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7:35 AM ET, August 11, 2023

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Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
An interview with X CEO Linda Yaccarino on her having “autonomy” under Elon Musk, brands including Coca-Cola and Visa returning under her leadership, and more  —  WATCH NOW  —  X Corp. CEO Linda Yaccarino told CNBC that she has “autonomy” under owner Elon Musk in an interview Thursday …
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
X CEO Linda Yaccarino plans to reinstate the company's “client council”, an invite-only yet-to-be-decided group of marketing and ad executives, in the fall
Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
X unveils Sensitivity Settings and Enhanced Blocklist to boost brand safety and control for advertisers, rolling out over the next few weeks in X Ads Manager
Nicole Gallucci / Decider:
Writers for the series Suits, which aired from 2011 to 2019 and has received renewed interest on Netflix and Peacock, criticize their paltry streaming residuals  —  As WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes persist and tens of thousands of people withhold labor in pursuit of equitable streaming residuals …
Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press:
Meta's blocking of news outlets has impacted some satirical websites in Canada, including The Beaverton and The Toronto Harold, requiring appeals to the company  —  OTTAWA - Luke Gordon Field is trying to figure out how he can explain the concept of deadpan satire to an algorithm.  —  3 min to read
Discussion: @thebeaverton
Sarah Fielding / Engadget:
To fight spam, YouTube plans to deactivate links in Shorts descriptions, comments, and the vertical feed from August 31 and make social media icons unclickable  —  The move follows other anti-spam measures.  —  YouTube knows that it has a spam problem, particularly when it comes to its two-year-old Shorts feature.
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
The WGA's negotiating committee plans to meet the AMPTP on August 11; AMPTP President Carol Lombardini requested the meeting, the second since the strike began  —  After more than 100 days of striking, the Writers Guild of America said it has agreed to meet again with the negotiators representing the major Hollywood studios on Friday.
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Diana Marcum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former feature writer for the Los Angeles Times, San Bernardino Sun, and Fresno Bee, dies at 60  —  Diana Marcum forged a career, and a life, by giving a voice to Californians whom many people didn't take time to notice.
Reuters:
News Corp reports Q4 revenue down 9% YoY to $2.43B and profit up 8% YoY to $341M, with digital revenue accounting for over 50% of FY 2023 total revenue  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSA.O) on Thursday beat quarterly profit estimates thanks to its cost-cutting efforts and talked …
Jacob Granger / Journalism.co.uk:
Blendle, bought by Cafeyn in 2020, is ending micropayments for news articles in the US and Germany on September 4, focusing on subscription bundles instead  —  News consumers expect all-access, Spotify-style subscription bundles, not small purchases  —  Credit: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Discussion: @jbenton and Nieman Lab
Feven Merid / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Forbes, its myriad monetization endeavors like the 30 Under 30 list, the union dispute, its quest for a buyer, and its diluted media brand identity  —  The disarray and discontent at Forbes  —  On December 5, 2017, an article appeared on the Forbes website: “This Phlebotomist …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Condé Nast names Katie Drummond, Vice Media's senior vice president of global news and entertainment, as Wired's global editorial director  —  Ms. Drummond will be the first woman to lead the technology magazine in its 30-year history.  —  Katie Drummond will be the next top editor of Wired …
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Scott Mendelson / The Wrap:
Bob Iger says that Disney is expecting its FY 2023 content spending to be $27B, ~$3B lower than previously guided, in part due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes
 
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
The NFL adds RedZone and NFL Network to its NFL+ Premium service and raises its monthly price from $9.99 to $14.99 and the basic tier's from $4.99 to $6.99
David Hellier / Bloomberg:
Source: Saudi Pro Football League has signed TV deals in 130+ territories, including with Fox and DAZN, which paid ~$500K/year; 2022/23 global rights made $710K
Discussion: Front Office Sports
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Fox and the Television Academy push back the Emmy Awards from September 18, 2023, to January 15, 2024, in response to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
BBC News and BBC Sounds launched a Discord server in late June 2023 for the Newscast podcast, letting the now 3,700 members influence some editorial decisions
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Former Fox executive Preston Padden joins a small band of vocal critics urging the FCC to deny Fox's renewal of its license to operate Fox 29 in Philadelphia