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The WGA calls for a strike starting Tuesday after negotiations with the AMPTP concluded with no agreement, saying studios' responses were “wholly insufficient” — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ended contract talks with the Writers Guild of America on Monday night …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The WGA details its proposals, including two main sticking points: a staffing minimum from 6-12 writers and a guaranteed minimum number of weeks of employment — The Writers Guild of America has detailed the vast differences between writers and the studios that led to the first strike in 15 years, which will begin Tuesday.
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Peter White / Deadline:
The Late Show, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and other late-night shows are set to go dark starting Tuesday, after writers agreed to strike — UPDATE (Original story May 1 at 9:06pm): Nightly talk shows including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live! …
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New York Times:
Sources: Vice Media is preparing to file for bankruptcy; a source says more than five companies have expressed interest in acquiring it but chances are slim — The company, which was once valued at $5.7 billion, has been struggling to find a buyer this year.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and Ben Smith, whose new book, Traffic, details BuzzFeed's and Gawker's rise and fall, on digital media and its reckoning — A conversation with two media pioneers — plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Jimmy Finkelstein plans to launch his news startup The Messenger in beta on May 15 with 200 employees and core coverage focused on news and politics — Two-thirds of that headcount will be newsroom employees. … In order to sustain its ambitious growth plans involving more than 500 additional hires …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Politico founder Robert Allbritton commits $20M to launch a nonprofit that will train aspiring political reporters and eventually launch a news organization — The Scoop — The founder of Politico is launching a new nonprofit news organization that promises to help jumpstart the careers …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snap begins testing sponsored links in My AI conversations, reveals Spotlight grew 170% YoY to reach 350M MAUs, launches its “First Story” ad product, and more — After Snap's stock took a hit from its weak first-quarter earnings, the company today made its pitch to advertisers …
New York Times:
Despite Google's October 2021 pledge to demonetize climate denial content, CCDH researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views featuring ads for big brands — Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.
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Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
A roundtable discussion with six showrunners, including Craig Mazin and Bill Lawrence, on the broken pathways for growth for new writers, mini rooms, and more — With only hours left before the The Writers Guild of America s called on their members to — on Monday night after the contract …
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Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Amazon tells Thursday Night Football advertisers that they will be able to target different groups with different ads during the same ad spot — Adds iSpot.tv, VideoAmp for audience measurement — Amazon is looking to make its Thursday Night Football a bigger deal for viewers and advertisers.
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Sources: Dancing With the Stars will return to ABC next season, after becoming a Disney+ exclusive last season to boost subscribers; it will air live and stream — After a brief Disney+ detour last fall, Dancing With the Stars is set to return to its longtime home on ABC next season, Vulture has learned.
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