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1:05 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
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 its latest offer to the WGA, on August 11, after WGA representatives met with Hollywood CEOs, including Bob Iger, on August 22
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
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 …
Discussion: @bristei
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: WGN-TV
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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  —  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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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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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An analysis of Google's policy dilemma as YouTube and UMG explore AI licensing, Google scrapes the web to train its AI, and lawsuits could upend copyright law
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports podcasting network Blue Wire opens a community fundraising round, seeking $1M+ at a $26M valuation; in 2022, Blue Wire had $8M in revenue and a $5M loss
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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