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Twitter to charge £7 a month for blue check after Elon Musk talked down by Stephen King

Elon Musk reportedly planned to charge verified Twitter users £17 a month, but after widespread outcry and an intervention from author Stephen King, the price was lowered

Daily Mirror

Authors celebrate antitrust case

CEOs gave bizarre testimony. Stephen King took the stand. Simon & Schuster and Penguin will remain separate

Salon

Elon Musk Slaps Price Tag On Twitter Verification Following SoFi CEO, Stephen King Comments: 'They Should Pay Me'

Being verified on Twitter comes with prestige. Now it also comes with a price tag.

Benzinga

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‘Power to the people’: Musk confirms $8 Twitter blue tick as he brands current system ‘bulls***’

Billionaire says that verification would be ‘price-adjusted by country’

The Independent UK

Musk proposes charging $8 for verified Twitter account despite user backlash

The new owner justified the measure saying ‘we need to pay the bills somehow’

The Guardian - US

Twitter staff brand Musk’s advisers ‘Elon’s goons’ after $44bn takeover, says report

Billionaire brought in allies following purchase of San Francisco company

The Independent UK

Rita Ora and Oti Mabuse dress up for Jonathan Ross’s Halloween party

The talk show host’s star-studded bash returned with a bang at Camden Town’s Koko on All Hallows’ Eve

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Stephen King, Kara Swisher, Hank Green And A Whole Lot Of People Are Mad At Elon Musk's Paid 'Blue Ticks' Plan

Twitter Inc.'s new CEO Elon Musk's plans to monetize blue badges have left many people fuming.

Benzinga

Twitter blue tick price compared to 'giving out Olympic medals to highest bidder'

Many Twitter users are not best pleased by new owner Elon Musk's intention to 'revamp' the blue tick verification process, with reported plans to implement a monthly fee for verified users to keep their blue tick status

Daily Mirror

Twitter: Stephen King leads backlash against Elon Musk’s $20 blue tick fee plan

The novelist wrote: ‘$20 to keep my blue check? F*** that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron’

Evening Standard

How Charles Cullen killed 29 patients in 16 years: The true story behind Netflix’s The Good Nurse

Eddie Redmayne portrays the serial killer nurse in Netflix’s dramatisation of the case, while Jessica Chastain plays the coworker who helped stop him. Clémence Michallon reports on the case that rocked New Jersey

The Independent UK

Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

A federal judge blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, saying that the joining of two of the world's biggest publishers could "lessen competition."

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Judge blocks Penguin Random House takeover of Simon & Schuster

A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s attempt to swallow its smaller rival, Simon & Schuster, dealing a blow to the world’s largest book publisher’s attempt to become an even bigger giant.

Los Angeles Times

US judge blocks $2.2bn Penguin Random House merger

Justice department argued the melding of the publishing house with Simon & Schuster would harm competition and authors’ pay

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Why Stephen King turned on his own publisher in a battle over the future of the book industry

Josh Marcus looks into why the horror king — and the Biden administration — has been trying to stop the big-money merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The Independent UK

Judge blocks Penguin Random House from buying rival Simon & Schuster

Horror author Stephen King testified on behalf of the Biden administration in August trial

The Independent UK

‘F*** that, they should pay me’: Stephen King hits back at Elon Musk’s reported plan to charge blue-tickers on Twitter

Musk is reportedly considering charging verified users up to $20 (£17) per month to keep their blue ticks

Daily Mirror

Scariest horror films to watch online - with one sending your pulse rate into orbit!

Are you in the mood to be frightened this Halloween? Then check out this top ten terrifiers - and don't say we didn't warn you!

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The Independent UK

How Charles Cullen killed 29 patients in 16 years: The true story behind Netflix’s The Good Nurse

Liverpool Echo

21 Halloween questions and answers to put your spooky knowledge to the test

How many creepy and festive questions can you answer this Halloween?

The Independent UK

How Charles Cullen killed 29 patients in 16 years: The true story behind Netflix’s The Good Nurse

The Conversation

Friday essay: in praise of the 'horror master' Stephen King

Growing up in the 1980s, the name Stephen King was synonymous with macabre, terrifying, apparently taboo (though ubiquitous) book covers. They seemed to appear everywhere: bookstores, to be sure; but also newsagents, supermarkets, cinemas, airports and libraries. They always seemed to be spinning in some library carousel, looking tattered, like…

Manchester Evening News

The Simpsons to parody Japanese anime Death Note in new Halloween special

The latest Treehouse of Horror episode airs this Sunday

The Independent UK

How Charles Cullen killed 29 patients in 16 years: The true story behind Netflix’s The Good Nurse

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 horror short stories

With Halloween looming, these tales by authors from Shirley Jackson to Stephen King are guaranteed to keep you awake as the nights close in

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