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David Robb / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA's National Board votes unanimously to send a strike authorization vote to its members in preparation of upcoming negotiations with video game firms — SAG-AFTRA, which has been on strike against film and scripted TV productions since July 14, is now gearing up for another possible strike …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
A look at what's prolonging the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes as the economic damage grows: anger over pay disparities, union cohesion, and future of work worries — Jobs, Labor & Workplace — Hollywood had hoped its summer of strikes would end by Labor Day, but ongoing talks between the unions …
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J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, and other Disney outlets go dark on Charter's Spectrum, which has nearly 15M subscribers, after failing to sign 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 its Disney dispute “is not a typical carriage dispute”, and the cable company is 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” …
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Associated Press:
Russian authorities declare Nobel Peace Prize winner and Novaya Gazeta EIC Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent, a label used to suppress critics of the Kremlin — Russian authorities on Friday declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to be a foreign agent …
Emilia David / The Verge:
A Gizmodo en Español writer says Gizmodo owner G/O Media shut down and laid off editors of the Spanish-language site, and is now using AI to translate articles — Gizmodo owner G/O Media shut down and laid off editors of its Spanish-language site Gizmodo en Español and is now using AI to translate articles.
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
A US judge throws out the convictions of former Fox executive Hernan Lopez, who was found guilty in March of bribing soccer officials for broadcasting rights — A federal judge threw out the convictions of a former Fox executive and a South American sports media and marketing company …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The US BLS August 2023 employment report shows the film, TV, and music industries shed 17,000 jobs, “reflecting strike activity”; other sectors saw job growth — The U.S. government's Bureau of Labor Statistics released the number in its August employment report.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Q&A with Sky News anchors Sophy Ridge and Trevor Phillips on their new shows, the state of UK political journalism, Sky's “big investment in politics”, and more — Ridge's Politics Hub will focus on the “daily machinations”, while Phillips on Sundays will go deeper.
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of Mark Thompson, CNN's new CEO and a veteran of BBC and NYT, as Dean Baquet says his hiring indicates a strategy that goes beyond making job cuts — After a turbulent year under new ownership, the cable news network is hoping that Mark Thompson, a veteran of the Times and the BBC, can turn things around.
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Reuters:
Canada tries to address Big Tech's Bill C-18 concerns, saying Google and Meta would pay publishers ~$126.6M and ~$44M per year; Meta plans to keep blocking news — Canada unveiled draft rules on Friday for a law to compel internet giants to pay news outlets, saying it was addressing …
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
A Media Matters for America report on PragerU Kids: Meta isn't consistently enforcing transparency rules for ads around “social issues, elections, or politics” — A nonprofit watchdog group has found that the right-wing group PragerU has pushed out more than 100 political ads …
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