Top News:
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix signs multi-year film and TV deal with Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss; sources say the deal is worth $200M — David Benioff and Dan Weiss have signed a multiple-year film and TV pact with the streamer, which was bidding for the duo's services alongside Disney and Amazon.
Discussion:
Deadline, TechCrunch, The Streamable, Business Insider, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, @snoodit, The Week, Slate, @hello_tailor, Engadget, @kaludiasays, @benttravers, The A.V. Club, @charlespulliam, Gizmodo, CNET, Digital Trends, Collider, Mashable, The Verge, TVWeek.com, The Independent, Consequence of Sound, BGR, Variety, /Film, The Wrap, NME and UPI, more at Techmeme »
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom's Q3 revenue rose 4% YoY to $3.36B with ad revenue at its cable networks unit up 6% YoY, returning to US advertising growth for the first time since 2014 — The company, which is led by CEO Bob Bakish and has been in talks with CBS Corp. about a recombination, returned to domestic ad growth …
Discussion:
The Wrap, MediaPost, Variety, @richattbd and Viacom
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results and will soon let users ask Google Assistant to play podcasts about specific topics — Search for what you want to hear — Google is taking the next step in making podcasts easier to find.
Discussion:
The Keyword, Fast Company and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Jackson / @nbj914:
Pacific Standard EIC says its board is shutting down the publication from next Friday after its primary funder cut off funding — Today is an extremely difficult day, the worst day—and I'm heart-broken and devastated. We learned this morning, without any warning, that our primary funder is cutting off all charitable giving and that our board is shutting down @PacificStand, effective next Friday.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Los Angeles Times, bookforum.com, @jameshamblin, @lydiadepillis, @dylanmatt, @isabelaalhadeff, @sophiekasakove, @annehelen, @felixsalmon, @ryanj899, @strangerworks, @nycsouthpaw, @jamiattenberg, @samaugustdean, @jamilsmith, @felipedlh, @emilyctamkin, @rmc031, @ohkayewhatever, @ianhurley77, @chick_in_kiev, @jennygzhang, @thrasherxy, @saralibby, @chrislhayes and The Wrap
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS and AT&T strike a new carriage deal, ending a prolonged blackout of CBS programming — CBS and AT&T came to new terms on carriage of CBS stations on the telecommunications giant's DirecTV satellite service, ending a prolonged blackout of CBS programming. More to come......
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Multichannel News, The Streamable and @benmullin
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
iHeartMedia debuts Sunday Night Podcasts, to air its top podcasts across 270 broadcast radio stations across the US, every Sunday — What's even a podcast? — iHeartMedia will harness more than 850 radio stations to build its podcast audience and entice potential advertisers.
RELATED:
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's newspapers circulation auditor ABC will stop publishing six-monthly reports for regional papers, instead publishing on a rolling basis throughout the year — Newspaper circulation auditor ABC is no longer publishing six-monthly reports for regional news publications in the UK.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook is testing selling video streaming subscriptions in the US, starting with four services including BritBox, CollegeHumor's Dropout, and Tastemade Plus — Facebook is dipping its toes into the subscription VOD waters — as an aggregator and reseller.
Discussion:
Vox, more at Techmeme »
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Researchers studying disinformation in the Philippines and countermeasures by Facebook and YouTube say little has improved since 2016, a red flag for elsewhere — Disinformation campaigns in the Philippines ahead of its 2016 election offered a preview of things to come to the United States.
Discussion:
@craigsilverman, @miriamelder and @momblogger
USA Today:
USA TODAY office in McLean, VA was evacuated after police responded to what they say was a mistaken report of a man with a weapon — WASHINGTON — USA TODAY's headquarters in McLean, Virginia was evacuated Wednesday amid a heavy police presence to what authorities said turned …
Discussion:
@fairfaxcountypd, @fairfaxcountypd, @annecutler, @carenbohan, Mediaite, @alexptachick, @taylormaycan, @maxwelltani, @alexptachick, @abc7news, @meaghang, @emdrums, @brianstelter, @mikevwusa, ABC13, Deadline, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, fox5sandiego.com, Variety, Talking Points Memo, The Independent, NBC Chicago, Arizona Republic, WUSA, Politico and Fortune
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Roku reports Q2 revenue of $250.1M, up 59% YoY, loss of $10.4M, up from $0.1M a year ago, and $167.7M in platform revenue, up 86% YoY; stock up 20%+ — Roku is now being used by 30.5 million households every month, and those users are a big reason the company grew revenues …
Discussion:
Multichannel News, Roku, VentureBeat, @ophirgottlieb, Fortune and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Federal judge rules that Ed Butowsky's libel suit against NPR for revealing his role in funding an investigation into the death of Seth Rich can go forward — A federal judge has rejected National Public Radio's bid to dismiss a Texas investment adviser's libel suit over news reports …
Discussion:
@justinhendrix, @gabrielmalor, @bmaz, @packerpoppa, @organizingpower, The Hill, @joshgerstein and @profcarroll
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Ofcom: streaming services' subscriptions for Q1 in UK: Netflix posts the largest gains, up 26% YoY to 11.5M, Amazon Prime trails with 6M but is up 23% YoY — Almost half of all U.K. homes now take one of the major subscription streaming services, with Netflix at the front of the pack …
Gabriel Snyder / Columbia Journalism Review:
Dean Baquet acknowledges some subscribers expect The NYT to take an adversarial role against Trump, doesn't see this moment in history as particularly aberrant — Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, was at home on Monday night—as was the rest of the paper's senior leadership …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, @realdonaldtrump, @natesilver538, The Guardian, @ddale8, MediaFile, Digiday, @lizzieohreally, @bvivian14, @rynk, @neeratanden, @realdonaldtrump, @jayrosen_nyu, @imillhiser, @espiegler, @brianbeutler, @will_bunch, @timkarr, @moorehn, @maggienyt, Mother Jones, @marty_lederman, @mattzeitlin, New York Post, Ad Age, @jamesfallows, @hirschorn, @moorehn, @jbenton, Politico, @dloehr, @stuartetc, @dominicumile, @meredithshiner, @djkgamc, @maryschmich, @topherspiro, The Daily Caller, @charlesarthur, @hbryant42, @gina_cole_, @neeratanden, @blogpalmsprings, @opus163, @froomkin, @danablankenhorn, @p_jeanne97, @mattyglesias and @nickmizaur
RELATED:
Jack Shafer / Politico:
By expecting the New York Times to be the paper of resistance, something it has vowed to never be, liberals are positioned for perpetual disenchantment
Discussion:
@politicomag, @owillis, @martinsfp, @jayrosen_nyu, @betoorourke and The Guardian
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
New York Times reaches a high of 4.7M total subscribers in Q2, with nearly 3.8M subscribers to digital products; digital-only subscription revenue grew 14% YoY
Discussion:
Business Wire, @raju, @nickconfessore, @nytimesbusiness, @elanazak, @martyswant, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Benzinga and Zacks Investment Research
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
