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Hamish Morrison / The National:
Report: BBC chairman Richard Sharp helped Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan in 2020, just weeks before the then-prime minister recommended Sharp for the job — BBC chairman Richard Sharp reportedly helped Boris Johnson secure a loan of £800,000 just weeks before he was recommended …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC chair Richard Sharp says he asked the BBC board to review any potential conflicts of interest over his reported role in organizing a loan for Boris Johnson — BBC Chair Richard Sharp has asked the BBC Board to review conflicts of interest regarding his appointment in the wake …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
The unprofitable Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, and Time rely on their billionaire owners' goodwill to survive while trying new business models — Starting a decade ago, a generation of new-money billionaires rode to the rescue of American journalism:
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos about shared leadership, what role Reed Hastings may play, adding FAST channels, the ad tier, and more — So that's what an orderly transfer of power looks like. — While Disney chief Bob Iger ousted every potential threat …
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
Sources: Samsung is considering launching its free TV Plus streaming service on third-party smart TVs and is approaching some rival manufacturers about the idea — Move FAST and make money … To grow the audience of its free TV Plus streaming service, Samsung is considering a move …
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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
Anti-harassment organization Time's Up, often accused of aligning with Hollywood's rich and powerful, halts its operations and shifts its ~$1.7M to a legal fund — The Golden Globes carpet typically glitters with crystal-studded gowns in pastel hues, but it looked different in January 2018 …
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Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
How artists Kelly McKernan, Karla Ortiz, and Sarah Andersen found each other due to their AI concerns and sued Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DeviantArt — “This [tech] effectively destroys an entire career path.” — Last year, Kelly McKernan, a 36-year-old artist from Nashville …
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@markyarm, @libshipwreck, @pranavdixit, How to “Keep Pace” … and CBS News, more at Techmeme »
Shira Stein / San Francisco Chronicle:
A look at the San Francisco Inquirer, launched by a New York consultant to look like a local news site and pressure lawmakers to support a Bay Area-based tribe — WASHINGTON — A New York consultant who reportedly published false news articles about political figures has created a website called …
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Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
Friends and colleagues of Deadline founder Nikki Finke, who died in October 2022, recall her last years and try to make sense of Hollywood's brashest chronicler — Was Nikki Finke a genius or a monster? Friends and colleagues try to make sense of the entertainment industry's brashest chronicler.
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@maggienyt, @margotroosevelt, @mdc, @imjasondiamond, @nbj914, @davidlaz, @jdawsey1 and @froomkin
Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with “Justice” director Doug Liman on making the Brett Kavanaugh documentary in secret for over a year, its surprise Sundance screening, and more — The filmmaker kept his project under wraps with the help of NDAs and a commitment to self-financing …
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Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World:
Creators from India's hinterland are going viral on YouTube Shorts and running into copyright issues for “fact channels” that add context to other users' videos — A new generation of creators found success on YouTube Shorts. Now, YouTube is after them for violating its community guidelines.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Vox Media is laying off 7% of its staff, or ~133 people, across editorial, revenue, operations, and core services, after cutting 39 positions in July 2022 — Vox Media is laying off 7% of its staff, according to a memo sent internally from CEO Jim Bankoff, obtained by Axios.
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