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2:25 PM ET, September 9, 2023

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Amaris Castillo / Poynter:
Q&A with former TV reporter Adam Gaub on bringing journalism skills to a county government job, starting a true crime video series, leaving journalism, and more  —  ‘Success for sure is getting new leads on any of these cases, and potentially getting any of them solved’
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Amazon starts requiring writers in its e-book program to disclose using AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others  —  After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through …
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
The Delhi High Court approves an injunction for preemptive blocks of pirate websites that covers “future content”, as requested by Netflix, Disney, and others  —  The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X's constitutionally protected editorial calls  —  - Company complains law aims to ‘eliminate’ protected content  — Earlier challenge to measure by different groups was dismissed
Variety:
The AMPTP says that the studios remain aligned, after the WGA suggested that some of the legacy studios may be willing to accommodate the writers' demand  —  The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said Friday night that the studios remain aligned, and pushed the Writers Guild of America to respond to its latest offer.
Roger Cheng / Cord Cutters News:
Disney offers Hulu + Live TV for new and returning customers for $49.99 per month for three months, as its dispute with Charter stretches into a second weekend  —  Disney launched a new limited discount for its Hulu + Live TV in hopes that Spectrum customers affected by the blackout …
Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
Letter: TV producer Greg Berlanti pledges to donate $800K across several Hollywood strike relief funds, joining producer Ryan Murphy and filmmaker Paul Feig  —  The prolific TV producer joins creatives Ryan Murphy and Paul Feig in pledging monetary support to Hollywood workers
Jim Friedlich / Nieman Reports:
Press Forward is by far the largest coordinated philanthropic effort to support local news, and its $500M commitment could generate billions more in new support  —  A nonpartisan group of 22 foundations today announced the launch of Press Forward, a nationwide coalition committing …
Daniel Frankel / Next TV:
In another carriage dispute, Dish Network says Hearst pulled 37 network affiliates in 27 markets off of Dish, calling pay TV negotiations a “broken system”  —  Hearst is demanding ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in broadcast retransmission rate increases, Dish claims
 
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Robin Kemp / The Clayton Crescent:
Robin Kemp, who founded The Clayton Crescent and covered the 2020 US election in her part of Georgia, closes the outlet and moves to Savannah's The Current
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku removes at least 37 original shows from the Roku Channel, including Reno 911! and a remake of The Fugitive, as part of its announced effort to cut costs
Nieman Lab:
A study of 7,266 users from the US, the Netherlands, and Poland: non-news websites, like entertainment pages, expose people to more politics than news websites
Reuters:
Japanese broadcasters NHK, NTV, TV Asahi, and Fuji TV issue apologies for not covering sexual abuse allegations at a J-pop agency, after the agency apologized
Sophie Vershbow / Esquire:
Interviews with authors and publishing insiders reveal the broken system of blurbs; a few authors say blurbs helped launch their careers, but hated the process
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James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Sources: Mattel stands to earn 5% of Barbie's $2B expected box office revenue, a percentage of the profits as the movie's producer, and payments as the IP owner
Krystie Lee Yandoli / Rolling Stone:
In a call with Tonight Show staff, Jimmy Fallon said he's “sorry” and didn't mean to “create that type of atmosphere”, after a report detailed a toxic workplace
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Artémis, François-Henri Pinault's investment firm, acquires TPG's majority stake in CAA; CAA's Bryan Lourd is expected to be named the CEO when the deal closes
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen delays plans to use Amazon's streaming data in NFL ratings after the Video Advertising Bureau's criticism and plans to work with the MRC to get approval
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones

Bloomberg:
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station Q team trying to build a quantum computer; source: Microsoft spends ~$300M annually on quantum research
 
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