Top News:
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Buckingham Palace told the BBC, ITV, and Sky News that they can only retain 60 minutes of approved footage from 10 days of the Queen's commemorations — Palace has said TV channels can only retain an hour of footage from events during the mourning period
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Oprah Winfrey's non-exclusive deal with Apple ends after four years; a source says both sides agreed to continue to work together on a project-by-project basis — Oprah Winfrey and Apple TV+ have concluded their mega overall deal, first announced in 2018. Both sides have confirmed the evolution, but declined to comment.
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Puck, The Wrap, Decider, @pucknews, 9to5Mac, The Hollywood Reporter, @mgsiegler, Deadline, MediaPost and Advanced Television
Anthony Breznican / Vanity Fair:
A look at Kyiv-based Respeecher, which uses performers' archival voice recordings and AI to create new dialog, including for Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi — As the conflict raged, Ukrainian tech workers at Respeecher hurried to bring back James Earl Jones's legendary voice for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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New York Magazine:
On her new podcast, Kara Swisher interviews Chris Cuomo about his upcoming show on Nexstar's NewsNation, rebuilding trust, interviewing Andrew Cuomo, and more — Kara Swisher has a long, frank talk with the former CNN anchor. — Chris Cuomo is attempting a comeback — or at least, he's …
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Baz Bamigboye / Deadline:
Netflix plans to release The Crown's fifth season on November 9; the service set protocols in 2016, before the show debuted, in the event of the Queen's death — The fifth season of The Crown will premiere November 9 on Netflix, the streamer said Saturday.
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The Independent, Variety, The Wrap and CNET
Mark Di Stefano / Australian Financial Review:
Amid a fight with Lachlan Murdoch over alleged defamation, Crikey owner Private Media signs a licensing deal with Inc. to launch a tech and business publication — Private Media has signed a deal to launch a new Australian-focused tech and business publication even as the company fights …
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@simoncrerar, @markdistef, @financialreview and Talking Biz News
Viola Zhou / Rest of World:
Using translation apps, dubbing software, and VPNs, some Chinese creators are getting millions of views for TikTok videos summarizing Hollywood movies and shows — With machine translation, dubbing apps, and VPNs, Chinese creators are shortening movies for Americans.
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@restofworld, @mvzelenks, @ravi_hiranand and @rasmus_kleis
New York Times:
A look at Germany's hate speech laws, more restrictive than other Western countries, as 1,000+ have been charged or punished since 2018 for online speech crimes — Battling far-right extremism, Germany has gone further than any other Western democracy to prosecute individuals for what they say online …
On Substack:
Substack launches Reader for the web with search, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, recommendations, and an “Add RSS feed” feature for non-Substack publications — Revenge of RSS — There's a new reading experience waiting for you at Substack.com.
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The Verge, @martinsfp, @substackinc, @adamsinger, @substackinc, @sirsteven, @jacobgrier, @libertyrpf, @ashadornfest and @hamishmckenzie
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
AOP and Deloitte report on 12 UK digital publishers: revenue grew 12.3% YoY to £154.8M in Q2 2022, driven by recruitment classifieds, which grew 70.3% to £6.3M — Digital publishing revenue in the UK was up by an average of 12.3% year on year in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the year before.
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What's New in Publishing, @pressgazette and MediaPost
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
A New York-based artist received copyright registration on their comic featuring artwork by Midjourney, the first known US copyright for latent diffusion AI art — Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. — In what might be a first …
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Gizmodo, UPI, @ccskeleton and @profjohanna
The Sun:
The UK opens a war crimes probe into Graham Phillips, a British citizen and pro-Kremlin YouTuber, for a forced interview designed to “humiliate” Ukrainian PoWs — POLICE are investigating a pro-Putin Brit who taunted Ukraine PoWs Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner in videos following their capture.
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@eliothiggins and @isnjh