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5:40 PM ET, July 11, 2023

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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M weakened its offer to a University of Texas professor to lead its journalism program, after backlash about DEI and her NYT past; she's staying at UT  —  The university celebrated its decision to hire Kathleen McElroy to revive its journalism program.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says police asked the BBC to pause its investigation into a suspended presenter as officers decide if there are grounds for a criminal investigation  —  Corporation's director general reveals request as officers consider if there is reason for a criminal inquiry
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A young person says the BBC presenter at the center of the scandal sent them threatening texts after they alluded online to having contact with a BBC presenter  —  A young person has told BBC News they felt threatened by the BBC presenter at the centre of a row over payment for sexually explicit photos.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC reports record BBC Studios revenue up 28% YoY to £2.09B in 2022-2023, EBITDA rose 6% YoY to £240M, and returns to the BBC reached a record £362M  —  Thanks to hit content, such as ‘Happy Valley,’ 'Bluey, and ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ the commercial arm …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The BBC reports a £120M deficit and record income of £5.7B in 2022-2023, with license fee payments making up £3.74B, down £60M YoY
Discussion: BBC and BBC
Variety:
Top Hollywood executives are working on a plan to call in federal mediators to try to avert a SAG-AFTRA strike, which could happen as early as July 13  —  A group of CEOs and senior executives, including Disney chief Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav and Netflix's Ted Sarandos …
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Filings show Vice executives' $700K+ salaries and collective bonuses totaling $1M+ on April 28, one day after layoffs and two weeks before the bankruptcy filing  —  Vice senior staff writer Joseph Cox shared the eye-popping payments made to Vice Media executives who “led VICE to bankruptcy” on Monday.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times leans into its B2B business with an FT Professional rebranding, citing that its B2B subscriptions account for 75% of its paying readers  —  B2B subscriptions account for 75% of the FT's paying readers.  —  The Financial Times is targeting growth in its B2B division …
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
A volunteer contributor for Twitter's Community Notes details checking rampant spam and disinformation across the site and says the tool is far from sufficient  —  Twitter's “Community Notes” volunteers are supposed to make the platform “the most accurate source of information about the world.”
Washington Post:
The Washington Post becomes the first major national newspaper to join Verizon's +play subscription aggregation hub; new Post subscribers get three months free  —  The Washington Post announced today that it has joined Verizon's +play - giving Verizon customers an exclusive three-month subscription …
Discussion: The Desk
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The LAT debuts De Los, a free, standalone vertical for English-dominant Latinos on its website, Instagram, and TikTok; the paper has 547K+ digital subscribers  —  “There is no future for the L.A. Times without Latino subscribers, because that's who lives here.”
 
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Adam Buckman / MediaPost:
CNN launched a new weeknight primetime show, “The Source”, anchored by Kaitlan Collins, on July 10 at 9pm ET; Collins most recently co-anchored CNN This Morning
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Michael Geist:
Canada outlines planned regulations for Bill C-18 that cap liability and set minimum financial contributions by Meta and Google based on their Canadian revenue
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Reuters:
Meta told an Australian foreign interference inquiry the company plans to add “state-affiliated media” and “fact-checking” labels to Threads “expeditiously”
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New York Times:
A look at a planned Fox News defamation case by Ray Epps, a Trump voter who attended January 6 and Tucker Carlson named in a conspiracy theory in ~20 episodes
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family sell the San Diego Union-Tribune to an affiliate of Alden Global Capital's newspaper publisher MediaNews, which promised cuts
New York Times:
The NYT announces plans to disband its sports desk and rely on coverage from The Athletic online and in print; NYT sports journalists will move to other roles
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings

Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI is in early talks with the California AG's office to become a for-profit company; letter: it also has discussed the shift with the Delaware AG
 
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