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5:05 PM ET, August 23, 2023

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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
In an email, the WGA says AMPTP's August 11 proposal failed to sufficiently protect writers and the studio CEOs meeting 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:
AMPTP releases details of the contract offered to the WGA on August 11, after WGA representatives met with Hollywood CEOs including Bob Iger on August 22
Washington Post:
Fox News staff and Trump advisers detail how Tucker Carlson's pre-recorded interview came about; Trump had initially wanted to stream the show 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; Amazon's internal numbers last season 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: Variety
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of WBD CEO David Zaslav after the company's rocky first year, as some doubt if 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 rights to six to eight summer auto 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
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
We Work founder Adam Neumann seeks a £25,000 donation to charity from The Spectator's US edition over an alleged defamatory story, which has since been amended  —  Neumann's lawyers say he was defamed by a report that he “defrauded” investors.  —  We Work founder Adam Neumann is seeking …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yahoo acquires CommonStock, a social platform launched in 2020 for retail investors to share insights based on information linked to their brokerage accounts  —  Yahoo has acquired CommonStock, a social platform designed for retail investors to share insights based on information linked directly …
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
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 …
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  —  70 per cent of podcasting revenue is coming from bespoke deals with clients.  Branded content is emerging as the space to watch
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  —  Twitch is the latest tech company to try a TikTok-like way to browse content.  The company is experimenting with a feature …
Discussion: TechCrunch
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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