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8:40 PM ET, September 6, 2023

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD plans to add live sports to Max at no extra cost for a limited time later in 2023, and start charging a sports fee likely in February or March 2024  —  Customers will need to pay an additional amount for sports starting next year, likely around February or March, said the people …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator who used AI to mimic Drake and The Weeknd, has met with record labels, Grammy organizers, and more, and releases a new song  —  The anonymous artist, who stirred conversation with the A.I. track “Heart on My Sleeve,” has been quietly consulting with executives, while also gunning for a Grammy.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Interviews with 25+ people who worked with Bob Iger and Bob Chapek between 2020 and 2022 detail how Disney's CEO succession plan went awry and brought back Iger  —  - What did a private bathroom, Oogie Boogie and a hippo have to do with the behind-the-scenes chaos between Bob Iger and Bob Chapek at Disney?
Lane Brown / Vulture:
How Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, an important metric in entertainment, became erratic and reductive as some PR firms hack its score by paying obscure “critics”  —  In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley.
Barbara Krasnoff / The Verge:
Some small independent publishers struggle after Amazon ended Kindle Periodicals on September 4; Fantasy Magazine said its last issue will be in October 2023  —  I like short stories.  I read them, and I write them.  I grew up subscribing to and reading The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction …
Reuters:
A Burmese court sentences photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike to 20 years in prison, the longest known prison term given to a media employee since the 2021 army coup  —  A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison, his employer said …
Deadline:
A look at Netflix's success-based residuals in France, Germany, and Scandinavia, driven by laws about authors' rights, as some in the US debate such metrics  —  Since the outbreak of the dual Hollywood labor strikes, the issue of residuals has risen to the fore as a key battleground dividing …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku plans to lay off 300+, or 10% of its staff, close offices, and take an up to $65M impairment charge in Q3 2023 for cutting some content; ROKU jumps 5%+  —  Roku will cut more than 300 staffers — laying off 10% of its workforce — as the streaming-platform company continues its battle to control costs.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Spotify is testing making song lyrics a Premium-only feature, currently “with a limited number of users in a pair of markets”  —  A number of Spotify users began to notice something strange over the last day or so: the in-app lyrics, which typically pop up under the currently playing song …
 
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Jeff Jarvis / Whither news?:
Jeff Jarvis plans to “technically” retire from CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at this term's end; Jarvis joined as its first professor in 2005
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts: Comcast and Disney moved their talks about selling Comcast's Hulu stake from January 2024 to September 30, and Hulu may be worth $30B
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC Director of Sport Barbara Slater plans to retire later in 2023 after joining the corporation in 1983 and running its sports coverage for 14 years
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney plans to offer a Disney+ ad tier deal through September 20 for $1.99/month for three months, down from $7.99/month, for new and returning subscribers
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André Beganski / Decrypt:
Washington-based Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that aims to address creatives' concerns about generative AI, raised $54M+ led by a16z
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
UMG and Deezer sign a deal to give songs from professional artists, who generate 1,000+ listens a month, double the weight when calculating streaming royalties
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Wall Street analysts say the Disney-Charter carriage dispute could be a cable TV tipping point and a short-term resolution would still add industry uncertainty