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11:45 PM ET, September 4, 2023

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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
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
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
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: 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 …
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.
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.
 
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N Ram / Prospect Magazine:
The Hindu's former EIC says the Modi government hounding left-leaning Indian media website NewsClick is a state-engineered McCarthyite disinformation campaign
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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
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
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