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Washington Post:
X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks — The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times …
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: in July, linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV usage, a first in over two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record 38.7% high of TV usage — Nielsen's monthly platform rankings show broadcast and cable making up less than half of all TV use.
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Nielsen, CNBC, The Streamable, TechCrunch, Cord Cutters News, TVLine, Gizmodo, Deadline, MediaPost, @digitalshields, WORLD SCREEN, Nielsen, Variety, Consequence, Next TV, Media Play News, Wall Street Journal and Collider, more at Techmeme »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN sportscaster Sage Steele plans to leave the network after settling her lawsuit alleging ESPN violated her free speech rights; ESPN suspended Steele in 2021 — Sage Steele, the veteran ESPN sportscaster who became better known in recent years for her stances on hot topics like coronavirus vaccinations …
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@sagesteele, The Hill, CNBC, CNN, Sportico.com, TVLine, New Jersey Online, Awful Announcing, For The Win, VIBE.com, Deadline, New York Post, @ourand_sbj, Barrett Media, The Hollywood Reporter and Fox News
Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube starts mass removing videos promoting “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or discouraging “seeking professional medical treatment” — YouTube will remove content that promotes “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or which …
Andrew Paul / Popular Science:
To comply with a state law requiring that school library books be “age appropriate”, an Iowa school district used ChatGPT to find books depicting “a sex act” — Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain …
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@bcmerchant.bsky.social, Mashable, Gizmodo, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @emilymbender, @paisleycurrah, @drewharwell@mastodon.social, @andrewpaul.bsky.social, @bkreit, @Mer__edith@mastodon.world, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, @kiplet@social.tchncs.de, @dkbgeek@noc.social, Shelly Palmer, Engadget and The Register, more at Techmeme »
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
TSG sues Twentieth Century Fox and parent Disney, claiming the studio withheld profits and cut deals to boost Hulu, Disney+, and its stock, at partners' expense — TSG's lawsuit, which also names Disney unit Twentieth Century Fox, is similar to Scarlett Johansson's 2021 suit against company
Discussion:
Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Vice executives have repeatedly blocked the outlet's critical coverage of Saudi Arabia, citing concerns for the safety of staff in the country — Exclusive: Media company recently signed lucrative deal with Saudi government-controlled MBC Group — Vice has repeatedly blocked news stories …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A lawsuit that threatens to bankrupt a Wisconsin local news website highlights a trend of wealthy and powerful people using defamation law for retribution — When a north-central Wisconsin news site reported that a businessman had uttered a homophobic slur, he sued, claiming defamation.
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@sapna, @JaneRLaForge@mstdn.social and @persagen@mastodon.social
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Substack now lets users follow an individual writer without having to subscribe to their newsletter, a further expansion into social networking after Notes — Substack now lets you follow writers, offering a way for you to keep tabs on what a writer is doing without having to subscribe to their newsletter.
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TechCrunch, @ryansingel@writing.exchange and On Substack, more at Techmeme »
Christian Paz / Vox:
A look at Pop Crave and Pop Base, two pop culture X accounts doing newsgathering and aggregation, and sharing headlines that eliminate the need to click through — Are Pop Crave and Pop Base the future of political journalism? — If you've spent any time on Instagram, Threads, or …
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New York Times, MIT Technology Review, @studyhallxyz and @jazzmineabriana
Meduza.io:
An investigation concludes that two Russian journalists, Elena Kostyuchenko and Irina Babloyan, were most likely poisoned while abroad in October 2022 — The independent outlet The Insider has published an investigation into a series of poisoning attacks targeting Russian journalists and activists in Europe.
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Нов … and @kevinrothrock@infosec …
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Filing: former WSJ reporter Jay Solomon voluntarily dismisses his lawsuit against law firm Dechert, which he said hired hackers to get him fired from the outlet — Former Wall Street Journal reporter Jay Solomon has ended his lawsuit against Dechert LLP and two of its former partners …
Alex Cranz / The Verge:
Roku adds channels for MrBeast, Saved by the Bell, 30+ local and national CBS and Fox News channels, and more, on top of the existing ABC and NBC news channels — The Roku Channel is adding a whole mess of new linear channels, and while some are fun times like Murder, She Wrote and MrBeast …
Discussion:
The Streamable, Deadline and Cord Cutters News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Progressive local news group Courier Newsroom plans to open a Nevada newsroom this week and one in Texas and another one in New Hampshire in the coming months — Courier Newsroom, a local news group with a progressive perspective, is launching a new newsroom in Nevada Tuesday …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NBC Sports analyst Matthew Berry's fantasy sports media firm Fantasy Life raised $2M; Berry: Fantasy Life is profitable, has $1M+ revenue, and 350K subscribers — Fantasy Life, the fantasy sports and sports betting media company founded by NBC Sports analyst Matthew Berry …
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Sportico and @mbfantasylife
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