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5:35 PM ET, June 21, 2023

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Peter White / Deadline:
Sources: in a surprise move, WBD shops some HBO titles to Netflix, including Issa Rae's 2021 comedy Insecure, to boost revenue; some HBO veterans pushed back  —  EXCLUSIVE: HBO's streaming walled garden is coming down, it seems.  —  In a hugely surprising move, Deadline understands …
Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley:
[Thread] US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito uses a Wall Street Journal op-ed to respond to ProPublica questions for a report, instead of issuing a statement  —  Justice Alito appears to be trying to get out ahead of a new ProPublica report that will address a trip he went on with billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer. Weirdly, it is published as an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/...
Washington Post:
ProPublica reporters and other staff are unionizing; staff memo: President Robin Sparkman and EIC Stephen Engleberg say ProPublica plans to recognize the union  —  The donor-supported hub for investigative reporting isn't grappling with the same economic strains as its corporate peers.
Zosha Millman / Polygon:
Ali Selim, the director and executive producer of Marvel's Secret Invasion, says Method Studios used AI to design the opening credits scene  —  ‘It just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity’  —  The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy.
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire:
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson call WBD CEO David Zaslav to advocate for Turner Classic Movies' leadership team, hit with layoffs  —  Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson have organized an emergency call to David Zaslav that will take place today …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
WBD begins layoffs in its domestic cable group, affecting ~100 people across Discovery and Turner outlets; cuts are expected in more divisions later this summer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon:
Ron Wyden, Mike Lee, and Richard Durbin reintroduce the bipartisan PRESS Act to shield journalists from government surveillance; a similar House bill is planned  —  Bill Defends Reporters' Communication Records Against Government Seizure To Protect Confidential Sources and Promote Accountability …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Geraldo Rivera says that Fox News took him off The Five; in early May 2023, Rivera complained that he had “been canceled” from upcoming broadcasts of the show  —  Rivera had been tapped to be one of the late-afternoon chat show's regular “liberal” co-hosts last year, but he has seen his appearances dry up in recent months.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Discussion: TechCrunch
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix tweaks its weekly top 10 rankings to sort by “views”, calculated by dividing the time spent watching a film or a show in a week by its running time  —  The streamer's weekly rankings will now show the most popular titles by number of accounts watching as well as total time.
 
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Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel:
Gear Patrol, a publication and content studio focused on consumer products, acquires digital photography site DPReview from Amazon, after its scheduled shutdown
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with Margaret Sullivan about American Crisis, her new Substack podcast that she says will address “whether journalism, at its best, can help save democracy”
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Glee and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy plans to leave Netflix for Disney; Netflix signed Murphy in 2018 for an up to $300M five-year deal