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10:45 PM ET, July 13, 2023

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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
SAG-AFTRA members officially decide to strike on July 14, after failed negotiations with the AMPTP, joining 11,000+ already striking film and television writers  —  - The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union is going on strike.
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Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Netflix's Orange Is the New Black was an early indicator of how lopsided the streaming economy would be, as 10 actors from the show detail tiny residual incomes  —  The innovative and daring show was a worldwide hit for Netflix, but some of the actors say that they were never fairly compensated.
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
SAG-AFTRA: AMPTP's AI proposal lets studios scan a background actor to create a digital likeness, for a day's pay, for perpetual use without consent or pay  —  During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland …
Los Angeles Times:
A look back at the last time Hollywood actors and writers went on strike, when Ronald Reagan led the SAG, and how technological advancement fuels labor conflict  —  The year was 1960.  An actor named Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild, which was at the time fired …
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Bob Iger says Disney's linear TV channels, like ABC, “may not be core to Disney”, leaving the door open to a possible sale; Disney is open to a partner for ESPN  —  - Disney CEO Bob Iger sat down with CNBC's David Faber at Allen & Co.'s annual conference in Sun Valley on Thursday.
Ryan Phillips / The Big Lead:
The Seattle Times fires newly hired editorial writer David Volodzko after he claimed on Twitter that Hitler was a lesser evil than Lenin  —  The Seattle Times has fired recently-hired columnist David Volodzko after he wrote one piece for the paper.  Volodzko was a member of the Times' editorial board …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The AP and OpenAI sign a two-year deal; the AP gets access to OpenAI's tech in return for licensing some of its text archive dating back to 1985 for AI training  —  The Associated Press on Thursday said it reached a two-year deal with OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, to share access to select news content and technology.
Adam Crafton / The Athletic:
How Apple expanded into sports, starting with MLB in March 2022, leading to an unusual deal to bring Messi to the MLS and share new subscriber revenue with him  —  In 2019, during an interview with Sports Illustrated, the Apple senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, was asked the extent to which he …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at New Mexico's state-funded journalism program, established in 2019, which matches recent college graduates with newsrooms for nine-month fellowships  —  Though the fellowship in New Mexico is short — just nine months — the majority of alumni are currently working full-time in newsrooms across the state.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Sun faces questions over its controversial 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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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
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets  —  Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts.
Financial Times:
Some investors in Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which owns the rights to music by Nirvana, Rihanna, and others, urge the fund to sell catalogs to raise its stock price  —  Pop music assets pioneer is trading at less than half the $2.2bn valuation it ascribes to its portfolio
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Al Giordano, a former Boston Phoenix columnist who founded Narco News, dies; he won a case in 2001 that extended freedom of speech rights to online journalists  —  On Monday evening I received some sad news: Al Giordano, who was the political columnist at The Boston Phoenix in the mid-1990s …
 
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The Guardian plans to launch a digital European edition in fall 2023, led by news editor Lizzy Davies, joining its UK, US, Australia, and international editions
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Telly begins shipping its free, dual-screen, ad-supported 4K TV as part of its public beta program and says Nielsen plans to license Telly's viewership data
Nieman Lab:
An analysis of AI guidelines set by 21 newsrooms around the world finds an emphasis on human oversight, transparency, accountability, responsibility, and more
BoulderPreston:
Three former Fox executives say they regret helping Rupert Murdoch build the company, which they never envisioned would become a “disinformation machine”
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
 

 
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Reuters:
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