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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M weakened its offer to a University of Texas professor to revive 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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney is exploring strategic options for its Star India business; Media Partners Asia estimates Disney+ Hotstar could lose 15M subscribers in FY 2023 — Talks are a sign of how Star India's fortunes have changed since Disney's purchase of Fox entertainment assets
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Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
A look at the global labor force on sites like Fiverr and Upwork, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI — The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Washington Post names former CNN and NYT executive Alex MacCallum as chief revenue officer and Uber's senior engineering leader Vineet Khosla as CTO — Alex MacCallum will focus on expanding the news publisher's subscription and ad businesses — The Washington Post named former CNN …
David Robb / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA agrees to federal mediation with the AMPTP, but says it is “not confident” in employers' intentions; contract still expires at 11:59pm PT on July 12 — SAG-AFTRA has agreed to federal mediation in order the break the bargaining deadlock with the Alliance of Motion Picture …
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BBC:
A young person says the BBC presenter at the center of a scandal sent them threatening texts after they alluded online to naming and having contact with him — 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.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says police asked the BBC to pause its investigation into a suspended male presenter as officers decide if a criminal investigation would be justified
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Press Gazette, Financial Times, Deadline, @adambienkov, The Week, @snowleopardess, The Hollywood Reporter and BBC
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Studio and streaming sources: the studios' plan is to “break the WGA” by allowing “things to drag on until union members starting losing their apartments” — EXCLUSIVE: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting …
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@discussingfilm, @guyendorekaiser, Variety, @lexialex, @k_trendacosta and The Hill
Alexander Gladstone / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Audacy is set to begin negotiations with financial creditors to restructure its $1.9B in debt as it struggles with declining advertising revenue — Audacy has said that it might not satisfy debt obligations as it faces a weak radio advertising market
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The Desk, Inside Radio and Radio & Television …
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.
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New York Magazine:
Q&A with Jake Tapper on covering Donald Trump and US elections in 2024, CNN's recent turmoil, CEO Chris Licht's downfall, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s lies, and more — Kara Swisher talks to the anchor about dealing with liars, covering 2024, and the drama at CNN.
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@intelligencer, New York Post, @nymag, Spotify, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, The Hill and Mediaite
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.”
Reuters:
Syria cancels the media accreditation of two local journalists working for the BBC over what the information ministry calls “false” and “politicized” coverage — Syria's information ministry said on Saturday it had cancelled the accreditation of two local journalists working …
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@annie_sparrow, BBC, Associated Press and Committee to Protect …
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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