Mediagazer: 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 (Max Goldbart/Deadline)

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

Discussion: Engadget, Podnews, The Verge, Music Ally, Insider, @bartona104, @ashleyrcarman and Variety, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: @sharonwaxman, @richlightshed and @nbj914

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.”

Discussion: Broadband TV News

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

Discussion: Media Voices and Broadband TV News

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 …

Zoe Williams / The Guardian:

An interview with Marianna Spring, the BBC's first disinformation correspondent, on her Conspiracyland podcast, online abuse becoming offline action, and more — The broadcaster's first disinformation correspondent spends her time pursuing trolls and dismantling conspiracy theories.

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 …

Discussion: Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, Awful Announcing, The Verge, New York Times, The Desk, Bloomberg, Forbes, Associated Press, The Wrap, TVLine and Breitbart

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, 9to5Mac, @zerohedge, @washingtonpost, @washingtonpost, @washingtonpost, @tech_oversight, @erikdelareguera, Publications Office of the European Union, Felix Kartte on LinkedIn, @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …, @redfrog@mamot.fr and Insider

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 …

Discussion: @cratebeats, @brizzyc and @niemanlab@mastodon.social

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Kansas City Star, Poynter and Voice of America

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

Discussion: The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Google, Music Ally, @carnage4life@mas.to and Insider Intelligence