won't endorse a presidential candidate for the first time since 2008: report

Stephen Council /
SFGATE: LA Times, Calif.'s largest newspaper, won't endorse presidential candidate this year

Wendell Husebø /
Breitbart: LA Times, Harris's Hometown Paper, Refuses to Endorse Her After Backing Biden, Hillary, Obama

Madeline Leesman /
Townhall: Kamala's Leftist Hometown Newspaper Will Not Endorse Her for President

Jennifer Van Laar /
RedState: WHOA! Kamala Harris Loses a Huge Home State Endorsement

Nicole Silverio /
The Daily Caller: Los Angeles Times Reportedly Declines To Endorse Presidential Candidate For First Time In 20 Years

Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: Far-Left Los Angeles Times Abandons Kamala Harris: California's Biggest Newspaper Refuses to Endorse Their Home State Candidate, Despite Backing Obama, Clinton, and Biden @mediaite: LA Times' Billionaire Owner Forbids Paper's Editorial Board from Making 2024 Endorsement, Report Claims https://www.mediaite.com/...

Paul Campos /
Lawyers, Guns & Money: The death of newsprint — This story . . . . . . reminded me of something I ran into recently …

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Scoop: The LA Times will not endorse a candidate for president this year, a decision that was made by the paper's owner Patrick Soon-Shiong. The LA Times has endorsed Democratic presidential candidates each cycle since 2008 https://www.semafor.com/...

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: I hate to disagree with my esteemed former colleague here, but this is part of a broader accommodation to Trump by elites. (Even if it moves no votes)

Joel VanderWerf /
@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social: Once again, I am so glad I canceled my #LATimes subscription. It was once a fine paper, but now it cannot even endorse anyone but the fascist. — https://www.semafor.com/...

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: Inconsequential to national politics, very consequential to the paper's internal politics.

Financial Times:

Documents show Dish creditors pushed DirecTV to increase the amount of Dish's debt DirecTV would take on, but DirecTV has refused, leading to an impasse— New correspondence between DirecTV and Dish creditors shows the two are stuck at an impasse — TPG's bid to form a $23bn US satellite …

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Light Reading and Bloomberg

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Matt Levine /
Bloomberg: The Sophisticated Investor Test

Axios:

Internal memo: Morning Brew is rebranding its corporate name to Morning Brew Inc., and says its new B2B products and events generated $4.5M in 2024 revenue— - “We decided that we had built too much affinity for the Morning Brew name and brand to start fresh.

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Talking Biz News

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New York Times:

The US charges a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in connection with a failed plot to kill Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2022— The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, has already led to murder-for-hire charges against members …

Discussion:
Agence France-Presse, Voice of America, KDFX-TV, The Hill, Reuters, Associated Press, Axios, US Department of Justice and Semafor

Discussion:

Liam Scott /
Voice of America: US charges Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in plot to kill VOA host

Hannah Rabinowitz /
KDFX-TV: Federal prosecutors charge Iranian Revolutionary Guards official in assassination plot on US soil

Ashleigh Fields /
The Hill: Iran Revolutionary Guard officer charged in plot to kill American author in US

Larry Neumeister /
Associated Press: US charges Iran Revolutionary Guard official in alleged plot to kill a human rights activist in NYC US Department of Justice: Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire Charges Against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigadier General and Former Intelligence Officer and Members of an Iranian Intelligence Network

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, The Desk, Broadband TV News, TVNewsCheck and WORLD SCREEN

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Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Rakuten announces Enterprise Services

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

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

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, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, @tvgrimreaper, @discussingfilm, 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

Discussion:

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

Jason S. Pumpkins /
@jalefkowit@vmst.io: Phrase that does not inspire confidence: “A Chick-fil-A Original Series” — https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... @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

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:
The Desk, Inside Radio, TVNewsCheck, MediaPost, TelevisaUnivision, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter

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Janet Stilson /
TVNewsCheck: TelevisaUnivision Reports Strong Q3

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

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

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:

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

Julian Oliver /
@JulianOliver@mastodon.social: From the organiser of the letter Newton-Rex, who resigned from Stability AI over its ‘fair use’ policy: — “There are three key resources that generative AI companies need to build AI models: people, compute, and data. They spend vast sums on the first two - sometimes a million dollars per engineer, and up to a billion dollars per model. …

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

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Thom Yorke, Björn Ulvaeus, Max Richter, Billy Bragg Among 11,500+ Creatives Demanding ‘AI Training Guardrails’

Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: More than 10,500 artists sign open letter protesting unlicensed AI training

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

Juliet E McKenna /
@JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop: “There are three key resources that generative AI companies need to build AI models: people, compute, and data. They spend vast sums on the first two - sometimes a million dollars per engineer, and up to a billion dollars per model. But they expect to take the third - training data - for free,” …

Martin S. /
Martin S. on LinkedIn: The foundational thrust of this argument has not yet sunk in where it needs to. Whitehall is apparently divided. …

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

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

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:
Bill Roche on LinkedIn, Jeff Green on LinkedIn and @sarafischer

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Bill Roche /
Bill Roche on LinkedIn: 🚨🚨 🚨 The Trade Desk and Spotify are expanding their partnership as Spotify's first DSP partner. …

Jeff Green /
Jeff Green on LinkedIn: Digital Audio might be the most on-sale corner of the internet. The time spent to ad spend ratio has the highest disparity of any channel. …

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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StreamTV Insider, Light Reading, Awful Announcing, Digital Trends, Cord Cutters News and Streaming Better

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Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: Fubo expands aggregation aims with standalone premium subscriptions Light Reading: Aiming to be a super-aggregator, Fubo has begun to sell access to Paramount+ With Showtime, NBA League Pass and FanDuel Sports Network without requiring its base channel plans. #pressrelease

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 /