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5:00 PM ET, September 6, 2023

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Interviews with 25+ people who worked with Bob Iger and Bob Chapek between 2020 and 2022 detail how Disney's succession plan went awry and led to Iger's return  —  - 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?
Deadline:
A look at Netflix's “success-based” residual arrangements that exist in Germany, Sweden, and France, as some in the US begin discussing similar residual metrics  —  Since the outbreak of the dual Hollywood labor strikes, the issue of residuals has risen to the fore …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:   BBC Director of Sport Barbara Slater plans to retire later in 2023 after four decades with the corporation and 14 years of running its sport's coverage
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.
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.
Reuters:
A Myanmar court sentences photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike to 20 years in prison, the longest known prison term given to a media worker since the 2021 army coup  —  A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison, his employer said …
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 …
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  —  Agreement with Deezer aims to boost royalties for artists and labels and reduce payouts for ‘noise’
Jeff Jarvis / Whither news?:
Jeff Jarvis says he plans to leave CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the end of this term and will “technically” retire  —  I have news: I am leaving CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the end of this term.  Technically I'm retiring, though if you know me you know I will never retire.
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  —  Comcast and Disney last week signed a modification agreement to bring forward the timing of their formal Hulu sale talks …
 
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