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Jem Aswad / Variety:
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's board removes Jann Wenner after he said Black and female artists “didn't articulate at the level” of the white ones in his book — A day after the publication of a New York Times interview in which Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner …
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Q&A with Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner on interviewing his friends, boomers' legacy, and his new book, The Masters, about seven white male rock musicians — The co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine on the legacy of boomers and why he chose only white men for his book on rock's “masters.”
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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Drew Barrymore pauses her daytime talk show's season premiere “until the strike is over”, after facing an onslaught of criticism over her decision — The host had defended restarting production on Friday despite the writers' strike, but changed course on Sunday, saying, “I have listened to everyone.”
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
After a backlash, Drew Barrymore apologizes to writers and unions for her show returning on September 18, saying “we will be in compliance” with strike rules
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: liberal donors like Open Society Foundation donated millions to the National Trust for Local News before the nonprofit acquired Maine newspapers in July — The Scoop — Local media in the state of Maine has emerged as an unlikely and asymmetric battlefield for big American political money.
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
So far, the US press is failing to adequately emphasize the stakes of the 2024 presidential election, instead bending over backwards to be seen as nonpartisan — US news organizations have turned Biden's age into a scandal and continue to cover Trump as an entertaining side show
Wall Street Journal:
How Spotify and other streaming services have transformed the sound of music: songs are shorter, albums are longer, and artists collaborate more across genres — To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Disney's motivation to potentially sell ABC, cable networks, and a minority stake in ESPN is a signal to investors to stop thinking about Disney as old media — - Investors may cheer Disney's decision to consider selling some legacy media businesses even if the deal price doesn't break the bank.
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Reuters:
DirecTV and Nexstar agree to temporarily return Nexstar's stations and cable network NewsNation to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, and U-verse, ending a spat from July — DirecTV and Nexstar (NXST.O) have agreed to temporarily return the signals of the Nexstar-owned stations and national cable …
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Max Hoppenstedt / Washington Post:
German prosecutors say Elon Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if requests threatened free speech — The social media company has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests from German authorities since Musk's purchase, prosecutors say
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Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as bite-sized clips by accounts that don't appear to make money from the content — The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now — “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms. It was on TikTok first.
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Chris Young / Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts: the RCFP and 62 media organizations urge SCOTUS to make permanent its practice of offering live audio of oral arguments — RCFP and 62 media organizations argue that live audio streaming “unequivocally benefits the public and the press.”
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Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg:
A look at D Billions, a network of YouTube channels run by Kyrgyzstan-based media company AWA and which got billions of views by teaching kids words via songs — A landlocked country in Central Asia is home to an international hit. — The US has Mr. Beast. The Kyrgyz Republic has D Billions.
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