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Contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP break off; the guild's board will now meet to approve a strike, the first actors' strike since 1980 — Contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP broke off tonight, and the guild's national board will meet Thursday morning to formally approve the launch of a strike.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Studio and streaming sources: the studios plan to “break the WGA” by allowing “things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments” and houses — EXCLUSIVE: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Huw Edwards' wife names him as the BBC presenter suspended over allegedly buying sexually explicit photos; police say there's no evidence of a criminal offense — News comes shortly after Met says there is no evidence suspended presenter committed criminal offence
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Sun faces serious questions over its reporting on a BBC presenter, later revealed to be Huw Edwards, after UK police found no evidence of criminality — Days after publication, the newsreader is in hospital with mental health issues and the paper is rapidly backtracking
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney's board extends Bob Iger's contract as CEO through 2026, two years longer than he had planned; Iger was supposed to have prepared his next successor — - Disney is extending CEO Bob Iger's contract through 2026. — Iger told CNBC in February that he had no intention to stay longer …
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Chris Willman / Variety:
Luminate's H1 2023 report: on-demand audio and video streams were up 30.8% YoY globally and 15% YoY in the US, US physical album sales rose 13.3% YoY, and more — The vinyl boom is not going bust anytime soon. In the first half of 2023, vinyl LP sales were up 21.7% from the same period the year before …
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New York Times:
Ray Epps, a Trump voter who attended the January 6 Capitol riot, sues Fox News for defamation, after the network and Tucker Carlson spread rumors he was a “fed” — Ray Epps, a two-time Trump voter, says Tucker Carlson repeatedly and falsely named him as a covert government agent who incited the Jan. 6 attacks.
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Peter White / Deadline:
HBO/Max again topped Emmy nominations with 127 in 2023; Netflix got 103, Hulu/FX on Hulu got 64, Apple TV+ got 50, Amazon got 45, Disney+ got 40, and ABC got 28 — HBO and sister streamer Max remain top of the Emmy nominations pile. — The Warner Bros. Discovery network …
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Imax plans to buy out its Hong Kong-traded Chinese subsidiary for $124M, a 49% premium over the 30-day average closing price; Imax China was established in 2011 — Imax Corp., the operator of big-screen cinemas, is seeking to buy out its Hong Kong-traded Chinese subsidiary in a deal valued at $124 million.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The White House warns Today News Africa owner and reporter Simon Ateba that if he continues “to impede briefings”, his press pass “may be suspended or revoked” — In a first for Biden's press office, the formal reprimand cites ‘continued interruptions’
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Three former Fox executives say they regret helping Rupert Murdoch build Fox Broadcasting, and by extension Fox News, which they call a “disinformation machine” — For what little it may, or may not, be worth at this point, Preston Padden, Ken Solomon and Bill Reyner wish …
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Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine:
Docs and sources: Shane Smith's Vice contract included a $1.6M salary, a 5% cut of deals with a 25% net margin he brought in, and now-worthless stock grants — When Vice Media filed for bankruptcy this May, the digital-media conglomerate, once worth more than the New York Times, was reduced to the mere sum of its parts.
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