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8:10 AM ET, September 25, 2023

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Los Angeles Times:
The WGA and AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, more  —  The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted more than 140 days …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Washington Post:
Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign  —  An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation …
John Koblin / New York Times:
People over 60 have become the US broadcast networks' core constituency, as the median age of viewers at ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox has ballooned in recent years  —  Viewers have fled prime-time lineups for streaming outlets, with one notable exception: people over 60.
Jody Serrano / The Messenger:
Q&A with Kevin Systrom about Artifact's Links discovery feature, moderation, the bear case and bull case for Threads, the current state of Instagram, and more  —  Kevin Systrom hopes a fresh jolt of growth to his Artifact app allows it to compete better with the industry's bigger relics
Lauren Indvik / Financial Times:
An interview with Anna Wintour on her rise to the top of the fashion world, her tough image, Chioma Nnadi's appointment as the head of British Vogue, and more  —  Vogue's global editorial director on her rise to the top of the fashion world — and what she makes of her tough image
Vauhini Vara / Wired:
A writer whose AI-assisted essay went viral reflects on testing GPT-3 early, Sudowrite's novel generator, and whether AI is good for writers and literature  —  Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself.
Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to run limited ads on Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada starting in early 2024, charging $2.99/month extra in the US to avoid ads  —  - Prime Video will offer a more expensive ad-free option  — Streamers want to increase revenue as production costs soar
Financial Times:
French billionaire Xavier Niel acquires Czech energy tycoon Daniel Kretínsky's stake in Le Monde; sources: the ~€50M deal was agreed to privately in August 2023  —  Sale by Czech tycoon will advance French billionaire's ambition to put newspaper's ownership into foundation
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
A look at the antitrust activists attending the DOJ's Google antitrust trial every day and documenting their observations via social media and daily newsletters
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A profile of UTA Head of Audio Oren Rosenbaum, who helped grow podcasting by being an agent for stars like Emma Chamberlain, as the podcasting industry deflates
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney laid off 300+ Beijing staff in March 2023 as the team had some US user data access and the company worried that could be a red flag for Congress
New York Times:
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist who covered China's #MeToo movement, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, stand trial on subversion charges in a Chinese court
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Russia's flagship state news TV channel, Rossiya 24, is running ads for a Tucker Carlson show “at the weekend”, but Carlson denies hosting a show on Russian TV
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns tries to distance himself from SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas after ProPublica published a photo of the two alongside David Koch
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Snap President of Americas Rob Wilk leaves, after joining the company in March 2023, replaced by Patrick Harris, who joined Snap after 10+ years at Meta
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The FT debuts an e-paper app for international readers; ABC: the FT digital edition had a 16,343 average circulation in August, of which 81% was outside the UK
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
Sam Schube / GQ:
How Apple SVP of Services Eddy Cue led the company's push into live sports streaming and is using its MLS deal to test reshaping how sports are consumed