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4:00 AM ET, July 12, 2023

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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
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
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 …
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
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 …
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
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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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.”
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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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
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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
Discussion: @brianstelter
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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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
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