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Rocio Fabbro / The Messenger:
Staff writers at Disney's National Geographic say the outlet is laying off all remaining writers and will rely on freelancers and people with outside funding — Several staff writers announced their layoffs over Twitter — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD plans to add live CNN programming to Max outside the US later in 2023 and is weighing different approaches for the US — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is planning to add live programming from CNN to the Max streaming service later this year, according to people familiar with the matter …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: several news and magazine publishers, including The NYT, News Corp, IAC, and Axel Springer, are discussing forming a coalition to address AI's impact — New York Times, Wall Street Journal parent News Corp and Dotdash Meredith owner IAC are among companies discussing forming a coalition
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Analysis: BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram with 25.7M followers, adding 7.4M since 2021; only three of the 10 biggest accounts are broadcasters — BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram, while Healthline Media is the fastest-growing. — Once largely shunned for news …
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Max Kim / Los Angeles Times:
South Koreans are increasingly questioning how Netflix pays them; writers generally get no residuals and production workers cite exploitative labor practices — In 2019, South Korean writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk pitched Netflix a script for a dystopian thriller about society's outcasts competing …
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Mia Galuppo / Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: the Sundance Institute lays off 11 people, or ~6% of its staff, as it juggles inflation, a drop in earned revenue, and a “challenging fundraising climate” — The reduction will affect 11 staffers, or about six percent of the organization.
Reuters:
DAZN urges Italy to speed up plans for tougher rules on online TV piracy for sports content, citing a FAPAV report that put the cost of piracy at €290M per year — Sports video service DAZN urged Italy to speed up plans to introduce tougher rules against online TV piracy as the use …
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Broadband TV News and Plagiarism Today
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads on Twitter's short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hope of selling more ads — CEO hits ground running with plans for new advertisement offering while telling staff to ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: Tucker Carlson is raising funds for a new media company and a “vast majority” of his ex-Fox News staffers, who were laid off this week, will join him — Life inside the Fox News bunker, the Watters-Hannity-Gutfeld Cerberus, and news on Tucker Carlson's new media ambitions.
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Mediaite, @decodingfoxnews and @pucknews
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer CTO Matt Boggie about refreshing the paper's print infrastructure, deriving significant revenue from print, and more — The city paper committed a team of ten to a year of revamping its print infrastructure. — Beginning in late 2021 …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Turner Classic Movies executive Charles Tabesh, a 25-year veteran of the network, will remain in his post, a reversal after backlash to WBD downsizing — In a cinematic twist, Turner Classic Movies programming executive Charles Tabesh will remain in his post following Warner Bros. Discovery's …
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PennLive:
Advance Local plans to launch Lone Star Live in Texas in August, covering news, sports, and culture and partnering with sports betting company Sidelines Group — Advance Local, the parent company of PA Media Group, will expand into a new market this summer with the launch of Lone Star Live …
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