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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Q&A with Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Hulu's and ESPN's future, buying out Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu before 2024, a seamless bundle, activist investors, and more — “You should see the backstage,” actor Diego Luna told the D23 Expo crowd Saturday morning as he talked up his new “Star Wars” …

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Activist investor Daniel Loeb backs off his proposal for Disney to sell ESPN, citing a “better understanding” of the company's “growth and innovation” plan — Activist investor Daniel S. Loeb of Third Point has backed off his proposal from last month for Disney …

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Liz Schwartz / Shorenstein Center:

Brian Stelter joins the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy as the Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Brian Stelter will join the center …

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Ashley Gold / Axios:

UNC's Center on Technology Policy: programmatic ad firms need clearer policies on political ad content, disclaimers, targeting, transparency, and accountability — After Big Tech platforms cracked down on political ads in the 2020 election's wake, political advertisers have increasingly flocked …

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Wall Street Journal:

Internal data: Instagram users cumulatively spend 17.6M hours a day watching Reels vs. TikTok's 197.8M hours; only 20% of Meta's ~11M US creators post on Reels — Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Analysis: Amazon is projected to spend ~$15B on programming including sports in 2022, ahead of Netflix's $13.6B, Disney+'s $9.5B, and Apple's $6B — Good afternoon from Los Angeles. I am headed to Singapore and Seoul at the end of the month. If there is anyone I should meet while I am there …

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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

The Athletic rolls out its first on-site ads, a key development in The New York Times' larger strategy to expand its global advertising footprint — Beginning Monday, The Athletic will feature ads for the first time in its six-year history — After six months of planning, The New York Times has finally brought ads to The Athletic.

Discussion: Axios, @markstenberg3 and @sarafischer

Marina Adami / Reuters Institute:

How reporters in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru are using technology to cover the Amazon rainforest, as armed groups, criminals, and mining companies target them — Targeted by armed groups, criminals and mining companies, journalists are using technology to bring attention to the world's biggest rainforest

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Roku updates its OS, adding a short-form content hub, refreshes its $30 Roku Express streaming player, and launches $130 Roku Wireless Bass subwoofer — Roku unveiled a software update to its streaming operating system — OS 11.5 — that among other features will introduce a new section …

Discussion: TechCrunch, The Streamable and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Drew Taylor / The Wrap:

A+E Networks appoints programming and development executive Teri Kennedy to the newly created role of Head of Lifestyle Programming and Daytime Originals — Teri Kennedy, a programming and development executive, has been appointed to the newly created role of Head of Lifestyle Programming and Daytime Originals at A+E Networks.

Discussion: Deadline

Harry Taylor / The Guardian:

The UK's Sky News apologizes after incorrectly telling viewers that a protest march for Chris Kaba, shot dead by police, was a group mourning the Queen — Sarah-Jane Mee mistook a march at Trafalgar Square for Chris Kaba, who was shot by a Met officer — Sky News has apologised …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

A look at Google News Initiative's Innovation Challenge, which has funded $33M across 260 projects in eight years, preferring small grants and replicable ideas — While others practice a long-term ‘go-big-or-go-home’ strategy, Google's philanthropy has taken the opposite tack.

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Sean Holstege / Arizona Republic:
A US federal judge sides with the ACLU and media organizations, granting a preliminary injunction blocking a new Arizona law that would limit filming of police

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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Over 500 US-based Condé Nast workers at 11 publications win union recognition, under the NewsGuild of New York; magazines include Vanity Fair, Allure, and Vogue

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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Roblox plans to add age guidelines to its games and announces a new in-game ads system for brands to advertise via interactive billboards, posters, and more

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Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
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