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3:00 AM ET, August 9, 2023

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ESPN Press Room U.S.:
ESPN and Penn Entertainment unveil a deal to launch ESPN Bet, as Penn rebrands its sportsbook in the 16 US states where it is licensed; PENN up ~15% after hours  —  Sports betting deal to include a streamlined experience for sports fans  —  ESPN today announced an agreement with PENN Entertainment …
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Penn Entertainment is selling Barstool Sports back to founder Dave Portnoy, who has accepted certain noncompete agreements; Penn had bought Barstool for $551M  —  - Tim Baysinger- Kerry Flynn- Sara Fischer  —  ESPN on Tuesday announced a betting joint venture with casino operator PENN Entertainment …
Catherine Perloff / Adweek:
Google changes the name of one of its advertising video formats from “in-stream ads” to “skippable ads”, after a report accused YouTube of misleading buyers  —  What was once in-stream ads are now skippable ads  —  Google changed the name of one of its video formats …
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Wall Street Journal:
Charlie Ergen strikes a deal to merge Dish and EchoStar, as he shifts away from the shrinking pay-TV network to compete with wireless giants like AT&T
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Endeavor says the ongoing Hollywood strikes are expected to the cost the company ~$25M per month in revenue, but the company will stand with its clients  —  The full effects of the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes will be felt in WME parent Endeavor's third quarter earnings report.
Discussion: Deadline and The Wrap
Kate Harloe / Popula:
The Albany Public Libraries partnered with the city's local paper, the Times Union, to produce a series of articles and examine what kind of news locals needed  —  checking out the news at the Albany Public Library  —  On a cold Saturday last November I needed a place to work …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
An analysis of Paramount's $1.62B deal to sell Simon & Schuster to PE firm KKR, in which Simon & Schuster employees receive an ownership stake in the company  —  CEO Jonathan Karp is touting the “commitment to growth” promised by storied investment firm KKR, which has inked a $1.6 billion deal to buy S&S from Paramount Global.
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC shutters all but four of its accounts on X, citing “toxic interactions” and cost, amid shifting resources to TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram  —  The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts
Committee to Protect Journalists:
A look at the increasingly hostile environment for journalism in the Netherlands, where the 2021 killing of journalist Peter R de Vries has had ripple effects  —  On a small street off Amsterdam's bustling museum district, there is no indication of the 2021 event seared into the memories of the Dutch press corps - at least not yet.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson says the outlet hopes to be profitable in 2024, plans to seek higher-margin ad deals, and has 925K subscribers  —  The Atlantic has booked $19.5 million in advertising and events revenue so far this year, according to data shown to staff during …
Discussion: Media Voices and @sarafischer
Sara Fischer / Axios:
OpenAI plans to offer a $395K grant to fund a new initiative at New York University's journalism school that will provide workshops on journalism ethics issues  —  OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, will fund a new journalism ethics initiative at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute …
 
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Mark Hicks / The Detroit News:
Bob Giles, who led two newsrooms to Pulitzers, oversaw Nieman Journalism Lab's launch, and selected and hosted hundreds of Nieman Fellows at Harvard, dies at 90
Max Kim / Los Angeles Times:
The Korea Broadcasting Actors Union says Netflix is not responding to calls to meet, as the union asks for the same residuals that US actors get under SAG-AFTRA
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $590.9M, $92.2M adjusted operating profit, 9.88M subscribers, and subscription revenue up 7% YoY to $409.6M
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Given the countless times Elon Musk has walked back announcements, the business media must rethink its coverage of X, Musk, and the fight with Mark Zuckerberg
Jane Friedman:
An author finds “garbage books”, most likely AI-generated, uploaded to Amazon under her name and added to Goodreads; both services have since removed the titles