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4:10 AM ET, November 15, 2023

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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Two SAG-AFTRA board members say they voted against the new contract because it did not have enough protections against AI, though they also had other concerns  —  Two members of the SAG-AFTRA board said they voted against the new contract because it does not do enough to protect actors against artificial intelligence.
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Slade Sohmer, ex-EIC of The Recount, has been charged with possession and dissemination of child porn; The Recount says he left after an October restructuring  —  Slade Sohmer, the editor-in-chief of the left-leaning publication The Recount, was arrested on Friday on charges of possessing …
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
Washington Post:
Sources: some Univision journalists are alarmed by its new approach to Trump, after top execs attended a Trump interview and Univision canceled some Biden ads  —  The presence of corporate executives at Mar-a-Lago raises alarm among Democrats who are used to Latino media criticism of the former president's policies
Axios:
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: the US media industry eliminated ~20,000 jobs in 2023 as of October, compared to ~3,000 cuts until October in 2022  —  Media companies are cutting their workforces as volatility in the ad market persists for premium publishers.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Knight Foundation names Gannett Media President Maribel Perez Wadsworth as its next president and CEO, starting in January 2024, succeeding Alberto Ibargüen  —  The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has named the newspaper executive Maribel Perez Wadsworth its next president and CEO.
Defector:
Defector reports 2023 revenue up 18% YoY to ~$4.5M, including $3.75M from subscriptions, 40K+ active subscribers, and ~$4.4M in total operating expenses  —  Purpose of this report  —  More than three years into the company's existence, Defector continues to have no outside investors and no intention of raising outside capital.
NPR:
NPR journalists say a drone hovered above them and Israeli forces aimed a gun at them while they interviewed a Palestinian farmer in Deir Istiya, the West Bank  —  WEST BANK - There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going.  And then it spins in an entirely different direction.
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Mo Abbas / NBC News:
Palestinian journalists in Israel, working for outlets including Sky News Arabia, the BBC, and RT, say they were questioned or assaulted by Israeli police
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BBC:
The BBC says five complaints have been made about Russell Brand's behavior while he hosted radio shows from 2006 to 2008; two were made in the past two months  —  The BBC has said a total of five complaints have been made about Russell Brand's behaviour while he hosted radio shows between 2006 and 2008.
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The Guardian:
Investigation: independent German journalist Hubert Seipel received ~€600K from a Putin associate to support his Putin books, described by many as sympathetic
Reuters:
Local media: Russia pardons a man convicted in 2014 for murdering Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow in 2006, in return for fighting in Ukraine
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Henry Blodget steps down as Insider's CEO, replaced by Barbara Peng; Insider changes its name back to Business Insider to focus on business and technology news
John Koblin / New York Times:
CBS plans to bring back scripted series in mid-February 2024, becoming the first network to lay out post-strike scheduling plans after the tentative agreement
Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
YouTube plans to require users to disclose when they have uploaded realistic-looking manipulated or synthetic content, including using AI tools, in 2024