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8:00 AM ET, August 24, 2023

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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Texas Tribune CEO Sonal Shah announces layoffs, blaming a weakened economy and more; the outlet's copy desk chief posted that the copy desk had been laid off  —  CEO Sonal Shah told staff that 2023 has been uniquely challenging for the outlet, which many have come to see as a model for nonprofit journalism
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Antenna: Netflix added ~2.6M new US users in July, more than any other paid streaming service but down 26% from June 2023; ~23% signed up for Netflix's ad tier  —  - The streaming service had more sign-ups than any other in July  — Netflix user growth in the US had stopped in recent years
Washington Post:
Fox News staff and Donald Trump advisers detail how Tucker Carlson's pre-recorded interview came about; Trump had wanted to post the interview on Truth Social  —  The on-again, off-again partnership found mutual benefit in a pre-recorded interview to air during the first Republican presidential debate
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen plans to incorporate Amazon's viewership data for Thursday Night Football; last season, Amazon's internal numbers were nearly 18% higher than Nielsen's  —  The move is expected to boost ratings of games; Amazon's own numbers were nearly 18% higher than Nielsen's last season.
Discussion: The Desk, Variety and Media Play News
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of WBD CEO David Zaslav after the company's rocky first year, as some doubt that he is up to the task of building a new entertainment industry power  —  The C.E.O. of a huge conglomerate takes on an entertainment business in turmoil.  —  In 1941, a couple from New York bought …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon, WBD, and a third broadcaster are competing for the rights to six to eight summer races from NASCAR, which is trying to add more media partners  —  - Racing league looks to boost revenue with multiple partners  — Fox and NBC are still in position to renew their deals
Discussion: Sports Media Watch and WGN-TV
NewsGuard:
An analysis finds 37 sites that are using AI chatbots to rewrite news articles, which first appeared in outlets like CNN, the NYT, and Reuters, without credit  —  NewsGuard has identified 37 sites that use artificial intelligence to repackage articles from mainstream news sources without providing credit …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Reuters:
Interfax: a Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention to November 30, 2023 from August 30; Gershkovich attended the hearing  —  U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich had his pre-trial detention extended by three months by a Russian court on Thursday, Interfax reported, on charges of espionage that he denies.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Email: the WGA says AMPTP's August 11 proposal failed to sufficiently protect writers and the meeting with studio CEOs was an attempt to make the WGA “cave”  —  - TV Talk Podcast: Strike-Delayed Emmys Risk Getting Lost In Awards-Show Pileup & That's A Damn Shame
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
The AMPTP releases the details of the August 11 offer to the WGA after WGA representatives met with Hollywood CEOs, including Bob Iger, on August 22
 
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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Rotten Tomatoes expands its Critics Outreach and Grant Program to support LGBTQ and other groups, after adding 1,000+ critics and giving $600K+ in five years
Discussion: Variety
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
WeWork founder Adam Neumann is seeking a £25K donation to charity from The Spectator's US edition over a story, since amended, that he alleges was defamatory
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Jacob Granger / Journalism.co.uk:
A look at the New Statesman's podcast strategy: ~30% of the revenue comes from podcast host Acast and ~70% from in-house ads, sponsorships, and branded content
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitch rolls out an experimental TikTok-like Discovery Feed to select users, first with creators' horizontal clips and, “as the feed evolves”, vertical clips
Discussion: TechCrunch
 

 
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Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT's Sky voice that users say sounds like Scarlett Johansson, says it is an actress' voice and wasn't chosen to be an “imitation” of Johansson

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein resigns, to be replaced by the head of strategy for asset and wealth manager at Goldman Sachs, Peter Mintzberg, on August 15

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and OpenAI are preparing a major announcement of their partnership at WWDC; the new AirTag with a better chip is scheduled to arrive by mid-2025
 
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