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Surveys: over 50% of Americans watch TV with subtitles on most of the time, as sound quality deteriorates due to compressed audio and TV speaker placement — Many of us stream shows and movies with the subtitles on all the time — and not because it's cool.
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@voron@mstdn.party and @michellemanafy@journa.host


Apple says the company removed all episodes of The Glenn Beck Program from Apple Podcasts because of a trademark dispute that has since been resolved — Reached for comment, an Apple spokesman told Variety that “The Glenn Beck Program” was removed from Apple Podcasts because of a trademark …
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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 …
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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.


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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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 …
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The City


A profile of Fortune EIC Alyson Shontell, two years into her tenure, as she reorients the publication around digital and develops e-commerce as a revenue stream — Fortune's editor-in-chief says print is “an important differentiator” despite digital drive.
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@jeffjohnroberts


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.


USC: the share of speaking female roles in the top 100 grossing films in 2022 was 34.6%, up only 4.7 percentage points since 2007 — Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's annual report comes as studios have seen an exodus of DEI executives — The University of Southern California's Annenberg …
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Variety, Associated Press, Deadline, Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter


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.


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 — Following Media Matters' report, X finally suspended the account — Update 2 (8/16/23, 8:15 p.m.): CNN's Clare Duffy …
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Mediaite, CNN, New York Times, @hshaban, Boing Boing and MediaPost


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 — The New York Times and OpenAI could end up in court. — Lawyers for the newspaper are exploring whether to sue OpenAI …
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Plagiarism Today, New York Post, Gizmodo, The Drum, Insider, @npr_bot@m.ai6yr.org and Vanity Fair