The world's biggest digital ad companies saw significant sales growth in Q3, due to US political ad revenue, AI-enhanced ad tools, and healthy consumer spending (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer: The world's biggest digital ad companies saw significant sales growth in Q3, due to US political ad revenue, AI-enhanced ad tools, and healthy consumer spending (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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CNBC:

Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M— The Greek media company Antenna Group is in talks to acquire Time Inc. from Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion:

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Marc Benioff in talks to sell Time magazine to Greek media giant Antenna Group: report

Kurt Schlosser /
GeekWire: Report: Benioff in talks to sell Time; Salesforce CEO has called media ‘much harder’ than tech

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Time Inc used to be one of the most important media companies in the world: Time, People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated. Current status: People: Owned by Barry Diller Fortune: Chinese/Thai billionaire SI: Authentic Brands Group Time: About to be sold by Marc Benioff.

Ted Andersen /
San Francisco Business Times: Daily Digest: Is Marc Benioff selling off Time?; Gordon Getty's ‘Temple of Wings’ sold

Teddy Schleifer /
@teddyschleifer: Among other things, this would free up Marc Benioff to make donations to Democrats again. https://www.cnbc.com/...

Tom Gara /
@tomgara@threads.net: Benioff and Time magazine are the strangest zillionaire media ownership story of the last couple decades - he appears to have had absolutely no fun with it, no big vision or interesting / weird ideas for its future, not really invested in a visible way, or done anything of note at all https://www.cnbc.com/... CNBC on LinkedIn: Benioff acquired Time in 2018 for $190 million. Early talks to sell to Antenna have centered around a price of $150 million, according to a person familiar. @amonck: Old enough to remember when he was buying it. If it's only a $40m loss, not so bad. But also a reminder of elites stepping back from the public sphere... https://www.cnbc.com/...

Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: Scoop with @SRuhle: Marc Benioff is in talks to sell Time to the Antenna Group. Story here: https://www.cnbc.com/...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Some Time magazine staff thought it was a bit strange earlier this year when the company listed its office in the Salesforce building for sublet... https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Reuters:

Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris— Walt Disney (DIS.N) is forming a new group to coordinate the company's use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality …

The Hill:

Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart— Hugh Hewitt has quit as a contributing columnist to The Washington Post, after storming out of a Post Live event on Friday morning …

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Fox News, CNN, Mediaite, New York Post, The Wrap, Daily Mail, Politico, HotAir, American Greatness, @FrankNation@mastodon.social, What's New Today, acecomments.mu.nu, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Blaze Media, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Caller News Foundation

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Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: JUST IN: Veteran Washington Post Columnist Quits After Walking Out of Live Event New York Post: Hugh Hewitt quits Washington Post after storming off livestream talk over dispute with liberal columnists: 'I won't come back'

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: WaPo Columnist Hugh Hewitt Storms Off WaPo Live Show: 'I Won't Come Back ... I'm Done'

Nic White /
Daily Mail: Washington Post columnist storms off live broadcast after being challenged by liberal colleagues

Irie Sentner /
Politico: Hugh Hewitt resigns from Washington Post after storming out of live interview

John Sexton /
HotAir: Hugh Hewitt Was Right to Walk Out on Capehart and Marcus

Debra Heine /
American Greatness: 'I'm Done!' Hugh Hewitt Quits Washington Post; Storms Out of Room During Live WaPo Broadcast Over Bias

FrankNation /
@FrankNation@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer Capehart 1, Hewlett 0. acecomments.mu.nu: Hugh Hewitt Quits the Washington Post On-Camera and Storms Off the Set Calling the Paper a “Unfair Election Ad”

Mary Chastain /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Hugh Hewitt Quits Washington Post After Confrontation During Paper's Live Show

Candace Hathaway /
Blaze Media: Hugh Hewitt abruptly quits Washington Post over inaccurate, biased reporting: ‘Unfair election ad’

Sarah K. Burris /
Raw Story: Trump booster quits Washington Post after livestream meltdown

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton /
BizPac Review: 'I'm done!' Hugh Hewitt rips off headset, storms off ‘unfair’ WaPo Live stream

Luke Gentile /
Washington Examiner: Hugh Hewitt quits Washington Post after walking off live show: Report

Cullen Linebarger /
The Gateway Pundit: MUST SEE: Washington Post Propaganda Show Implodes When Conservative Radio Host Walks Off Set After Slamming Hacks for Their Lies About Trump and the Election

Axios:

The world's biggest digital ad companies saw significant sales growth in Q3, due to US political ad revenue, AI-enhanced ad tools, and healthy consumer spending— - Google's advertising revenue jumped more than 10% year-over-year, thanks in part to election-related ad spend, especially on YouTube …

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Radio & Television …, @davidclinchnews, Marketing Dive, Radio Ink, Axios, Digiday, CNBC, Adweek, TVNewsCheck and Le Monde.fr

Discussion:

David Clinch /
@davidclinchnews: This is why publishers, news publishers in particular, need to switch NOW to attention time management and contextual targeting for digital advertising.

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Political ads boost local TV

Seb Joseph /
Digiday: A look at the publisher quandary over ad curation

Zev Fima /
CNBC: We're hiking our price target on an industrial whose earnings benefit from AI data center boom

Ad Age:

A survey of US advertisers and agencies: 49% said alternative currencies were just as effective as Nielsen and 36% said they were more effective than Nielsen— Nielsen remains dominant, but a growing number of advertisers have tried alternatives and most find them equal or better

The Hill:

Trump sues CBS News in a Texas court, claiming CBS engaged in election interference “through malicious, deceptive” editing of its 60 Minutes Harris interview— Former President Trump is suing CBS News over a “60 Minutes” interview it broadcast with Vice President Harris earlier …

Discussion:
The Verge, Above the Law, The Guardian, Washington Post, CNN, ABA Journal, al.com, UPI, @joshgerstein, Fortune, ZeroHedge News, Newser, Townhall, @emptywheel, @joshuaadouglas, @tomryanlaw, @binarybits, @doriandavis, @cahnemily, @reichlinmelnick, @emptywheel, @ericcolumbus, Reuters, Washington Post, Raw Story, Al Jazeera, Barrett Media, Washington Examiner, CBS News, One America News Network, Axios, Alternet.org, Daily Caller News Foundation, Adweek, @ArmyGirl@mastodon.world, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Gateway Pundit, Deadline, The Wrap, @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com, @mmasnick.bsky.social, Metro.co.uk, The Independent, Daily Mail, The Daily Signal, RedState, Reuters, New York Post, Blaze Media, Financial Times and Washington Times

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Adi Robertson /
The Verge: Donald Trump files yet another censorship lawsuit

Liz Dye /
Above the Law: Trump Sues CBS For Tortious Editing And Violating His Rights As A Texas Consumer

Robert Tait /
The Guardian: Trump sues CBS News for $10bn, claiming Kamala Harris interview was edited

Tobi Raji /
Washington Post: Trump picks one-judge Texas court for lawsuit over CBS Harris interview CNN: Trump sues CBS over ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Harris. Legal experts call it ‘frivolous and dangerous’

Tobi Raji /
ABA Journal: Trump picks Northern District of Texas for lawsuit over Harris's CBS interview

Brian Steinberg /
al.com: Trump sues CBS for $10 billion over ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview

Josh Gerstein /
@joshgerstein: Bizarre $10 Billion (!) Trump suit v. CBS over editing of 60 Minutes interview with Harris infantilizes her by referring to her repeatedly by her first name. Also filed in Amarillo to guarantee assignment to Trump appointee Kacsmaryk. Doc: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...

Christiaan Hetzner /
Fortune: Trump sues CBS for $10 billion alleging its editing of Harris interview is election interference

Tyler Durden /
ZeroHedge News: Trump Is Suing CBS For $10 Billion For Election Interference Via “Deceptive News Distortion”

Rob Quinn /
Newser: Trump Sues CBS for $10B

Rebecca Downs /
Townhall: Trump Follows Through on Promise to Sue CBS News Over 60 Minutes Transcript @emptywheel: Hey @BrookeSingman: Did I just overlook where you disclosed in here that Fox not only used the wrong clip during VP Harris' interview, but doctored their own transcript of Trump's woman's rally that day to hide that they were Republicans?

Josh Douglas /
@joshuaadouglas: Filing a lawsuit doesn't mean it has any merit.

Tom Ryan /
@tomryanlaw: Another LOLsuit brought to you by Trump.

Timothy B. Lee /
@binarybits: As presidents trump would have to swear to uphold the constitution, including the first amendment which he doesn't seem to understand at all.

Dorian Hunter Davis PhD /
@doriandavis: Would a candidate who thinks he's about to win the election be filing junk lawsuits about his opponent's media coverage?

Emily C. Singer /
@cahnemily: This is so absurd his lawyers should be fined for filing such ridiculous nonsense

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick /
@reichlinmelnick: This is why there needs to be a federal anti-SLAPP law.

@emptywheel:
SURELY, @BrookeSingman, you wouldn't misrepresent to your readers that Fox got busted for far more misleading behavior with Harris, right? You wouldn't lie like that?

Eric Columbus /
@ericcolumbus: But Elon said Trump was a First Amendment guy

Ramesh Ponnuru /
Washington Post: Trump's threats to the press are serious and literal

Matthew Chapman /
Raw Story: Trump asks far-right judge to hear longshot $10B suit against CBS over Harris interview Barrett Media: Donald Trump Launches $10 Billion Lawsuit Against CBS After 60 Minutes Interview with Kamala Harris CBS News: Trump sues CBS News over 60 Minutes interview with Harris; network says suit is “completely without merit”

Abril Elfi /
One America News Network: Trump Files $10B Lawsuit Against CBS News Arguing ‘Deceptive Doctoring’ Of Harris' ‘60 Minutes’ Interview

Sareen Habeshian /
Axios: Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion over Harris interview

Maya Boddie /
Alternet.org: 'Doesn't mean it has any merit': Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News slammed

Mariane Angela /
Daily Caller News Foundation: Trump Slaps CBS With $10 Billion Lawsuit Over ‘60 Minutes’ Harris Edit

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Trump Sues CBS News for $10B Over Harris Interview

Cristina Laila /
The Gateway Pundit: JUST IN: President Trump Sues CBS News For $10 Billion For Deceptively Editing ‘60 Minutes’ Interview with Kamala Harris

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Donald Trump Tries To Command News Cycle With Lawsuit Against CBS Over Kamala Harris' ‘60 Minutes’ Interview

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: Trump Sues CBS News for $10 Billion, Claims ‘Deceptive Doctoring’ of Harris' ‘60 Minutes’ Interview

Nicholas Weaver /
@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com: He's already assigned to it... [image]

Mike Masnick /
@mmasnick.bsky.social: Filed in Amarillo to ensure that Matthew J. Kacsmaryk hears it. Cool. Cool. [embedded post]

Jessica Kwong /
Metro.co.uk: Trump sues TV network for $10,000,000,000 over ‘doctored’ Kamala Harris interview

Alex Woodward /
The Independent: Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News over Kamala Harris interview

Jon Michael Raasch /
Daily Mail: Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion after editing Kamala Harris' 60 Minutes interview

Katrina Trinko /
The Daily Signal: ‘ELECTION INTERFERENCE’: Trump Sues CBS Over Edited Harris ‘60 Minutes’ Interview

Brooke Singman /
New York Post: Trump sues CBS News for $10B alleging ‘deceptive doctoring’ of Harris' ‘60 Minutes’ interview Blaze Media: Trump nails CBS News with $10 billion lawsuit alleging ‘deceptive doctoring’ of ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Harris

William Sandlund /
Financial Times: Live news: Trump sues CBS over ‘doctored’ Harris interview on ‘60 Minutes’

Financial Times:

BBC World Service secures a 25% increase in its government grant for 2025/26; sources: £27M has been agreed, on top of baseline funding of £104M this year— Executives have warned that cuts have left the UK struggling to counter a rise in Russian and Chinese propaganda

Deadline:

Fubo reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $386.2M, a net loss of $54.7M, down from $84.4M in Q3 2023, and 1.6M subscribers in North America, up 9% YoY— Revenue in the period ended September 30 increased 20% over the same frame a year ago to reach $386.2 million. Losses narrowed to 17 cents a share from 29 cents a year ago.

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Brendan Coffey /
Sportico: Fubo Beats Q3 Results and Projects Better Sales, but Shares Drop

David Satin /
The Streamable: Fubo Grows to 1.91 Million Global Customers in Q3 2024, Targets Profitability in 2025

Etan Vlessing /
The Hollywood Reporter: Fubo TV Trims Third-Quarter Loss on Revenue Beat ir.fubo.tv: Fubo Closed Q3 2024 With 21% Year-over-Year Revenue Growth and 1.613M Subscribers in North America

The Hollywood Reporter:

Troveo, which helps content owners and digital rights managers license content to AI companies but keep ownership rights, launches with $4.5M in seed funding— The platform, Troveo, launches with $4.5 million in seed funding and says it has “deals in place with prominent AI companies to pay …

Discussion:
TVNewsCheck, WebWire and Tech.eu

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George Szalai /
TVNewsCheck: New Platform For Creators To License Content To AI Firms Gets Major Funding WebWire: Troveo Raises $4.5M to Scale Platform Helping Filmmakers and Creators Monetize in the Era of AI

The Wrap:

Charter says some cable plans will have access to ad-supported versions of Max, Disney+, Peacock, ESPN+, and other streamers at no extra cost by early 2025— TV Select customers will be able to watch the ad-supported versions of Max, Disney+, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ and more at no additional cost

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TVNewsCheck, StreamTV Insider, MediaPost, Advanced Television and @2xaught7.bsky.social

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Dade Hayes /
TVNewsCheck: Charter CEO Chris Winfrey Sees “Pretty Significant Impact” From Adding More Streaming To Spectrum

Kayla Cobb /
TVNewsCheck: Charter To Launch Streaming Bundle In 2025

Daniel Frankel /
StreamTV Insider: Video is back in the bundle at Charter

Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Charter Beats Q3 Revenue, Subscriber Estimates, Stock Rises Sharply

CNN:

Robert Kagan and Danielle Allen, who resigned from WaPo over its decision not to issue a presidential endorsement, join The Atlantic as contributing writers— New York CNN — — Two veteran writers who resigned from The Washington Post over its non-endorsement decision are joining The Atlantic.

Discussion:
The Atlantic, New Republic and Columbia Journalism Review

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Variety:

Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.— iPhone sales tick up 5.5% in September quarter, above analyst forecasts … The company reported revenue of $94.93 billion …

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BGR, Reuters, @bloombergtv, @lexnfx, Bloomberg, Media Play News, Apple Inc., The Hollywood Reporter and KDFX-TV, more at Techmeme »

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Yoni Heisler /
BGR: The iPhone is a freight train and shows no signs of slowing down

Reuters:
Apple posts record revenue, credits India iPhone sales; plans for 4 new stores: CEO Tim Cook @bloombergtv: Apple reported weaker sales in China than anticipated last quarter, while overall revenue edged past Wall Street projections. @EdLudlow has more https://www.bloomberg.com/... [video]

Alexei Oreskovic /
@lexnfx: $AAPL EPS missed Wall Street targets. The reason seems to be a big one-time tax charge of more than $10 billion as a result of a European Union judgement about the company that was reversed.

Alexei Oreskovic /
@lexnfx: Here's the exact language from Apple earnings release: [image]

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Apple Ups Q4 Services Revenue 12% to Record $24.9 Billion

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: Apple Services Revenue Hits New High of $24.97B

Clare Duffy /
KDFX-TV: Apple wants its AI iPhone to turn around a sales rut. Here's how it's going so far

Bloomberg:

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google— The new option will let the chatbot's users search for timely information much as they would on the web.

Discussion:
ResearchBuzz, Poynter, MIT Technology Review, Reuters, BGR, MEDIANAMA, The Independent, Financial Times, Shelly Palmer, YourStory.com, Türkiye Today, Platformer, The Verge, Kevin Foo on LinkedIn, MediaPost, Digital Trends, Adweek, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, MarTech, Eric Herbel on LinkedIn, VentureBeat, Forbes, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, GeekWire, Quartz, The Information, Engadget, Search Engine Land, Fast Company, TechCrunch and Wired, more at Techmeme »

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ResearchBuzz: Capital Punishment, Scotland History, ChatGPT Search, More: Friday ResearchBuzz, November 1, 2024

Alex Mahadevan /
Poynter: ChatGPT rolls out a Google competitor with a skewed view of the news

Benjamin Brooks /
MIT Technology Review: AI search could break the web

Juby Babu /
Reuters: OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT

Simone Lobo /
MEDIANAMA: OpenAI Adds Web Search to ChatGPT for Real-Time Answers

Martyn Landi /
The Independent: OpenAI adds smarter web search function to ChatGPT

Richard Waters /
Financial Times: Google is winning the AI search wars

Trisha Medhi /
YourStory.com: OpenAI takes on Google, releases ChatGPT search engine

Casey Newton /
Platformer: OpenAI adds search

Kylie Robison /
The Verge: OpenAI's search engine is now live in ChatGPT

Kevin Foo /
Kevin Foo on LinkedIn: 🚀 New Feature Alert: ChatGPT Search is Live! — Starting today, OpenAI's ChatGPT introduces ChatGPT Search - a powerful tool that lets users get timely …

Laurie Sullivan /
MediaPost: OpenAI Turns On SearchGPT After Microsoft Allowed Investments To Impact Profits

Andrew Tarantola /
Digital Trends: ChatGPT Search is here to battle both Google and Perplexity

Trishla Ostwal /
Adweek: OpenAI's ChatGPT Search Goes Live, Taking On Google and Perplexity

Lucas Ropek /
Gizmodo: OpenAI Takes on Google With New ChatGPT Search

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: ChatGPT search is officially here, this is what it can do

Eric Herbel /
Eric Herbel on LinkedIn: As ChatGPT pushes forward into real-time search results, this will be such an interesting space to watch. …

Michael Nuñez /
VentureBeat: Google just gave its AI access to Search, hours before OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search

Ty Roush /
Forbes: OpenAI Launches AI-Powered Search Engine That Could Challenge Google—Here's What To Know

Todd Bishop /
GeekWire: OpenAI's ChatGPT search engine challenges Google and Microsoft, and further upends the web

Britney Nguyen /
Quartz: OpenAI launches its search engine to compete with Google

Stephanie Palazzolo /
The Information: OpenAI's ChatGPT Adds Search Features in Challenge to Google

Will Shanklin /
Engadget: ChatGPT Search will do the legwork for you

Danny Goodwin /
Search Engine Land: ChatGPT search officially launches

Mark Sullivan /
Fast Company: OpenAI launches web search in ChatGPT

Kyle Wiggers /
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches its Google challenger, ChatGPT Search

Reece Rogers /
Wired: ChatGPT's AI Search Tool Is Now Available

RELATED:
Washington Post: OpenAI says ChatGPT Search draws on articles from the WSJ and others it has deals with, and will direct election-related queries to sources like AP and Reuters

Discussion:

Ayana Archie /
NPR: OpenAI is rolling out a web search feature for ChatGPT

Cory Bergman /
@corybe@threads.net: Really impressive out of the gate.

Kylie Robison /
@kylie.robison@threads.net: i have to give credit where credit is due. im using chatgpt (with web access) for research in a reporting project and it has sort of blown me away. its really, actually useful

Imad Khan /
CNET: Look Out, Google. ChatGPT Search Is Here

Daniel Howley /
Yahoo Finance: OpenAI launches ChatGPT search in direct challenge to Google's search empire

Ryan McNeal /
Android Authority: ChatGPT takes on Google Search directly by launching rival search engine

Jacob Siegal /
BGR: OpenAI's ChatGPT search engine is now live to take on Google

Mark Sullivan /
Fast Company: ChatGPT's new web search function puts the web ecosystem (and Google) on notice

Cristina Criddle /