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10:40 PM ET, October 12, 2023

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New York Times:
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.
Discussion: 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”
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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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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: @peterhamby
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: @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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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
In preliminary findings, EU says Apple's anti-steering rules for developers breached the DMA; EU is also probing if Apple's developer fees comply with EU rules

Wall Street Journal:
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