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9:10 AM ET, February 5, 2024

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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Sources describe internal discontent about CNN's Gaza coverage and complaints about editorial policies preferring Israeli claims over Palestinian perspectives  —  Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News confirms that President Biden will not do a pre-game Super Bowl interview with CBS, the second year in a row that he has turned down the opportunity  —  An interview with the U.S. President in the hours before the Super Bowl has become a tradition in recent decades.
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Eurovision organizer European Broadcasting Union launches Eurovision Sport, a free streaming service to complement public service broadcasters' coverage  —  A free direct-to-consumer service offering thousands of hours live sports broadcasting, the streamer is available for desktop, mobile and both ioS and Android apps.
Max Tani / Semafor:
How Condé Nast bought and destroyed Pitchfork by absorbing its creative teams and trying to fit it into the audience-driven terms of programmatic ad sales  —  The News  —  In 2015, Condé Nast was nearing a deal to buy the music site Pitchfork, its first major editorial acquisition in years.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
UK's Reach strikes a deal with Amazon for “contextual” first-party data to target online ads, as the media industry responds to end of third party cookies  —  Media sector scrambles to deal with fallout from phase out of cross-website trackers  —  Tech giant Amazon has struck …
Financial Times:
Sources: the UK shelved plans to publish rules on the training of AI models using copyrighted material, after artists and tech groups failed to agree terms  —  Government-led talks stall as artists and tech groups fail to agree terms over access to copyrighted work
Discussion: CMU, more at Techmeme »
Financial Times:
A look at the potential deal between Skydance and Shari Redstone's National Amusements, as a tough media industry landscape forces Redstone to consider offers  —  Interest from Skydance and other bidders could split shareholders in studio behind ‘The Godfather’
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
How the creator economy is forcing writers and artists to build personal brands and become influencers, making many artists uncomfortable and feel like sellouts  —  So you want to be an artist.  Do you have to start a TikTok?  —  When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Everyone TV, a joint venture of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Paramount Global's Channel 5, announces Freely, a new free streaming service launching in Q2 2024  —  With more than half of U.K. homes expecting to watch TV exclusively via broadband by 2030, it “will bring live and on-demand content together …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at UMG's TikTok retreat, stemming from issues like low payouts and a lack of assurances on fighting deepfakes, and TikTok's role in the music industry  —  We're about to find out how important TikTok is to the music industry.  —  Happy Grammy Sunday to those of you who celebrate.
Wall Street Journal:
A look at Charter's rise to become the biggest US cable TV provider, with 14.12M subscribers, topping Comcast and highlighting the dire state of cable TV  —  Charter tops Comcast as No. 1 pay-TV provider by subscribers, months after hinting it may exit the business
 
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Danny Crichton / Securities:
TechCrunch+'s founding editor about its launch to complement TechCrunch's ads and events revenue and its failure due to issues with finding business reporters
David Pegg / The Guardian:
Azerbaijan is accused of cracking down on independent media in the run-up to snap elections; 13 journalists, including from Abzas Media, have been detained
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Interviews with Disney executives about Apple Vision Pro, how the device is changing the studio's production pipelines, future plans for the device, and more
Selome Hailu / Variety:
HBO cuts Miloš Biković from The White Lotus cast, after Ukraine accused him of supporting Russia since its war; Biković calls the move a “disturbing precedent”
Tom Jones / Poynter:
While reporting on a woman who sought assisted suicide, a Boston Globe columnist signed a form helping her to proceed, raising questions about journalism ethics
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Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
Diamond Sports strikes a deal to continue broadcasting Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers games through the upcoming MLB season
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify and Joe Rogan sign a new multiyear deal, estimated to be worth $250M; Rogan's show will be available across podcast platforms and as videos on YouTube