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6:40 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 …
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
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.
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.
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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.
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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