Mediagazer: Memo: Vice Media is moving out of its Brooklyn offices to save on costs after bankruptcy; most of the staff will work remotely until Vice finds a new NYC office (Gerry Smith/Bloomberg)

6:15 PM ET, August 24, 2023

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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:

Nielsen: Fox News' first debate of the 2024 Republican presidential primary brought in 12.8M viewers; the 12 debates of the 2016 campaign averaged ~15M viewers — Fox News's first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential election exceeded expectations and brought in 12.8 million total viewers …

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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:

X claims Tucker Carlson's interview with Donald Trump drew 74M+ views, but the number includes users who scrolled past the video 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:
Donald Trump appearing in Tucker Carlson's X video over a TV debate shows mass media has yielded some gatekeeper powers to more niche outlets for die-hard fans

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Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:

Barbie becomes 2023's top-grossing movie in North America, grossing $575.4M in 34 days; The Super Mario Bros. Movie grossed $574.3M in 140 days in North America — Greta Gerwig's movie has surpassed ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ in North America and will do the same at the worldwide box office by early next month.

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Katharine Trendacosta / Defector:

Hollywood trade publications have long been seen as PR tools for studios, but their stories during the WGA strike have absolutely shattered their credibility — If you were on the website-formally-known-as-Twitter last week, first of all, my condolences, we are in hell together, and second …

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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

Instead of calming strike tensions, CEOs who met with the WGA's negotiators riled things up, revealing ego-driven decision-making; the union responded angrily — Sharon Waxman … We all thought things were finally moving in the right direction. We thought there might be a break coming.

Kaya Yurieff / The Information:

The Creators Guild of America, a nonprofit advocacy group with board members including YouTuber Justine Ezarik, launches to support digital creators' interests — The Hollywood strike has highlighted the lack of a similar labor movement within the creator economy, but new efforts to change that are emerging.

Discussion: @kyurieff, @ericnewcomer and Communicate Online

Nathan McAlone / Insider:
OnlyFans reports revenue up 17% YoY to $1.1B in the FY to November 30, 2022, profit up 24% YoY to $404M, creators up 47% YoY to 3.2M, and users spent $5.6B

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David Pierce / The Verge:

For Amazon's second season streaming Thursday Night Football, the company plans more AI tools in Prime Vision, more Black Friday shopping integrations, and HDR — This NFL season, if you watch a Thursday Night Football game on Amazon Prime Video, you're likely to see all sorts of new on-screen stuff.

Discussion: TechCrunch and The Streamable

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

Discussion: MediaPost, Rolling Stone, Barrett Media, The Desk, Media Play News and Variety

Erin Woo / The Information:

Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to e-commerce sites like Amazon, to force users to buy via TikTok Shop; a 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 …

Discussion: Insider Intelligence, Music Ally, AdExchanger, MediaPost and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

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

Reuters:

Interfax: a Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention on charges of espionage that he denies from August 30 to November 30, 2023 — U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich had his pre-trial detention extended by three months by a Russian court on Thursday, Interfax reported …

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Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:

Reddit more than doubles the number of interest categories that advertisers can target, from 66 to 152, and plans additional topics and subjects in coming weeks — The number of interests available is increasing from 66 to 152, including new topics and subjects.

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

New York Times correspondent Warren Hoge, who reported from 80+ countries and served as bureau chief, foreign editor, and assistant managing editor, dies at 82 — As a correspondent, including as a bureau chief, he wrote vividly from all corners of the globe. He later served as foreign editor and assistant managing editor.

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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
The FCC invites the public to comment on whether to deny Fox renewing its license for WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, after a group pointed to Fox News' legal history

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Angela Fu / Poynter:
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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

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Bloomberg:
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