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12:20 PM ET, September 1, 2023

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J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, and other Disney outlets go dark on Charter's Spectrum, which serves ~15M subscribers, after failing to agree on a new carriage pact  —  ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel and other outlets owned by the Walt Disney Co. have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Charter says the dispute with Disney “is not a typical carriage dispute”, and it's prepared to “move on” from its video business if no deal is made  —  The cable giant, with nearly 15 million TV subs, told analysts Friday that it is prepared to “move on” …
WNEP-TV:
Times-Shamrock Communications is selling its four Pennsylvania dailies to Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group; the newspapers' founding family pans the sale  —  The sale includes four local daily papers and several weekly and periodic publications.  —  SCRANTON, Pa. …
Chris Willman / Variety:
Taylor Swift plans to release her concert film in AMC theaters on October 13 in the US; in a first, AMC plans to act as a distributor to unaffiliated theaters  —  Anyone who couldn't procure tickets for Taylor Swift's record-breaking stadium tour in the U.S. may be about to have their wounded …
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
California Treasurer Fiona Ma sends letters to seven companies that are members of AMPTP, urging them to negotiate “fair deals” to end the two Hollywood strikes  —  California State Treasurer Fiona Ma sent letters this week to studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
IAC Chairman Barry Diller says traditional Hollywood studios should negotiate directly with unions, splitting from Apple, Amazon, and Netflix, a mutual “enemy”
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at Pamplonews, a WhatsApp-only daily newsletter covering cultural news in Pamplona, Spain, run by a former managing editor of CNN en Español  —  “There's no point in making a wonderful website or an amazing app if people aren't going to the website or downloading the app.”
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Amber de Botton leaves as director of communications for UK's prime minister, after joining in October 2022; she was previously the head of UK news at ITV News  —  Amber de Botton was the second ITV News journalist to be snapped up by Rishi Sunak.  —  Update 1 September 2023 …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Around 248 journalists at UK regional publisher National World vote to strike over a pay dispute; NUJ rejected an offer of a 4.5% pay raise backdated to 1 April  —  Some 78% of 248 journalists said they would be prepared to strike.  —  Journalists at National World have voted to take strike action …
Discussion: @pressgazette and HoldtheFrontPage
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Mark Thompson, who helped reinvent The New York Times for the digital age and kept the newsroom's mission, is a good bet for CNN, another beleaguered behemoth
Maria Bustillos / The Nation:
In the ebook copyright fight, authors should join forces to demand that contracts stipulate ebooks must be offered to libraries on the same terms as paper books
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Emilia David / The Verge:
The US Copyright Office seeks public input on AI and copyright issues, including using copyrighted works for AI training; written comments are due on October 18
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Gannett pauses using Lede AI to write high school sports stories, after major flubs appeared in articles in at least one of its newspapers earlier in August
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
A look at One Piece, the live-action Netflix series launching on August 31 based on Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime series, and its unprecedented marketing deals
New York Post:
Sources: Barstool Sports plans to lay off nearly 25% of its employees, or ~100 jobs out of ~430, after Penn Entertainment sold the outlet back to Dave Portnoy