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3:05 PM ET, September 12, 2022

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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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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 …
Washington Post:
Shira Ovide, who wrote the NYT's On Tech newsletter, joins The Washington Post as Help Desk strategy editor, a new role aimed at expanding its tech advice work  —  Announcement from Business Editor Lori Montgomery, Technology Editor Christina Passariello and Personal Technology Editor Yun-Hee Kim:
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, WBD's $6.5B, 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 …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Internal data: Instagram users cumulatively spend 17.6M hours/day on Reels vs. TikTok's 197.8M hours/day; only 20% of Instagram's ~11M US creators post on Reels  —  Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku updates its OS, adding a short-form content hub, refreshes its $30 Roku Express streaming player, and launches a $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 …
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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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.
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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
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
JustWatch research: Netflix has a 27.3% share of global streaming, Amazon Prime Video has 24.3%, Disney+ has 18.2%, HBO Max has 7%, and Apple TV+ has 6.2%
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Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar:
Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games exclusively for Netflix: Mighty Quest 2, Valiant Hearts 2, and a new Assassin's Creed title
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
An interview with Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner about the end of the magazine era, not reading Rolling Stone anymore, how his son Gus saved it, and more
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
How two colleagues of murdered Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German staked out the house of his alleged killer while continuing to report on the story
Nathan Grayson / Washington Post:
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will simultaneously stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter from now on, giving up Twitch exclusivity
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
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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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024 that, under specific conditions, let users log in with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Intel scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI accelerator chips in 2024, with CEO Pat Gelsinger citing chip transition and slower uptake to software

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval

 
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