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5:35 PM ET, September 20, 2023

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Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Disney CEO Bob Iger, WBD CEO David Zaslav, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and NBCUniversal Studio Group chair Donna Langley attend the AMPTP-WGA talks  —  “This is so long in coming; everyone's feeling pain.  Let's get in there and nail things down," says one source familiar …
Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
Excerpt from Michael Wolff's The Fall: how Tucker Carlson's success became a headache for Rupert Murdoch, making Carlson a casualty of the Dominion settlement  —  Rupert Murdoch didn't want to dump his ratings leader and favorite Fox host.  But was Tucker Carlson giving him a choice?
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New York Times:
The Authors Guild and more than a dozen prominent novelists sue OpenAI over allegedly infringing on authors' copyrights by using their books to train ChatGPT  —  The suit, filed with the Authors Guild, accuses the A.I. company of infringing on authors' copyrights, claiming it used their books to train its ChatGPT chatbot.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Mumbai-based Kuku FM, which offers audio content in English and six Indian languages for ~$1.20/month, raised a $25M Series C, taking its total funding to $60M  —  Google-backed audio content platform Kuku FM has raised $25 million in a new funding round as it looks to make deeper inroads …
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Source: Paramount+ removed one Russell Brand stand-up comedy special, Russell Brand in New York City, after one allegation of rape and four of sexual assault  —  The streaming service follows YouTube and the BBC in distancing itself from the comedian, who has been accused by four women of sexual assault.
Alexi Duggins / The Guardian:
Actor Stephen Fry warns about the dangers of AI after finding an unauthorized version of his voice he claims was generated from his Harry Potter book narration  —  Actor warns about dangers of artificial intelligence after discovering version of his voice based on Harry Potter audiobooks
Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Collider and Futurism
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Journalists Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett plan to launch In Retrospect, a weekly pop culture podcast, on September 21, distributed by iHeartPodcasts  —  iHeartPodcasts and The Meteor are launching “In Retrospect,” a pop culture podcast by Emmy-winning journalist Susie Banikarim and New York Times editor Jessica Bennett.
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.
Anna Chernova / CNN:
A Moscow court refuses to hear an appeal against WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention, meaning he could remain in jail until at least November 30  —  Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain behind bars after a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention on Tuesday.
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon announces the $50 Fire TV Stick 4K, the $60 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, the $120 24-inch Fire TV Soundbar, and generative AI updates for Fire TV voice search
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
Axios:
Filing: Disney plans to spend ~$60B in the next 10 years on its parks and cruise line segments, nearly doubling the company's investment over the past decade
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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
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
Discussion: GitHub
Bobby Hristova / CBC News:
The Hamilton Spectator, one of Ontario's longest-running newspapers, plans to close its office in October; last week, Torstar's owner Nordstar cut 605 staff
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
 

 
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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Block reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $5.98B, vs. $6.24B est., gross profit up 19% YoY to $2.25B, Cash App gross profit up 21% to $1.31B, and a $284M net income

Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
Source: Amazon is discussing a second multibillion-dollar Anthropic investment, asking Anthropic to use servers with Amazon chips; Anthropic prefers Nvidia GPUs

Sebastian Sinclair / Decrypt:
Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so

 
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