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5:40 AM ET, July 8, 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
Poynter:
Some journalists say Threads has a lot of promise for work, and a few say publishers should be wary of a platform from Meta, which has blocked news links before
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Forbes:
Entrepreneurs and fashion designers claim to have lost $195K+ to Women of the City, a UK glossy fashion magazine that charged for features but never delivered  —  Women of the City looked like a glossy fashion magazine on a mission to highlight female entrepreneurs.
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Wesley Lowery on leading the Investigative Reporting Workshop, six methods to guide journalism, and more  —  Lowery took the helm of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University as its executive editor this month.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
From January 1 to July 2, Disney made $3.4B at the global box office, Universal made $2.89B, Sony made $1.1B, Warner Bros. made $898M, and Paramount made $871M  —  That breaks out to $1.35 billion domestic and $2.05 billion abroad, and this is off of seven theatrical releases so far in 2023.
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Fox News Digital retracts an intern's story that “inaccurately attributed” a quote to Trump's ex-HHS secretary Tom Price claiming he wouldn't back Trump in 2024  —  Fox News Digital retracted a story on Friday that “inaccurately attributed” a scathing statement …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discussion: @bristei and MediaPost
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
A look at TV shopping networks, which are struggling more due to baby boomers cutting back; ShopHQ network owner iMedia Brands filed for bankruptcy last week  —  Welcome to The Brink.  I'm Jonathan Randles, a reporter in New York, where I've been reporting on home shopping firms struggling to adapt to the digital era.
Discussion: @joeydhansen
 
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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
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
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