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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
WGA leaders lift the strike order as of 12:01am PT Wednesday, release the tentative AMPTP deal, and allow writers to return to work before final ratification — The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is officially over. — On the 148th day of the work stoppage, the board of the WGA West …
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Hollywood Reporter:
A play-by-play of the final negotiations between the WGA and the studios, represented by Bob Iger, David Zaslav, Ted Sarandos, and NBCUniversal's Donna Langley — From the Chris Keyser-CEO calls that brought them back to the table to the ask that almost derailed the deal, a play-by-play of the final negotiations.
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Alex Cranz / The Verge:
The WGA contract calls for streaming data transparency, requiring studios to provide “the total number of hours streamed” of self-produced high budget programs — Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and deciding whether …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
GB News suspends presenter Laurence Fox after he went on a misogynistic on-air rant about the political journalist Ava Evans; Fox refused to apologize — Broadcaster says it will apologise to Ava Evans about comments Fox made about her on Dan Wootton's show on Tuesday
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
After suspending Laurence Fox, GB News suspends Dan Wootton over “totally unacceptable” comments made by Fox about a female journalist during Wootton's show — GB News has suspended both Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton over “totally unacceptable” comments made by Fox about a female journalist during Wootton's show on Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Sources and new documents detail how Facebook execs repeatedly shied away from punishing the BJP or associated accounts in India for hate speech and propaganda — SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly three years ago, Facebook's propaganda hunters uncovered a vast social media influence operation …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
In his new book, Marty Baron says Jared Kushner pressured the Washington Post publisher to fire Baron as editor over coverage of the Russia investigation — Marty Baron says Trump's son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation
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Sara Atske / Pew Research Center:
US survey of 4,742 Black adults: 63% say news about Black people is more negative than news about other races and 43% say the coverage stereotypes Black people — Black Americans are critical of news coverage of Black people and say educating journalists would make coverage fairer
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X CEO, says intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk — Can the chief of the company formerly known as Twitter survive Musk's chaos and win back advertisers?
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sources: Paul Marshall, the co-owner of GB News, along with Citadel founder Ken Griffin, plans a bid for UK's Telegraph through his UnHerd Ventures media group — Founder of Citadel hedge fund Ken Griffin linked to group of investors including Sir Paul Marshall
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Warner Bros. Discovery launches CNN Max in an open beta in the US, offering a 24/7 live news streaming feed and 900 hours of CNN Originals to Max subscribers — - Donald Trump Found Liable For Defrauding Banks, New York Judge Rules; Defense Attorney Calls Decision “Miscarriage Of Justice” - Update
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Fox News is charging ~$200K for a 30-second spot during second GOP primary debate, down from ~$495K for the first, as the primary becomes a “snoozer” — The Scoop — Advertisers paid a premium for airtime during the first Republican presidential debate on Fox News …
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