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10:35 AM ET, November 12, 2023

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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The SAG-AFTRA national board approves its new contract with the major studios with an 86% approval vote, sending it to membership for ratification  —  The official approval was announced by the guild at a press conference Friday afternoon, which finally got started at around 3:20 p.m. after an 80-minute delay.
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Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter:
Actress Justine Bateman slams the AI provisions in SAG-AFTRA's tentative deal, saying union members should only approve it “if they don't want to work anymore”  —  The actress-writer-filmmaker said union members should only approve the deal “if they don't want to work anymore.”
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Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
The era of explicitly feminist media in the US appears to be over with the closure of Jezebel, which outlasted the rest of the feminist blogosphere  —  Websites like Jezebel revived feminism, showing the internet might have a re-radicalizing effect.  Who will carry the torch?  —  Jezebel is dead.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The brand safety industry crushes news sites by keeping ads away from articles that algorithms say make people sad or upset, leading to shutdowns like Jezebel's  —  In his email to staff about the decision to shut down Jezebel and lay off its staff G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said that …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
A New York Times attorney blasts Senator Tom Cotton for “disinformation and incendiary rhetoric” after Cotton asked how many NYT employees embedded with Hamas  —  The New York Times sent a scathing rebuke in response to a letter from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) …
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Kathy Jones / Committee to Protect Journalists:
As of November 10, at least 40 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, three are reported missing, and 13 are reported arrested
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In an AMA on Tumblr, Matt Mullenweg spoke about Tumblr's future after shifting the majority of its staff to other areas at Automattic, monetization, and more  —  This week, WordPress.com owner Matt Mullenweg confirmed his company would be shifting the majority of Tumblr's workforce to other areas …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach its goals for a new audience and plans to focus on the website's “core functionality” in 2024
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at Press Forward's first six local chapters and their leading funders in Alaska, Minnesota, Wichita, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Springfield, Illinois  —  The coalition announced its first six local chapters, and their leading funders, last week.  —  When a coalition of funders led …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: DMGT is preparing to bid for Telegraph Media on its own, after ending talks with a Qatari group over fears UK would oppose investors from the region  —  Daily Mail owner is drawing up plan to fund bid on its own  —  Lord Rothermere has dropped plans to use Qatari cash to help fund …
Discussion: @danielthomasldn
Reporters Without Borders:
Reporters Without Borders and 16 partners unveil the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism to help define ethics and principles for journalists working with AI  —  The first of its kind, the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism defines ethics and principles that journalists …
Lori Lewis / Inside Radio:
NPR/Edison Research: a record 48% of Americans aged 13+ listen to spoken word content daily, accounting for 31% of their daily listening time, up 55% since 2014  —  Broadcast radio talk shows still dominate in the car, but overall, new research finds podcasting accounts for a growing amount …
 
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Moody's estimates new guild contracts with actors, writers, and directors will cost studios upwards of $450M to $600M per year, and won't pose a credit risk
Discussion: Next TV and The Atlantic
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
India proposes broadcast and streaming rules that would set up content evaluation committees and let the government regulate any online creator or news platform
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: the BBC wants to ramp up production of TV shows for US audiences and is negotiating to extend a partnership with Lionsgate and exploring other options
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News Now adds the UK's Sky News Today with Wilfred Frost, the first show on the streaming service produced outside of the US; Comcast owns Sky News and NBCU
Discussion: Adweek
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
WBD decides not to release Coyote vs. Acme, a completed film; sources: WBD took a $30M write-down on the $70M production of the third greenlit movie it's killed
Reuters:
A UK court lets Prince Harry, Elton John, and five others take their lawsuit against the ANL, the Daily Mail's publisher, to trial over alleged privacy breaches
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Meta's Threads has become a useful news source, despite blocking some search terms, but its chance of taking X's claim to be the “global town square” is unclear
Reuters:
Report: talks of a merger between Zee Entertainment and Sony India have stalled after a clash regarding which company's top executive will run the merged entity
Discussion: Livemint
 

 
From Techmeme:

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted

John Voorhees / MacStories:
Apple updates Final Cut Pro for macOS and iPadOS, adding AI closed captions and Vision Pro spatial video editing on macOS, and Logic Pro for macOS and iPadOS

 
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