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10:55 PM ET, August 15, 2023

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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 …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Users of XPro, previously TweetDeck, report encountering paywalls to use the service; X said on July 3 that “in 30 days” XPro would be a subscriber-only feature  —  X, the social network formally known as Twitter, appears to be finally following through on its promise to make TweetDeck a paid service.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon hikes the price of Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers, up $1/month to $9.99 for individual plans and family plans up $1/month to $16.99  —  Amazon previously raised the prime of Amazon Music Unlimited for non-Prime members earlier this year.  —  Amazon Music Unlimited …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 15 in an effort to end the 106-day strike; sources: the sides remain at odds on streaming residuals and other issues  —  The Writers Guild of America responded Tuesday to the latest proposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers …
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to ~$1.01B, revenue from music subscriptions up 37% YoY to ~$399M, and subscribers up 20% YoY to 99.4M  —  Subscriber numbers increased by 20% year on year and by 5 million quarter on quarter, to hit 99.4 million, the company said.
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
X files for dismissal of a copyright lawsuit filed in June by the US National Music Publishers' Association over alleged infringements of ~1,700 works  —  Unlike rivals like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, X - the Elon Musk-owned social media service formerly known as Twitter …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Telegraph Media Group says the outlet has reached its target of 1M subscriptions, 70%+ of them digital, and that 300K of its subscribers use its app every day  —  More than 70% of the subscriptions are digital.  —  Telegraph Media Group says it has hit its target of reaching one million subscriptions before the end of 2023.
 
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Joann Meyer, who worked for nearly 60 years at the The Marion County Record in Kansas, died on August 12, a day after police searched the newspaper's offices
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
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
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube starts mass removing videos promoting “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or discouraging “seeking professional medical treatment”
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Podcast and video editing tool Descript acquires SquadCast, which lets hosts record episodes, another sign of podcast consolidation; Descript has raised $100M
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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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Email: X no longer lets advertisers promote accounts within the platform's timeline to gain followers; a source says Follower Objective ads made $100M+ annually