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Hundreds of thousands of out-of-work Hollywood crew members have dipped into savings and turned to nonprofits' emergency funds as the SAG-AFTRA strike drags on — The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term.
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@rachelsl.bsky.social, @rmwhittaker.bsky.social and Insider
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says SAG-AFTRA talks broke down because the union wanted a “levy” on each streaming subscriber instead of a “success-based bonus” — “A levy on top of our revenue or per subscriber, with no insight into the revenue per subscriber or anything …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA and the major studios suspend talks, as the AMPTP says the gap between the two sides is “too great”; SAG-AFTRA accuses the studios of “bully tactics”
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Kathy Jones / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Six days of the Israel-Hamas war: at least one Israeli and nine Palestinian journalists have been killed, two journalists are missing, and two have been injured — The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel …
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Clark Merrefield / Nieman Lab:
Study: US prosecutions for public corruption rise after a nonprofit news outlet opens in a judicial district and are more likely the more funding the outlet has — “We find a really strong connection that they're able to maintain accountability in these communities.”
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Aaron Jacklin on LinkedIn, Sheila Coronel on LinkedIn and @ben@werd.social
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
News Media Canada, which represents Canada's top newspapers, says it supports many of Google's issues with the Online News Act, now undergoing draft rulemaking — A Canadian news industry body on Thursday lent support to some of Google's concerns about a new law that aims …
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@davidcoletto, @mgeist, @jaycurrie, @pagmenzies and Globe and Mail
Nieman Lab:
A study using 60 bots to look at TikTok's recommendations after seeding with four news outlets finds that just 18% of the recommended videos were news-related — Plus: The “labor” of avoiding news, a study of disagreements between journalists and their bosses about objectivity, and the effects of Trump's criticisms of Fox News.
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Nick Hagar on LinkedIn and @peterhamby
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Information hires Morning Brew COO Matthew Resnick as its COO, to grow consumer revenue and brand partners; chief commercial officer Karl Wells is leaving — Technology publisher The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Morning Brew …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Comcast hires Morgan Stanley and Disney hires JPMorgan Chase to value Hulu, in a step toward Disney buying Comcast's stake; their 2019 deal set a $27.5B floor — - Comcast and Disney have hired investment banks to appraise Hulu. — On Nov. 1, Comcast and Disney can both trigger an option …
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@sherman4949, Erick Opeka on LinkedIn, Alex Sherman on LinkedIn and What's On Disney Plus
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
A group of comic book writers and artists form Ghost Machine, a company the creators will be exclusive to, as well as jointly own, operate, and profit from — The founding writers and artists of Ghost Machine will be exclusive to the company and will jointly own, operate and profit from it.
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Image Comics, The Wrap, Michael Cotton on LinkedIn and Brad Meltzer on LinkedIn
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Many writers at fanfiction site Archive of Our Own restrict viewing to registered readers in an effort to prevent their writing being scraped to train AI models — Kinktober. Whumptober. Kisstober. Flufftober. Goretober. October is a bacchanal of fan fiction …
Rob Golum / Bloomberg:
Antenna: YouTube's NFL Sunday Ticket attracted an estimated 1.3M signups, vs. 1.2M reportedly under DirecTV; ~41% of the NFL subscribers are new to YouTube TV — Die-hard fans of live sports are migrating online in big numbers, responding to the multibillion-dollar investments by major technology companies …
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Sportico, @deesevere.bsky.social and The Streamable
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Block names Tim Copeland, formerly its news editor and managing editor, as editor-in-chief; Copeland worked at Decrypt before joining The Block in 2021 — Cryptocurrency news site The Block has named Tim Copeland to be its editor in chief. — He previously has been news editor and managing editor of the publication.
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@timccopeland and @vishal4c
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix plans to open Netflix House, permanent stores where fans can buy clothes, eat themed food, and try live experiences, starting with two US venues in 2025 — - Its first permanent retail sites will be named ‘Netflix House’ — Initial locations in US will be followed by global expansion
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