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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN White House correspondent John Harwood, who has been outspoken about Donald Trump and Trump's threat to democracy, announces September 2 is his last day — CNN White House correspondent John Harwood said that Friday will be his last day at the network.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
ABC, NBC, and CBS declined to air Biden's prime-time speech about democracy and extremism; sources: the networks deemed his remarks and timing as “political” — While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more ‘political’ than newsworthy for live coverage
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Variety:
Amazon quietly introduces a 72-hour delay for all user reviews posted to Prime Video to determine whether the review is genuine or created by a bot or a troll — Amazon has introduced a new weapon in the battle against internet trolls: delays. — Starting around the time of the launch …
Associated Press:
Barack Obama wins an Emmy for narrating Netflix's five-part “Our Great National Parks” documentary, the second president after Eisenhower to win the award — Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
Live Nation sold 100M+ tickets in 2022 through July, up from 74M for all of 2019, and held 12,500 shows in Q2 2022 with 33.5M in attendance, up 20% from Q2 2019 — Live events are returning at full blast this year and concertgoers are willing to pay a lot for them.
Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
The National Association of Theatre Owners sees “some optimism” for wider theatrical releases of Apple, Amazon, and Netflix films to help revive the business — Struggling chains are hoping to persuade the likes of Netflix and Apple to release more films on the big screen
Eli Hoff / Columbia Missourian:
AG Eric Schmitt uses Missouri's Sunshine Law to seek journalists' emails from the Columbia Missourian and two MU J-School professors in an unprecedented request — Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office is seeking emails from the Columbia Missourian and two MU journalism school professors …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon says The Rings of Power's first two episodes drew 25M viewers globally in their first day, sharing viewership for a Prime Video series for the first time — Amazon broke a long-held precedent Saturday by revealing viewership data for a Prime Video series for the first time ever …
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Maria Saporta / SaportaReport:
Sources: Cox's Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to end its daily print edition in 2023 but keep a weekend edition; editor says no such decision has been made — Updated: this story now includes an email from AJC's general manager sent to the staff Friday afternoon in response the story in SaportaReport.
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Jon Caramanica / New York Times:
A profile of Zach Sang, the interviewer whose radio show was syndicated on ~80 stations for 10 years before moving to Amazon's new radio app Amp in March 2022 — The former syndication star and top-flight interviewer is rebuilding his daily show on Amazon's new app, Amp.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Reach weighs launching US online editions of the UK's Daily Express and Daily Mirror, following the success of MailOnline and The Sun in the US — Employees at Reach titles yet to be informed of expansion entailing dozens of journalists hired for American websites
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Janine Gibson / Financial Times:
An interview with Piers Morgan about his career, work for Rupert Murdoch, and how Twitter is for “winding people up” to figure out what to write a column about — We're eight minutes in when I tell Piers Morgan that he is the person non-journalists most often ask me about.
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