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Emma Roth / The Verge:
WBD plans to add a Max live sports tier, Bleacher Report Sports, in the US on October 5 for $9.99/month, or free for current subscribers until February 29, 2024 — Max, the streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is adding a live sports tier in the US on October 5th.
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
A Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter and her colleagues faced social media attacks when users, including Elon Musk, distorted her coverage of a fatal hit-and-run — The Las Vegas Review-Journal is facing a harassment campaign stoked by Elon Musk, one year after a reporter was killed for his coverage.
The Guardian:
The Guardian launches a digital Europe edition to offer “a European lens on world issues”, the fifth edition after the UK, the US, Australia, and international — Expanded presence to showcase original journalism and highlight issues that matter to European readers
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Radio Times, started 100 years ago as the BBC's “official organ”, remains “highly profitable”; the magazine also offers a website, an app, and a weekly podcast — One hundred years on, the Radio Times print magazine continues to be the highly profitable “mothership” …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Michael Wolff's new book, The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, says in 2022, Rupert Murdoch thought $787.5M Dominion suit would cost Fox $50M — Trump tell-all author returns with tale of Fox News strife which also includes prediction Ron DeSantis will be Republican nominee
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Insider, CNN, The Daily Beast, The Wrap and @janinegibson.bsky.social
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Sony Group cancels Emily Ratajkowski's podcast and lays off podcast unit staff; spokesperson: cuts involved a “significant percentage of the division” — - Company's podcast group is hit with third round of layoffs — Decision to cut staff and shows follows industry contraction
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Podnews, @ashleyrcarman and @maxwelltani
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sky calls on the UK government to tackle regulatory red tape that threatens to stifle the creative sector, ahead of a planned government review of TV trends — Broadcaster says ‘significant amounts’ of resources deal with regulatory requirements — UK-based broadcaster Sky has called …
Axios:
Filing: Disney plans to spend ~$60B in the next 10 years on its parks and cruise line segments, nearly doubling the investment it has made over the past decade — Disney plans to nearly double its investments in its popular theme parks and cruise line, the company said in a securities filing Tuesday.
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount plans to launch Paramount+ in Japan on December 1 as a free-of-charge addition to the on-demand services of local operators J:COM and Wowow — The deal will give Japanese subscribers to J:COM and Wowow access to Paramount+ content as a free-of-charge add-on.
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The Wrap, Media Play News, Paramount, Broadband TV News and Variety
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
Over 175 writers, musicians, and others in creative fields sign an open letter against book bans in schools, in an effort led by Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton — “It's only a matter of time before regressive, suppressive ideologues will shift their focus toward other forms of art and entertainment …
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The Wrap, MoveOn, The Guardian, Axios, The Hill, The Messenger, MoveOn and Billboard
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Matthew Panzarino, who recently stepped down as TechCrunch EIC after 10 years, on the site's Silicon Valley relationship, the future of media, and more — It's been a rocky and chaotic decade — and now digital media is on the brink of yet another existential crisis thanks to generative AI.
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
How Russia spreads pro-Kremlin messages in Africa through local journalists and media outlets like Afrique Média, a Cameroon-based, pro-Wagner Group TV channel — This Cameroon-based outlet reaches millions through linear TV and boasts over one million followers on their social channels
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