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Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
In a show of solidarity, members of six guilds including the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, and Teamsters joined the Writers Guild of America at a Los Angeles rally — Participants included SAG, DGA, IATSE, the Teamsters, and more — In a massive show of solidarity, on day 2 of the ongoing Writers' strike …
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David Robb / Deadline:
The AMPTP pushes back on the WGA's demands, saying writers have “almost nothing in common” with gig jobs, commits to more discussion about AI material, and more — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers struck back today, providing answers to the WGA's talking points …
Tim Baysinger / Axios:
CEO Bob Bakish says Paramount restarted the process to sell Simon & Schuster, after US regulators blocked selling the publisher to Penguin Random House in 2022 — Paramount Global has restarted the sale process for book publisher Simon & Schuster, CEO Bob Bakish said this morning during the company's earnings call.
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish says consumers won't notice the WGA writers' strike “for a while”, citing unscripted content, a large library, and offshore production
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q2 revenue for its Services segment, which includes Apple TV+, Apple News+, and Apple Music, grew 5.5% YoY to $20.9B — But the tech giant topped Wall Street expectations and its services business hit a new record for sales, while iPhone revenue also increased year-over-year.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox opposes news outlets' efforts to unseal Dominion's redacted lawsuit material, saying the company settled the case in large part to end the “media spectacle” — Fox said in a court filing Wednesday that it settled the monster defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems …
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Washington Post:
Sources: Tucker Carlson aspires to move into a larger role that doesn't limit him to a single medium and wants to moderate a GOP candidates' forum for 2024 — The fired Fox host, hoping for a next act bigger than podcasting, would forfeit millions owed to him in his network contract …
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
A journalist recounts discovering she'd been surveilled by ByteDance in 2022 after reporting on TikTok's difficulties in London and wonders why she was targeted — The FT's Cristina Criddle on discovering she'd been surveilled by the controversial social media company
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Chartbeat data for 1,350 publishers: Facebook drove 27% of page views coming from external, search, and social in January 2018, falling to 11% in April 2023 — Data from Chartbeat and Similarweb shows how news publisher Facebook traffic has fallen. — Facebook referral traffic has plummeted …
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ABC News:
Ed Sheeran wins the copyright infringement lawsuit accusing him of copying the sheet music for his song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On — The case involved “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye's “Let's Get It On.” — Ed Sheeran has defeated a copyright infringement lawsuit involving …
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Hulu plans to roll out PBS, PBS Kids, and Magnolia Network on Hulu Live TV in the coming months, for a total of 90+ sports, news, and entertainment channels — Hulu Live TV announced Thursday that it is adding new channels to its library, bringing the total to over 90 channels across live sports, news and entertainment.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD Q1: revenue of $10.7B and a loss of $1.07B, $2.46B in streaming revenue with a $50M profit, up from a $217M loss in Q4 2022, and 97.6M streaming subscribers — The company, led by CEO David Zaslav, reported negative free cash flow in the first quarter due to interest and sports rights payments …
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Yahoo promotes Lauren Johnston to executive editor of Yahoo News US, which she joined in July 2014 from the New York Daily News — Johnston will lead original content strategy across news, entertainment and lifestyle verticals — Yahoo today announced the promotion of Lauren Johnston …
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Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:
Twitter's Community Notes is changing fact-checking by avoiding the term and using a crowdsourced consensus, a model for a fairer and more transparent approach — The strength of the platform's Community Notes feature is that it works through consensus — I think I might have let out an audible groan …
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