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9:10 AM ET, July 7, 2023

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta launches Instagram's text-based Threads app on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts  —  - Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter.  — People will be able to use their Instagram usernames …
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Poynter:
Some journalists say Threads holds promise for their work, and a few say media should be wary of a platform from Meta, which has threatened to block news links  —  Here's what some notable journalists think about Meta's new social network, which has seen explosive growth since its Wednesday launch.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Hands-on with Threads: fairly bare-bones text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram, no hashtags, no edit button, search is only for user handles, and more  —  Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption.
New York Times:
Memo: NBC CEO Mike Cavanagh promotes Donna Langley, to make entertainment content creative decisions, and Mark Lazarus, to have purview over business decisions  —  Donna Langley will gain broader oversight of creative decisions for the company's entertainment content.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discussion: MediaPost and @bristei
Sean Keeley / Awful Announcing:
G/O Media's outlets start posting AI-generated content despite staff pushback; a Gizmodo editor calls an AI-generated Star Wars list with errors “embarrassing”  —  A few weeks back, we wrote about the seemingly never-ending drama at G/O Media, wondering why writers …
Bloomberg:
French media companies Le Monde, AFP, Le Figaro, and Liberation are accessing Meta's Threads even though Meta hasn't launched the platform in the EU  —  European football teams, media like Le Monde and Agence France-Presse and other organizations on the continent have found …
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
The first modern US election without a “minimum viable media” could be in 2024, as automated content helps news institutions and distribution systems collapse  —  In a recent interview with Canadian right-wing influencer Jordan Peterson, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Discussion: @grahamdavida and @intelligencer
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Trade groups push back against the FTC's “click to cancel” proposal; News Media Alliance says its members get “very few complaints” about cancellation processes  —  Mandating a simpler cancellation process would confuse consumers and create problems for businesses, trade groups say
Discussion: Fox News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
MediaNews Group, the newspaper chain owned by Alden Global Capital, has removed commenting widgets from their sites as of July 1, citing moderation difficulties  —  MediaNews Group, the local newspaper company owned by Alden Global Capital, has shut down all of its comment sections as of July 1st …
Discussion: @mgsiegler
 
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James Warrington / Telegraph:
News UK denies having plans to close TalkTV, reportedly by the end of 2023; Barb: TalkTV reached 1.8M in May 2023, vs. 9M for Sky News and 11M for BBC News
Discussion: Guido Fawkes and Broadband TV News
Sarah Alvarez / Columbia Journalism Review:
Philanthropists such as the MacArthur Foundation are weighing whether and how to spend big to help local news; rumors set the amount up to $500M over five years
Variety:
A look at Disney's costly film flops, creative struggles, and shrinking 2023 box office, a shift from 2022, when Avatar: The Way of Water and other hits debuted
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify stops letting subscribers paying via Apple's App Store to use IAP as a payment method, after barring new subscribers from using Apple's IAP in May 2016
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
GQ EIC Will Welch, who sources say made the call to pull a piece critical of WBD CEO David Zaslav, is producing a Warner Bros. movie, a likely ethical conflict
Wall Street Journal:
Paramount, Comcast, Disney, and Netflix's total market value has dropped $280B+ since the end of 2020; WBD lost ~50% of its value since its 2022 trading debut
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Twitter quietly backtracks on requiring users to log in to see individual tweets, ending Elon Musk's “temporary emergency measure”; profiles remain blocked