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11:50 AM ET, July 28, 2023

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Variety:
Sources: vendors for the Emmys have been told the ceremony will not air on September 18, as the Hollywood strikes drag on; the event was last postponed in 2001  —  Vendors for the 75th Primetime Emmys have been told that the ceremony will not air on September 18 — the first time that there …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Jeff Zucker's spokesperson asks Variety to retract a post on Zucker and CNN, and Puck and The Atlantic reporters refute some of its claims; Variety stands by it  —  The magazine's scathing feature on former network chief Jeff Zucker has unleashed an outcry over its veracity, with some top media brass even calling for a retraction.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the AP's deal to license content to OpenAI has a clause that gives AP the right to reset the terms if another publisher gets a better deal from OpenAI  —  Associated Press pact with OpenAI gives it the right to reset terms if another publisher gets a better deal
Discussion: @asharma
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A profile of Simon Ateba, owner and White House correspondent of the website Today News Africa, who has cultivated a brand of being a disruptor by defying norms  —  The Today News Africa gadfly has become a hero on the right, thanks to his confrontational behavior in the White House briefing room.
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
European consolidator Asacha Media Group acquires UK-based producer Arrow International Media; sources: the deal may value Arrow in the low eight-figure range  —  European consolidator Asacha Media Group has acquired a majority stake in Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom producer Arrow International Media.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Job listings at Disney, Sony, Netflix, and other companies indicate there is a hiring spree for AI jobs in the entertainment industry  —  Netflix is hiring a $900,000 per year AI product manager, Disney is looking for generative AI specialists, and Sony seeks an AI ethics expert …
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Bloomberg:
Research using Meta's data from around the 2020 US election shows news audiences were highly politically segregated; changing algorithms didn't change attitudes  —  Multiple studies aim to understand Facebook's impact on elections … Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook's parent company …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Cineworld secured a new $250M revolving credit facility as part of a restructuring process that will let the company exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy  —  The Cineworld cinema chain has secured a new revolving credit facility of $250 million as part of its restructuring process.
Discussion: City A.M. and Deadline
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
The staff of Mississippi Today, which won a 2023 Pulitzer for Local Reporting, and its New Orleans-focused sister site Verite unionize  —  It's the latest evolution for scrappy nonprofit Mississippi Today, founded seven years ago by former NBC News executive Andy Lack
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN plans to air a SportsCenter show with an all-female anchor team and a female-led production crew, as it aims to serve brands that support women's sports  —  Not tonight.  —  When ESPN viewers tune in to the 11 p.m. edition of the long-running sports-news program, they may see something a little different.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $847.2M, vs. $773.5M est., platform revenue up 11% YoY to $744M, and active accounts up 16% YoY to 73.5M; ROKU jumps 8%+  —  The company reported Q2 revenue of $847.2 million, up 11%, and a net loss of $107.6 million (-$0.76 per share).
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Universal Music Group Q2: revenue rises 8.8% YoY to €2.697B, or $2.93B, subscription streaming revenue up 13%, and merchandising up 12.1%; stock climbs 10%+  —  Yesterday, the world's biggest subscription music streaming service, Spotify, announced its Q2 results.
 
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John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Yahoo Sports hires former Axios Sports newsletter editor Kendall Baker as its senior writer to oversee its newsletter strategy and launch a new daily newsletter
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The UK's Film & TV Charity names Marcus Ryder, former BBC news executive and a diversity veteran, as its CEO, replacing Alex Pumfrey, who moved to ITV this year
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
The White House condemned Fox News over comments made by host Greg Gutfeld, who said some Jews “had to be useful” as a means for survival during the Holocaust
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
A UK judge sends Prince Harry's lawsuit against The Sun's publisher over alleged unlawful information gathering to trial, but barred phone hacking claims
Reuters:
Comcast reports Q2 revenue up 1.7% YoY to $30.5B, content and experiences revenue up 4% YoY to $10.9B, and Peacock hit 24M subscribers, up from 22M in Q1 2023
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC News' Yalda Hakim leaves just months after becoming a chief presenter to join Sky News to be the lead world news presenter and lead a new primetime program
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