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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paris Hilton and her company 11:11 Media sign a partnership with X to create four original video content programs per year to promote X's Live Shopping product — Paris Hilton is getting her X on. — The influencer and entrepreneur — who has 16.6 million followers on X …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, Bob Iger, and Donna Langley are attending Monday's negotiating session with SAG-AFTRA, raising hopes for a quick resolution — Four leaders that expedited talks with the Writers Guild of America will be present at the union's headquarters on Monday. — They're back.
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Profile of Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, who has been SAG-AFTRA's executive director and chief negotiator since 2021, as talks with the studios begin again on Monday — Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the lead negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, will be a key player as the guild begins talks with the studios again on Monday.
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@stufalk and @brooksbarnesnyt
Ellie Rushing / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Police say freelance journalist Josh Kruger was shot and killed inside his Philadelphia home; Kruger wrote for The Philadelphia Inquirer and others — A Philadelphia journalist was shot and killed inside his Point Breeze home overnight, police said, after a person with a gun entered his home …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Jeff Zucker acquires a minority stake in newsletter startup Front Office Sports; source: the deal values the startup at ~$40M, up from $25M at the end of 2021 — - The sports business outlet is now valued at about $40 million — Zucker will become co-chairman of the company's board
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
While Adobe, Getty Images, Stability AI, and YouTube have at least pledged to share their generative AI profits with creators, none have detailed their plans — As tech companies begin to monetize generative AI, the creators on whose work it is trained are asking for their fair share.
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@rahll and @timnitGebru@dair …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
National World, run by ex-Mirror boss David Montgomery, buys Midland News Association, which was UK's largest independent regional publisher before the deal — National World also bought technology solution Press Computer Systems. — David Montgomery's National World has bought Midland News Association …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Philadelphia Inquirer launches a seven-figure ad campaign aimed at millennials; all five major Philadelphia sports teams agreed for their logos to be used — The Philadelphia Inquirer is launching its first major ad campaign in decades, its publisher and CEO Lisa Hughes told Axios …
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@benwerd, @maghielse, @andrewessex, @ben@werd.social, Adweek and @sarafischer
Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter:
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a WGA- and SAG-AFTRA-backed bill that would have given unemployment benefits to striking workers like writers and actors — The legislation was an attempt by Democratic state lawmakers to help striking actors, writers and Southern California hotel workers.
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
The Golden Globes adds 11 members, bringing its voting body to 300 people that represents 76 countries and is 47% female and 60% racially and ethnically diverse — The Golden Globes has added 11 new members, bringing its total voting body to 300 people and 60% diversity, the organization announced Monday.
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The Wrap, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
A profile of More Perfect Union, a nonprofit labor-advocacy publication with a $5.5M annual budget, 28 employees, and a video-first approach on social media — In behind-the-scenes planning talks, More Perfect Union played a role in the president's visit to a picket line.
Phyllis Zorn / Marion County Record:
The mayor of Marion, Kansas suspends police chief Gideon Cody, six and a half weeks after he led the raid on the Marion County Record — Six and a half weeks after raids on the Marion County Record — and six weeks after warrants for those raids were taken back — Marion mayor David Mayfield has suspended police chief Gideon Cody.
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