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Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley:
[Thread] Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito uses a Wall Street Journal op-ed to respond to questions from ProPublica, instead of simply 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/...
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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 …
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Washington Post:
ProPublica reporters and other staff are unionizing; 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. Its staffers still want a union anyway.
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire:
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson organize a call to WBD CEO David Zaslav to advocate for Turner Classic Movies, 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; more cuts are expected in other divisions this summer
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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.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Geraldo Rivera says Fox News took him off The Five; in early May, he 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:
Patreon adds a free membership tier for the first time and plans to let creators sell one-off downloadable products such as videos and podcasts, taking a 5% cut — Patreon built a user base with creators who wanted to charge a fee for the content they create.
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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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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Disney criticizes the UK's draft Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Bill, saying the law would “micro-manage” how streamers interact with users — EXCLUSIVE: Disney has raised serious concerns about new UK laws that will require it to send contract renewal notices …
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Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
YouTube TV expands testing of its Multiview feature, letting some users view up to five channels at once — It has been a slow, but exciting tease over the past three months as YouTube TV has worked out the kinks of its new Multiview feature which allows customers to watch multiple streams at the same time.
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitch plans to require that streamers add new content labels for streams with sexual themes, graphic violence, drug use, gambling, or “significant” vulgarity — Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels.
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with Fox News host Greg Gutfeld about his late-night show's ratings success, controversial comments, wanting Tucker Carlson's time slot, and more — Host of late-night show ‘Gutfeld!’ and co-host of ‘The Five’ emerges as bigger player at network after Tucker Carlson's exit
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