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4:55 PM ET, August 17, 2023

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Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan on visiting a WGA picket line to hear from “people on the ground”, plus other Hollywood issues like M&A regulation and new tech  —  The FTC chair and Biden breakout star on her WGA meetings, A.I. and why the agency's keeping an eye on entertainment
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The WGA urges blocking of further M&A for large streaming companies, saying Netflix, Amazon, and Disney have built power that depresses wages and limits choice  —  The Writers Guild of America issued a report on Thursday calling Netflix, Amazon and Disney the “new gatekeepers” …
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Candice Ortiz / Mediaite:
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all Glenn Beck Program episodes were removed from Apple Podcasts, and then restored, “with no explanation”
Steven McIntosh / BBC:
UK broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88; his TV career spanned seven decades, and he interviewed the world's biggest stars on his show  —  Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, his family has confirmed.  —  His TV career spanned seven decades …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Internal doc: Spotify weighed removing white noise podcasts and redirecting users to “talk” content, which would boost the company's annual gross profit by €35M  —  An internal document shows that white noise podcasts account for 3 million daily consumption hours on the platform
Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A Revson Foundation report looks at how governments, banks, and philanthropy could help make loans and credit programs more accessible for local news orgs  —  The precarity of local news outlets has left them with “little to no access to capital.”  A new report imagines what state and local government …
Discussion: The City
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount drops its plans to sell a majority stake in BET Media, concluding that a sale wouldn't lead to a meaningful deleveraging of its balance sheet  —  The entertainment conglomerate concluded a sale wouldn't result in any meaningful deleveraging of its balance sheet.
Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin's website:
A deep dive into X's Community Notes, including how the algorithm works, whether the feature actually fights polarization, and its use in high-stakes situations  —  Special thanks to Dennis Pourteaux and Jay Baxter for feedback and review.  —  The last two years of Twitter X have been tumultuous, to say the least.
Calum Marsh / New York Times:
Documentaries about the annual CrossFit Games from CrossFit's media team have become consistent streaming hits due to their niche fitness community audience  —  A series of films about the annual CrossFit Games, enthusiastically embraced by the niche fitness community, have become surprise hits on streaming platforms.
 
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Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at “MovieTok” influencers like Maddi Moo, Straw Hat Goofy, and Cinema.Joe, who reach millions of TikTok users by reviewing, analyzing, or promoting films
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Struum, an aggregator that used a ClassPass model for streaming content and was backed by Michael Eisner's investment firm Tornante, quietly shut down in 2022
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Six days after making brand safety assurances, X placed ads for The Athletic, MLB, USA Today, and others on a pro-Hitler account, before suspending the account
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Sources: The New York Times' lawyers are exploring suing OpenAI to protect the news outlet's IP rights, after tense negotiations over a potential licensing deal
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