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David Pegg / The Guardian:
Leaked list shows 180+ journalists, working for FT, CNN, NYT, WSJ, and others, are among potential targets of surveillance by government clients of NSO Group — Data leak and forensics suggest NSO's surveillance tool used against journalists at some of world's top media companies
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The Guardian:
Over 80 journalists from 16 outlets, members of the Forbidden Stories consortium, collaborated on the Pegasus project, which investigated the NSO Group leak — The Pegasus project poses urgent questions about the privatisation of the surveillance industry and the lack of safeguards for citizens
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Washington Post, MediaNama, Washington Post, @paullewis, @paullewis, Daily Herald, Newser, @emilybell and Financial Times
Helen Rosner / New Yorker:
Experts say consent and disclosure are key to the ethical use of synthetic media, amid controversy surrounding Bourdain's deepfake voice in a new documentary — The new documentary “Roadrunner” uses A.I.-generated audio without disclosing it to viewers. How should we feel about that?
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the share of viewers' TV usage per day grew for cable and streaming services in June to 40% and 27% respectively, while it fell for broadcast to 23% — ‘Manifest,’ meanwhile, is the top streaming title in Nielsen's rankings for June 14-20 and ‘Loki’ rises to No. 1 among originals.
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@mulvihill79, @aliciadfortner, @wendykrouse, @jeff_rake, @nielsen, @savemanifest and The Streamable
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Sources: LiveU, an Israel-based developer of live broadcasting and streaming tech used by 3K+ media organizations, to be acquired by PE firm Carlyle for $400M — Streaming is the name of the content game these days, and now one of the companies that builds tech to do this from anywhere in the world is getting acquired.
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Eric Frederick / NC Local News Workshop:
Q&A with NC Policy Watch reporter Joe Killian on covering the Nikole Hannah-Jones story, his philosophy of reporting, the failures of journalism, and more — Check out the full NC Local newsletter from July 14, which includes related reporting on this UNC story, details …
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@ncnewsworks and @hbcompass
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
National Association of Theatre Owners claims Black Widow's opening weekend may have been $92M+ instead of $80M if it had not simultaneously launched on Disney+ — Disney announced in March that “Black Widow,” among several of its 2021 films, would premiere simultaneously …
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The Wrap, @zachbgilbert, @waltisfrozen and ScreenRant
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Interview with BuzzFeed News climate and science reporter Zahra Hirji, on lessons of pandemic reporting and how to share context on climate throughout newsrooms — Welcome to Galaxy Brain — a newsletter from Charlie Warzel about technology, media, and culture. You can read what this is all about here.
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Culture Study, @mr_bellis, @tvietor08, @tomnamako, @mat, @martynschmoll, @nicnguyen, @cwarzel, @cwarzel and @cwarzel
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Courts generally bar journalists from using recording devices in trials; ending the ban would let reporters add color to stories and sometimes improve accuracy — In his job as a staff writer for the Richmond County (N.C.) Daily Journal, Matthew Sasser is used to reading about the alleged misdeeds of other people, not about himself.
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@joshgerstein, @aviwoolf, @craigmwhitlock, @coreywrites, @spj_tweets, @postopinions, @erikwemple, @oliverdarcy and American Press Institute
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
The Athletic is raising annual subscription prices from $52 to $72, the first raise since its 2016 launch; monthly subscription rates will stay the same — Sports-journalism upstart The Athletic, which has reportedly been considering potential mergers, is raising the cost of an annual subscription …
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What's New in Publishing, @kerrymflynn, @richlightshed and Awful Announcing
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Filing: AMC settles a profit-sharing suit with ex-Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont, CAA; Darabont and CAA get $200M and part of future streaming revenue — AMC and Frank Darabont have reached a settlement that will end the long-running “Walking Dead” profits participation lawsuit between the two.
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@blowryontv, @borys_kit, @aaronflux, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBC News' Kasie Hunt is moving to CNN, which offered her a salary between $1M and $1.5M/year as it seeks to hire talent for its streaming programming — CNN has snatched Kasie Hunt, the Capitol Hill correspondent long viewed as a rising star at NBC News, as part of an aggressive bid …
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