Mediagazer: Electrify Video Partners, whose model is to acquire 50% to 100% of a YouTube creator's business, raised $85M from Capital D and says the startup is profitable (Kerry Flynn/Axios)

Max Goldbart / Deadline:

The BBC and Channel 4 remove TV and audio shows featuring Russell Brand; the BBC did not specify which shows and Channel 4 removed GBBO and Big Brother episodes — - ‘The Madigan Chronicles’ Optioned By Particle6; London Film Festival Jury; MBC's Arabic-Language Feature - Global Briefs

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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:

YouTube suspends ads on Russell Brand's videos to “protect” users, citing his “off-platform behavior”, after allegations of rape and sexual assault — A BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC does not ban or remove content when it is a matter of public record, unless we have justification for doing so.

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Emily Dugan / The Guardian:
The BBC is “urgently” investigating Russell Brand's behavior while he worked on its radio shows, after allegations of rape and sexual assault from 2006 to 2013

Eshe Nelson / New York Times:

How the SAG-AFTRA strikes are impacting the UK, where Barbie, Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones, and more were filmed, as many now find themselves out of work — Many U.S. studios' blockbusters are filmed in Britain, so the walkouts by actors and screenwriters have caused thousands of U.K. film crews to lose work.

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
With the WGA and the AMPTP set to resume talks on September 20, a look at the biggest myths impeding a deal, including that streaming services hoard the profits

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, Reuters and @atheisticsnail.bsky.social

Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Mark Thompson will begin as CNN's CEO on October 9; sources: CNN's 2023 EBITDA is expected to bounce back closer to $1B after falling to $750M in 2022 — - Mark Thompson, the former New York Times CEO, will begin as CNN's CEO on Oct. 9. — In his new role, Thompson will focus on turning CNN …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Filing shows Alibaba Pictures acquired Damai, a major provider of live entertainment in China, for $167M, signaling a diversification into live events — Alibaba Pictures, the separately-listed film investment and distribution unit of China's tech giant Alibaba behind recent box office hit “Lost in the Stars,” is to buy Damai.

K.J. Yossman / Variety:

BBC Studios forms a Global Entertainment division to oversee production in LA, India, Australia, South Africa, and Europe, led by Matt Forde — BBC Studios has merged three areas of its formats business to create a new global entertainment division led by Matt Forde.

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

An interview with The Independent CEO Christian Broughton on the newspaper's growth drivers: e-commerce, Independent TV, reader revenues, US expansion, and AI — The Independent is ready for a period of “global growth”, led by a team who all have journalism in their DNA, according to its new chief executive Christian Broughton.

Yoel Roth / New York Times:

Twitter's former head of trust and safety reflects on Donald Trump and Elon Musk attacking him, the resulting abuse, fact-checking, the Twitter Files, and more — When I worked at Twitter, I led the team that placed a fact-checking label on one of Donald Trump's tweets for the first time.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

TikTok launches a tool that lets creators label their AI-generated content and plans to test other ways of labeling such content automatically — As more creators turn to AI for their artistic expression, there's also a broader push for transparency around when AI was involved in content creation.

Discussion: Music Business Worldwide, The Drum and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Kerry Flynn / Axios:

Electrify Video Partners, whose model is to acquire 50% to 100% of a YouTube creator's business, raised $85M from Capital D and says the startup is profitable — - Kerry Flynn, author of Axios Pro: Media Deals — Exit Content Preview — Electrify Video Partners has raised $85 million …

David Shepardson / Reuters:

A group of 18 state AGs backs Montana's effort to ban TikTok, urging a US judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the January 1, 2024, effective date — A group of 18 state attorneys general said on Monday they backed Montana's effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok …

Discussion: @seanspicer and Insider Intelligence

Marshall Cohen / CNN:

A Delaware judge rules that Dominion's $1.6B defamation suit against Newsmax over the network's airing of 2020 election lies will go to trial in September 2024 — Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Newsmax over the right-wing network's airing of 2020 election lies …

Discussion: The Wrap and @brianstelter