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WarnerMedia's new CEO Jason Kilar shakes up top ranks, with Bob Greenblatt and Kevin Reilly leaving; HBO Max GM Andy Forssell will lead a new HBO Max unit — Ann Sarnoff will oversee a newly expanded content group for the company, with Casey Bloys overseeing programming for HBO, HBO Max and linear cable networks.
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Elaine Low / Variety:
Interview with Jason Kilar on HBO Max, its importance in WarnerMedia's restructuring, streaming subscriber goals, and leaning into shorter theatrical windows — WarnerMedia sprung the news Friday of a major internal reshuffling, which translated to the departures of WarnerMedia Entertainment …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC filed a complaint with the FCC accusing AT&T of favoring its own networks TNT and HBO and restricting the online distribution of AMC's content — The “Walking Dead” network asks the FCC to punish AT&T for favoring HBO and TNT over non-owned channels.
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@mattbelloni, @eriqgardner and Variety
Olivia Solon / NBC News:
Internal docs: Facebook removed “strikes” so that at least 2 conservative pages, from PragerU and Diamond & Silk, dodged penalties under misinformation policies — Facebook has allowed conservative news outlets and personalities to repeatedly spread false information without facing …
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
G/O Media, owner of Gizmodo, Jezebel, The Onion, and Deadspin, lays off 15 video staffers, says it will reallocate resources to other areas including editorial — G/O Media saw more layoffs Friday as the company reallocated money from video production to other areas, like editorial. 15 staffers lost their jobs.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Judge approves termination of 71-year-old consent decrees that barred US studios from owning theaters, noting they didn't apply to all studios or any streamers — A federal judge has given the green light to Justice Department to terminate the 71-year-old consent decrees …
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
In a memo to staff, Bon Appétit says a third-party investigation found that race played no part in video team members' pay, as two Black editorial staffers quit — Troubles at the magazine surfaced in June, when the top editor resigned under pressure after staff members complained of a toxic culture.
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@rrpre, @nytimes, @sameershaikhhh, @edmundlee, @devitadavison, @hillarydixler, @esile1, @nytmedia, @chrisecrowley and New York Post
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Rachel Premack / Business Insider:
Multiple Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars say they'll no longer appear in videos; their statements follow staff concerns about equitable pay and diversity efforts
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Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Sources: UK's Evening Standard proposes to cut 115 jobs, or one third of staff, including 69 editorial positions, a ~40% reduction of the newsroom — London free sheet is keeping its print edition but speeding up restructuring after years of losses — About a third of jobs at the Evening Standard …
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The Guardian, Press Gazette, @mathewi and @rosamundurwin
Matt Rodbard / TASTE:
A look at the variety of in-depth food newsletters, as publishing tools like Substack grow and food magazines and newspaper food sections dwindle — Indie newsletters are booming, and they're home to some of the most exciting food writing today. — The motivations vary.
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@paulaforbes, @paulaforbes, @paulaforbes, @paulaforbes, @paulaforbes, Substack Blog and What the Thunder Said
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
NBC News and Noticias Telemundo are formally partnering for the first time to create regular reports about the Latino community in English and Spanish — NBC News and Noticias Telemundo are combining resources on an ongoing basis for reports about the Latino community that will be presented in Spanish and English.
PEN America:
How China's economic clout affects Hollywood, which self-censors and works with censors to avoid angering Beijing and is rewarded for pushing certain storylines — This report examines the ways in which Beijing's censors have affected and influenced Hollywood and the global filmmaking industry.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Media outlets continue to use photos of outdoor spaces in articles about virus resurgence, though it's known they're less risky environments for transmission — Misinformation in your backyard. A new report from First Draft looks at online misinformation in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
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