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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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Ad Age and Digiday, more at Techmeme »
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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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Screen Rant
Financial Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino pitched her vision for Twitter/X to talent agencies in LA and met with Disney, in a bid to bring stars and influencers to the platform — Social media app's new chief meets with agents at leading talent agencies amid controversy over rebranding to ‘X’
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@apocalypticanow.bsky.social, The Wrap and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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.
Srishti Jaswal / Rest of World:
Political parties in India court big and small social media influencers ahead of 2024 elections, offering to pay for political messages that have no disclosures — As the campaign for the 2024 elections in India goes digital, social media influencers have become a powerful tool to try and shape voter behavior.
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The Hollywood Reporter, The Drum and Sydney Morning Herald
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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City A.M., Sky News, The Guardian, The Guardian, @pressgazette and London Evening Standard
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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Verizon, The Desk, Awful Announcing, TechCrunch, Light Reading, Front Office Sports, Media Play News, Tubefilter, The Streamable, 9to5Google, CNET, The Verge, Deadline and Cord Cutters News
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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Inside Radio, @iatalkspace, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide and Digital Music News
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's ad revenue increased 4.4% YoY to $7.67B in Q2, above expectations of $7.43B and a reversal after three consecutive quarters of declines
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Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, The Desk, Reuters, @eric_seufert, @howardlindzon, Quartz, @eric_seufert, @richlightshed, Tubefilter, Broadband TV News, @tvgrimreaper, @quinnypig, @nicoagrant, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, KNSD-TV, Digital Music News, Alphabet Inc., Deadline, The Wrap and Mobile Dev Memo
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet reports Q2 Google ad revenue up 3% YoY to $58.14B after two consecutive quarters of falling ad sales
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Observer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, KNSD-TV, @joshuaogundu, AdExchanger, The Drum, MediaPost, Reuters, TVNewsCheck, The Verge and 9to5Google
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 »
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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The Desk, @blackamazon, BBC, WORLD SCREEN and Deadline
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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Daily Mail, Page Six, Press Association, @marknelsoncomic, CBS News, Al Jazeera, @kattenbarge, PinkNews, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, RTÉ, Associated Press, Fox News, The Week, The Hollywood Reporter, TVLine, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Kiss 95.1, BBC, TVNewsCheck, TMZ.com, IndieWire, Reuters, RADAR, Sky News, @variety, E! Online, NPR, NBC News, @mistresssnowphd, @comebackkid44723 …, Variety, The Wrap, Mediaite, Semafor, Screen Rant and New York Daily News
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