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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 …
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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
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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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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.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: WBD plans to launch new original programs from CNN that will stream on Max, hosted by Jim Sciutto, Bianna Golodryga, Christiane Amanpour, and others — Jim Sciutto, Bianna Golodryga, Rahel Solomon and Christiane Amanpour are among the CNN journalists who have been tapped to take part in the effort …
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
The FCC invites comment on a request to deny a license renewal for Fox TV's WTXF in Philly, after a group challenged the renewal due to Fox News' legal history — - Participation would serve public interest, agency says — Group challenged Fox renewal over 2020 election coverage
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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 — - Racing league looks to boost revenue with multiple partners — Fox and NBC are still in position to renew their deals
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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
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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 — The C.E.O. of a huge conglomerate takes on an entertainment business in turmoil. — In 1941, a couple from New York bought …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yahoo acquires CommonStock, launched in 2020 to let retail investors share insights based on their brokerage account information; CommonStock had raised ~$34M — Yahoo has acquired CommonStock, a social platform designed for retail investors to share insights based on information linked directly …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify introduces new podcaster tools, including customized pages, new impression analytics, preview editing controls, and a dashboard for Megaphone publishers — Following Apple's announcement of podcast creator tools for subscriptions on Monday, Spotify today also introduced …
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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 — The review platform has linked up with GALECA, Gold House and the National Association of Black Journalists as its donations to diversify the field surpass the $600,000 mark.
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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 — Neumann's lawyers say he was defamed by a report that he “defrauded” investors. — We Work founder Adam Neumann is seeking …
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