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Natalie Korach / The Wrap:
Hearst Magazines Media Union says 41 of its members were laid off over “company restructuring”; impacted publications include Elle, Seventeen, and Men's Health — Hearst Magazines Media Union, which announced the news Thursday, says, “We are losing talented people whose creativity …
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
The New York Times' newsroom union files a grievance over the company's plans to shutter its sports section and rely on The Athletic for sports news coverage — The union representing the New York Times newsroom filed a grievance Thursday challenging the company's announcement that it plans …
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@smbahr14, @postsports, @tripgabriel, @lleibowitzz, @nytimesguild, Poynter, Awful Announcing and Barrett Media
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Commercial Content Library, giving access to ad data, including targeting parameters, but only ad data from Europe is available — TikTok has finally launched an ads transparency library — starting with data on ads and other commercial content running in Europe but with plans to expand that.
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@tiktokcomms, @jadenester, @parkerjbach, @carolinegreer, Search Engine Land, TikTok and Gadgets 360
Nora Neus / Poynter:
A look at the ethics policy of not paying sources for stories or information, and how compensating people for their time could enable broader, deeper reporting — Amid industrywide conversations about whose stories get told and who profits, it's worth revisiting this blanket rule with some more nuance.
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@poynter and @dankennedy_nu@journa.host
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
News organizations' deals with OpenAI and its rivals echo past Google and Meta “partnerships” and could ultimately help companies put journalists out of work — On Tuesday, the American Journalism Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to revitalize local media in the US …
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@espiers, Platformer, @cjr, @mathewi, @jayrosen_nyu, The Information, @sarahposner.bsky.social and Vanity Fair
Wall Street Journal:
Artisan Gateway: box-office sales for US films in China hit $592M in H1 2023, down from $1.9B in H1 2019, as Chinese audiences gravitate toward local movies — Chinese audiences are gravitating toward movies made at home, rather than in Hollywood — Over the past decade, Fang Fang …
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@jbflint, @lucas_shaw and @erichschwartzel
Byline Times:
Investigation: Dan Wootton was the subject of at least six bullying claims from Sun colleagues but was promoted while claims were silenced with payouts and NDAs — Receive our Behind the Headlines email and we'll post a free copy of Byline Times — Dan Wootton was the subject …
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The Guardian, @themeredish, @themeredish, @jasonpedlow, @jacquihames, @harriettmb@mastodon.ie and The Guardian
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Q&A with NME Networks COO Holly Bishop on relaunching the magazine as a global bimonthly using a “high-hype model” after shutting down print production in 2018 — Iconic music publication NME is relaunching its print magazine. — After shutting down production in 2018 …
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NME, Complete Music Update, Mumbrella, Digital Music News, Press Gazette and Music Business Worldwide
Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:
San Diego Union-Tribune Editor and Publisher Jeff Light is leaving after the outlet's sale to Alden; an unofficial list of staffers taking buyouts has ~30 names — The editor and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune is leaving the paper after 13 years, he announced Thursday.
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KNSD-TV, @kenstonemedia, @kenstonemedia, The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Intersect
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: a syndicate of investors led by Matthew Roszak of Tally Capital and Peter Vessenes of Capital6 is close to acquiring CoinDesk in a deal worth ~$125M — Syndicate is led by Matthew Roszak of Tally Capital and Peter Vessenes of Capital6 — A syndicate of investors is in the final stages …
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The Information, Bloomberg and Talking Biz News
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Production workers, 66 at Warner Bros. Animation and 22 at Cartoon Network, file an NLRB petition to form a union and ask WBD to voluntarily recognize the unit — The staffers, who work on projects including ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ and 'Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: AMC Entertainment drops its seat location pricing plan; a test didn't grow revenue as moviegoers didn't pay up for better seats or less for worse seats — The world's largest cinema chain, which said in February it would expand its tiered-pricing structure to theaters in the US and Canada …
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