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10:15 AM ET, September 18, 2022

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works  —  from the batshit-crazy dept  —  As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction …
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Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
A US federal appeals court upholds the Texas social media content moderation law, lifting an injunction that blocked it and remanding it back to the lower court  —  A federal appeals court upheld the validity of a Texas social-media law that companies like Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post's Outlook, the “brains section” of commentary and analysis in the newspaper's Sunday edition for nearly 70 years, publishes its last note  —  Outlook, the print section of commentary and analysis that has graced this newspaper's Sunday edition for nearly 70 years …
The Hollywood Reporter:
Streaming is transforming documentary filmmaking with paid subjects, scrunched timelines, and techniques introduced from reality TV, that many find worrying  —  As streaming transforms the once-sleepy nonfiction space into a money-making juggernaut of hit series, cool parties …
New York Times:
A look at Jomboy Media, a sports outlet that avoids toxicity and polarization on social media, has 64 staffers and nearly 24 podcasts, and raised a $5M Series A  —  Jimmy O'Brien's videos breaking down major events turned Jomboy Media into a big business, but O'Brien still sees himself as a fan.
Discussion: Barrett Media
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
French broadcasters TF1 and M6 drop merger plans saying the French Competition Authority would approve the deal only if one of the two channels is divested  —  The merger of French broadcasters TF1 and M6 has been abandoned.  —  In the past few minutes, the channel's owners have said the pair …
Dylan Byers / Puck:
CNN's revamped morning show led by Don Lemon reveals the new reality for linear media: in a post-Maddow, post-Cuomo world, it's no longer all about primetime  —  CNN's new morning show concept, led by Don Lemon with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, is a “mass appeal play” …
Rodger Sherman / The Ringer:
Amazon's NFL debut had audio and video issues and lots of Prime ads, but it was a good conventional game broadcast with premier commentators and extra streams  —  Thursday night's Chiefs-Chargers game showed that Amazon won't revolutionize how football games are broadcast; it'll just try to sell you Prime as you watch
Nico Grant / New York Times:
Leaked audio: YouTube will lower the barriers to entry for its partner program and bring ads to Shorts, paying creators 45% of ad money vs. 55% for YouTube ads  —  The video platform will let more creators earn payments and place ads in Shorts, its TikTok competitor, according to audio from an internal meeting.
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David Cohen / Adweek:
YouTube is testing a machine learning model that reformats landscape video, including ads, into square or vertical formats based on how the viewer is watching
Discussion: Tubefilter and TechCrunch
Jeff Green / Bloomberg:
Disney releases adjusted pay data for US employees by race and gender for the first time; women earned 99.4% of men and POC earned 99.8% of white employees  —  Walt Disney Co. released data on employee pay by race and gender for the first time Friday, and committed to provide more compensation information within 18 months.
Discussion: @baekdal
 
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Wattpad and Spotify strike a deal to launch exclusive podcasts by popular Wattpad authors in the Philippines on September 17 and in Indonesia on September 30
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
With two Emmy Awards, Netflix's Squid Game became the first non-English-language show to win top primetime Emmys, a milestone for South Korea's cultural wave
Discussion: SPIRAL by RVC and Washington Post