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Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP say they plan to “resume negotiations for a new TV/theatrical contract” on October 2, after the WGA ended its strike on September 27 — UPDATE: As Deadline first told you yesterday, SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are meeting next week.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
WGA leaders lift the strike order as of 12:01am PT on September 27, release the tentative AMPTP deal, and let writers return to work before final ratification
WGA leaders lift the strike order as of 12:01am PT on September 27, release the tentative AMPTP deal, and let writers return to work before final ratification
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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
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
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@rking618, @dmaguz, @thatrebecca, @jbflint, @corbinbolies, Los Angeles Times, @maghielse, @timothydowling and Variety
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Meta debuts AI chatbots based on over a dozen influencers, including Snoop Dogg, MrBeast, and Charli D'Amelio, on Instagram and Facebook, and plans to add more — Meta has turned more than a dozen celebrities and influencers into robots. — The tech company, at the Meta Connect 2023 confab Wednesday …
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Meta, The Verge, NME, The Verge, Rolling Stone, Mashable, The Information, @ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org, BGR, TechCrunch, Engadget and The Messenger, more at Techmeme »
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Meta's celebrity AIs are generated AI animations built from filming the 28 people they represent; Meta would not comment on how the celebrities were compensated — Actors are in the middle of a major, protracted battle with Hollywood over what role AI will be playing in the future of entertainment …
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The Guardian, Gizmodo, @brideoflinux and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims 90% of the top 100 advertisers “returned to the platform in the past 12 weeks alone” and that X will be profitable by early 2024 — According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the company formerly known as Twitter will be profitable by early 2024.
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The Information, The Wrap, Variety, Bloomberg, Deadline, The Verge, The Verge, Insider, Axios, @thebenbergman, @thebenbergman, The Hollywood Reporter, @brooke, @thebenbergman, @karaswisher, @darnell@one.darnell.one, @danprimack, The Wrap, @carnage4life@mas.to, @karaswisher, @kyliebytes, @brooke, @danprimack and @jason, more at Techmeme »
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X's CEO, says the intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk
Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X's CEO, says the intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk
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Insider, Jerusalem Post, New York Post, Rolling Stone, @jeridansky@sfba.social, @rmac18, UPI, MobileSyrup, @kateconger, @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …, The Messenger, Reclaim The Net, CNN, @chris_skinner, @mattvella, @janinegibson, @ft, @cordeliaj, TechCrunch and Media Matters for America, more at Techmeme »
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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@avasantina, @danwootton, BBC, The Independent, @olidugmore, The Guardian, @hannahrosewoods, @politicsjoe_uk, @avasantina, @tomhfh, @kevinjrawlinson, Mediaite, @garylineker, @dannythefink, @stokel, @lozzafox, @schillingc, @ofcom, @guyclapperton, @zsk, @aljwhite, @avasantina, @sophierunning, @danwootton, @caoilfhionnanna, @owenjones84, @carolvorders, @miffythegamer, @arusbridger, @jamesrbuk, @beardedgenius, @dannythefink, The Guardian, Deadline, Broadband TV News, @Anitambyrne@mastodon.ie, The London Economic, Times and Star, LADbible, Daily Express, The London Economic and The London Economic
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Source: National World lines up advisers for a £600M takeover bid for The Daily Telegraph, joining multiple other interested parties, including Lord Rothermere — David Montgomery's National World is lining up Cavendish Capital Markets and Peel Hunt to muster the firepower for a £600m takeover bid, Sky News learns.
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HoldtheFrontPage and Press Gazette
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Shauneen Miranda / Axios:
Late-night TV talk shows return: Bill Maher on Sept. 29; John Oliver on Oct. 1, and Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel on Oct. 2 — Late-night shows are set to make their post-Hollywood writers strike return, but will they have any jokes about it?
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Variety, Screen Rant, The A.V. Club, New York Post, Billboard, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, TVLine, CBS News, Deadline and Los Angeles Times
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A profile of Kasie Hunt as she launches State of the Race, a weekday show about US politics for CNN's international service, after moving from NBC News in 2021 — Two years later, she's just starting to find out whether she might sink or swim. — On Wednesday, Hunt will launch …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl: AI will greatly impact the music industry in the next year and YouTube Content ID can be a blueprint for protecting rightsholders — Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl believes AI will be significantly impacting the music industry within the next year.
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Billboard, Gizmodo and Music Ally
Advanced Television:
TiVo: the average number of streaming services used by US consumers fell from 11.6 in Q4 2022 to 10.9 in Q2 2023, while monthly spending fell from $189 to $170 — Research from TiVo Platform Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi …
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TiVo, TiVo Blog, Broadband TV News, Media Play News and Cord Cutters News
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
Disney tells its Canadian Disney+ subscribers the company updated the service's subscriber agreement to limit usage to a single household, effective November 1 — The streamer is updating its subscriber agreement in Canada to limit usage to a single household.
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BGR, The Verge, @carnage4life@mas.to, MobileSyrup, Variety and IGN, more at Techmeme »
Emma Garland / Huck:
A look at The Paper, an independent magazine about the “confusing, hopeless but hilarious” state of life in Wales, funded via a Michael Sheen-backed Kickstarter — Founded by three friends from South Wales and funded by a Kickstarter backed by Michael Sheen …
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@emmaggarland and @emmaggarland
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
In his new book, Marty Baron says Jared Kushner pressured the Washington Post publisher to fire Baron as editor over the outlet's Russia investigation coverage — Marty Baron says Trump's son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation
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
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Fox News is charging ~$200K for a 30-second ad during the 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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New York Daily News, The Daily Beast, The Messenger, Vanity Fair, @semaforben, @imyourmoderator, @maxwelltani and New Republic