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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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@yoda, @filmthepolicela, @xnewsdaily, @mshannahmurphy, @apocalypticanow.bsky.social, The Wrap and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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Aisyah Llewellyn / Al Jazeera:
Indonesia restricts X.com, which now redirects to twitter.com after Twitter rebranding to X, as the domain had been previously used by porn and gambling sites — Medan, Indonesia - Elon Musk's aspirations for X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, have hit a stumbling block …
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The Daily Beast, @Rasta@mstdn.ca, Insider, Engadget, Newslit Daily, @ryanschultz@mastodon.social, Insider, Gizmodo, NBC News, UPROXX and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
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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@rzgreenfield, @4evrmalone, @maorthofer, @bigmeaninternet and Ad Age
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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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Media Voices, Sky News, City A.M., Bloomberg, @pressgazette, The Guardian, The Guardian and London Evening Standard
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Netflix lists a $300K to $900K-a-year ML product manager job that points to its plans to use AI to “create great content”, as actors strike for AI protections — Rob Delaney said, “My melodious voice? My broad shoulders and dancer's undulating buttocks? I decide how those are used!"
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Netflix Jobs, The Guardian, Deadline, Bloomberg, Beyond Search, @cdarwin@c.im, @bookspotlight.bsky.social, @timnitGebru@dair …, @pame, Fortune, Fast Company, Metro, IndieWire, Engadget, @kenklippenstein.bsky.social, The Register, Insider, TechRadar, The Overspill, Digital Music News, Screen Rant, Gizmodo and Variety
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Producer Scott Zabielski and entrepreneur Adam Mosam plan to launch an AI-dependent, 30-minute weekly news show in 2023 for a FAST channel, hosted by AI anchors — Channel 1 News, from former ‘Tosh.0’ veteran Scott Zabielski and entrepreneur Adam Mosam, plans to use generative AI to create personalized newscasts.
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New York Times:
A group of booksellers, publishers, and authors sue to stop a new Texas law that is taking effect in September and requires stores to rate books' sexual content — With a book-rating law set to take effect in September, a group of booksellers, along with publishers and authors, filed suit to argue that it is unconstitutional.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
ITV reports H1 2023 revenue down 2% YoY to £1.63B, digital ad revenue up 24% YoY to £179M, Studios revenue up 8% YoY to £1B, and ITVX MAUs up 29% YoY to 12.5M — U.K. broadcaster ITV's total external revenues declined 2% to £1.63 billion ($2.11 billion) …
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Bloomberg, Broadband TV News, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Libro.fm, an audiobook retailer and listening app for local bookshops, launches internationally; the company has partnered with over 2,200 independent bookshops — Libro.fm, the audiobook retailer and listening app for local bookshops, launched internationally on Wednesday to give …
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@librofm, Publishing Perspectives, @librofm and @bookishcrick
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix is reworking its tech deal with Microsoft for its ad tier to reduce the revenue guarantee and has discussed selling ads through other partners — Streamer asks for patience as it tries to jump-start $6.99 a month ad tier — Netflix is restructuring its advertising partnership …
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Reuters and Broadband TV News, 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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