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Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Jay Penske's media empire, as he adds a Hollywood Reporter co-EIC and the Hollywood strikes hurt revenue; source: THR missed Q1 revenue goals by 20%+ — The Scoop — It's a hard detail to leave out of a profile of Hollywood's dominant publishing figure: In 2012 …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Email: Spotify raises the listener threshold for creators in Ambassador Ads from 100 to 1,000 over 60 days, and plans to cut ad support for white noise podcasts — - Ambient sound shows will no longer be eligible for certain ads — Company raises listener threshold for ambassador ads program
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Charter's demands on Disney that led to the blackout could soon pressure rivals like Fox, NBCU, Paramount, and WBD, raising the risk of more carriage disputes — Disney on Thursday yanked its popular TV networks, which include ESPN, ABC and Disney Channel, from Charter's Spectrum cable service …
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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
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD rebrands its preschool network Boomerang to Cartoonito, available as a pay TV channel, in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa — “Cartoonito is Warner Bros. Discovery's biggest commitment to programming for children aged 2 to 6.”
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James Clayton / BBC:
EU study: social media companies have failed to stop pro-Russian disinformation and the “reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts” grew further in 2023 — Social media companies have failed to stop “large-scale” Russian disinformation campaigns since the invasion of Ukraine, the EU has said.
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The UK's Channel 4 plans to enter the US market by launching two FAST channels, 4 Adventure and 4 Emergency, on Tubi, Plex, and Xumo Play later in September — - ‘Bardot’ Series Sells After Netflix Launch; National Cinema Day Record; SkyShowtime's ‘Codename: Annika’ Trailer; BAFTA Wales Award — Global Briefs
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Financial Times:
A look at Sony India's merger with Zee Entertainment: creating a 74-channel media powerhouse and giving Sony a 24.8% market share, compared to Disney Star's 24% — Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with an Argentinian reporter who uses Instagram's Broadcast Channel feature for service journalism: helping her subscribers understand the country's economy — “For me, social media is the purest way of doing service journalism.” — In June, Instagram fully rolled …
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Miles Ellingham / Rolling Stone UK:
A profile of Jake Hanrahan, a former Vice reporter who in 2018 founded Popular Front, which covers global conflict via YouTube, Instagram, a podcast, and more — As the founder and face of news outlet Popular Front, Jake Hanrahan is bringing unfiltered world events to the masses through …
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Los Angeles Times:
The Marion County Record raid showed how vague US federal and state computer crime laws can threaten press freedom; lawmakers should add more media protections — This month, police officers in Marion, Kan., crashed into the newsroom of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper …
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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Senior YouTube staff express concerns that Shorts is drawing audiences away from longer-form videos, which produce more revenue but are “dying out” as a format — Concerns raised that TikTok rival is drawing audiences away from the platform's longer-form videos
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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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