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12:25 PM ET, September 11, 2023

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney and Charter reached an agreement that will restore popular channels including ESPN and ABC to the cable operator's nearly 15M subscribers  —  Disney and Charter have decided to let ESPN sports take the field on traditional cable after all.  —  The two media giants …
Max Tani / Semafor:
NewsWhip data on 300K influential X users: X is throttling posts with New York Times links, with “weekly average shares per article” down 75%+ from a July peak  —  The Scoop  —  X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users' access to The New York Times.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
The Associated Press says a defunct third-party-managed AP Stylebook site was hacked in July 2023 and the hacker is using the data for targeted phishing attacks  —  The Associated Press is warning of a data breach impacting AP Stylebook customers where the attackers used the stolen data to conduct targeted phishing attacks.
Discussion: @castrotech and @nolongerbennett
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US Copyright Office denies protection for an AI-made image that won an art competition, despite Adobe Photoshop alterations and 624+ text prompt revisions  —  The U.S. Copyright Office has again rejected copyright protection for art created using artificial intelligence …
Discussion: Ars Technica
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK government launches a task force to crack down on the growing number of SLAPP legal cases from Russian oligarchs and others to intimidate journalists  —  Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer writes for Press Gazette about a new task force to tackle the rise of SLAPPs.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A deep dive on NFL's attempts to expand beyond cable, and its partnership with YouTube, including the $14B commitment from YouTube for Sunday Ticket rights  —  YouTube is now home to NFL games every Sunday.  Will it bring more young people into the NFL?  Or will it hasten the demise of linear TV networks?
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A profile of Walter Isaacson, who has written biographies of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and others, edited Time magazine in the 1990s, and was running CNN on 9/11  —  It's a Saturday night in August, and Walter Isaacson is sitting in the back of Lilette, a restaurant on Magazine Street in his hometown of New Orleans, swizzling a Sazerac.
Omar Gallaga / Poynter:
A local TV journalist whose father was murdered in 2017 created a guide to help families of homicide victims engage with local media in a more humane way  —  More Than A Number is a guide with resources for families and offers victims' families ways to tell their stories ... when they're willing and ready.
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 …
Variety:
The AMPTP says that its member 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 …
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’
 
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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
Roger Cheng / Cord Cutters News:
Disney offers Hulu + Live TV to new and eligible returning customers for $49.99/month for three months
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
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
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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
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