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11:45 AM ET, August 24, 2023

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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Though X claims Tucker Carlson's interview with Trump drew 74M+ views, it includes anyone who scrolled past the video in their feed or watched for a few seconds  —  Former President Donald Trump, who opted out of a Republican primary debate on Fox News (FOXA.O) on Wednesday …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump's appearance in Tucker Carlson's X video over a televised debate shows how mass media has yielded some power to more niche outlets aimed at die-hard fans  —  Donald J. Trump is the most important figure in the Republican Party, but he merited only 10 minutes of questions from the moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
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
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.
Erin Woo / The Information:
Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites to force people to use TikTok Shop; source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023  —  The cost of TikTok's online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up.  —  TikTok Shop, the app's nascent shopping service …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: former New York Times CEO and BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is a leading candidate to head CNN; Thompson left The New York Times in 2020  —  The Scoop  —  The former New York Times and BBC chief Mark Thompson is a leading candidate to lead CNN, according to people familiar …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
WBD plans to launch CNN Max, a 24/7 stream pulled from CNN's US and international feeds alongside some original content, in “open beta” on September 27 on Max  —  - Netflix Added 2.6M U.S. Subscribers In July, Continuing Advertising Momentum Amid Password-Sharing Crackdown, Study Finds
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
NewsGuard:
An analysis finds 37 sites using AI chatbots to rewrite news articles that first appeared in outlets like CNN, The New York Times, and Reuters, without credit  —  NewsGuard has identified 37 sites that use artificial intelligence to repackage articles from mainstream news sources without providing credit …
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
 
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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
Discussion: Sports Media Watch and WGN-TV
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
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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
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
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”
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