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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon partners with YouTube to offer some new and upgrading wireless and home internet customers free access to the NFL Sunday Ticket — Verizon and YouTube are calling a new customer-acquisition play aimed a gridiron fans. … Terms of the agreement between Verizon and YouTube …
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google says 2B+ logged-in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts, up from 1.5B+ in June 2022, and YouTube is reaching 150M people on their TVs in the US — Google said today that more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts, giving it an edge over competitors like TikTok and Instagram Reels.
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New York Times:
Despite not being in SAG-AFTRA, many influencers are passing up deals to promote movies and TV shows to avoid online criticism and being barred from the guild — Despite not being in the actors' union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows …
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The Hollywood Reporter:
With striking actors not doing press, sources say multiple streaming services are discussing potentially moving certain undated fully shot series to early 2024 — With talent unable to do press and content pipelines at risk of running dry, executives at every major streamer are quietly debating …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK-listed online retailer THG agrees to acquire London business newspaper City AM, which was put up for sale this month; all City AM employees will join THG — THG owns online retail brands including Cult Beauty and Myprotein. — Online beauty and nutrition group THG …
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The Guardian, Sky News, The Guardian, City A.M., London Evening Standard and @pressgazette
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
How Oklahoma's McCurtain Gazette investigated the local sheriff and obtained a recording of officials talking about killing reporters and lynching Black people — In Southeast Oklahoma, a father-son reporting duo's series on the county sheriff led to an explosive revelation.
Reuters:
Sources: music rights company BMI is again exploring options including a sale; BMI switched to a for-profit model in 2022 after failing to sell itself in 2021 — Broadcast Music Inc (BMI), the music rights company representing top songwriters such as Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The BBC invested £128.5M into TV and radio content under its Creative Diversity Commitment, hitting its £100M three-year goal with one year to spare — The BBC invested £128.5 million ($165.7 million) into TV and radio content in the first two years of its Creative Diversity Commitment, a year ahead of target.
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@blackamazon, BBC, Deadline and WORLD SCREEN
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Documents detail the struggles of Amazon's Clubhouse rival Amp, launched in March 2022 with a year-end target of 1M+ MAUs; a source says MAUs sit at 700K today — At the height of the COVID-19 health crisis, when many of us — forced by quarantine rules and social distancing guidelines …
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The Information, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Emails: Twitter/X offers discounts on new video ads in the US and UK and warns advertisers they will lose verified status unless they reach spending thresholds — Social-media site X is offering hefty discounts to lure back ad dollars — X Corp. is cutting ad prices as it tries to woo brands back to the Elon Musk-owned platform.
Emine Sinmaz / The Guardian:
A UK jury finds Kevin Spacey not guilty of nine charges of sexual assault alleged to have been committed between 2004 and 2013 — Jury at Southwark crown court finds Oscar-winning actor, 64, not guilty after four-week trial — Kevin Spacey wept and said he was humbled after being cleared …
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Meta hasn't labeled propaganda accounts of state-backed media from Russia and other authoritarian governments on Threads, unlike on Facebook and Instagram — State-backed media accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers without the labels they are made to carry on Instagram and Facebook
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