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1:00 PM ET, August 25, 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
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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Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Marion County Sheriff's Office agrees to destroy the digital files it copied from Marion County Record computers and illegally kept  —  Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn and Sheriff Jeff Soyez stand outside the evidence room where an undersheriff signs over newspaper property to a forensic expert.
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
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
YouTube confirms plans to roll out support for RSS uploads for podcasters and make podcasts in YouTube Music available worldwide by the end of 2023  —  YouTube Music just launched support for podcasts earlier this year, and that's going to only get better in the months to come as RSS support is apparently coming to the app.
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
Netflix is offering its DVD subscribers up to 10 movies to keep for free ahead of the closure of its rental-by-mail service at the end of September  —  The company is shuttering its rental-by-mail service in September, more than 25 years after it launched.  —  When subscribers receive …
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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.
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Amazon has had early talks with Disney about working on a streaming version of ESPN, possibly helping with distribution while taking a minority stake  —  Amazon has had early talks with Disney about working on the streaming version of ESPN it is developing, said people familiar with the matter.
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the FBI and German investigators are probing the possible poisonings of two Russian journalists and a Russian activist  —  Three women say they suffered a sudden onset of unusual symptoms; FBI and German investigators conducting probes  —  The FBI and German investigators are probing …
 
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Futuro Media, a nonprofit that produces the radio show Latino USA and other Latino-focused media, announces layoffs after “months of economic uncertainty”
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
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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
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
To comply with the EU's DSA, Google plans to expand its Ads Transparency Center and offer more info on EU targeted ads, give researchers more access, and more
 

 
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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

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

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers

 
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