Top News:
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Whoopi Goldberg-backed BLKFAM, a FAST service focused on Black families, launches in the US with 1,000+ hours of kid-friendly animation titles and more — BLKFAM is a free, ad-supported, Black-focused family streaming service launching today to give Black Americans access to more than 1,000 hours …
Discussion:
Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Desk, NewscastStudio, @xpangler, @thestreamable, The Streamable, The Wrap, @pauline98476699 and Deadline
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Two ex-Meta employees find an AI clickbait network linked to a Polish IT company, which is “domain squatting” on URLs, including Iowa's Clayton County Register — When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa's Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks …
Discussion:
Sandeep A. on LinkedIn, @seoconspiracy and Anthony Eastin on LinkedIn
Jess Jones / City A.M.:
Sesamy, launched by Acast co-founders to let users in Sweden and Denmark purchase single articles or podcasts as a one-time transaction, plans to expand to UK — Could one-off articles and podcast purchases be the future of publishing? That's the vision of the co-founders of Acast …
Discussion:
Benjamin Webb on LinkedIn, @johnspurlock and @rasmus_kleis
Bloomberg:
Sources: Charter Communications is exploring a takeover of smaller rival Altice USA, which serves ~5M customers across 21 US states; Altice stock is up 50%+ — - Charter working with advisers on pursuing smaller rival — Both firms have suffered with surge in wireless competition
Discussion:
CNBC, The Desk, @fasulo_chris, @maffei_fake, @stopthecap, @lucas_shaw and Next TV
Deadline:
Disney's President of Motion Picture Studios, Sean Bailey, steps down; Searchlight's co-President David Greenbaum takes over — EXCLUSIVE: Effective immediately, Walt Disney's President of Motion Picture Studios Sean Bailey, who turned the company's animation vault into a multibillion-dollar …
Discussion:
Reuters, Variety, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, The Playlist and @mattbelloni
The Guardian:
Former TV news executives and others criticize Ofcom for allowing GB News to violate broadcasting impartiality rules by dragging its feet with investigations — Ofcom is accused of not treating all broadcasters the same and of dragging its feet with investigations into the rightwing channel
Discussion:
@justicetrousers, @adrian_warner, @michaellcrick, @paulmarsha11, @docrussjackson, @catrollo and Mediaite
Emily Smith / The Wrap:
Sources: Don Lemon agrees to separate with CNN in a ~$24.5M deal, the full pay from his final contract, which extended 3.5 years from his ousting in April 2023 — Don Lemon, the former prime time host of CNN has finally agreed a deal to separate with the network.
Discussion:
@yashar, @justinbaragona and r/Journalism
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Ampere Analysis: streaming revenue will overtake pay TV subscription revenue in the US for the first time in Q3 2024, helped by streamers' addition of ad tiers — Total streaming revenue will hit $17.3 billion, topping $16.7 billion from pay TV, in the third-quarter of 2024, predicts research firm Ampere Analysis.
Discussion:
IndieWire, The Desk, The Streamable, Next TV, @mtfiii, Media Play News, Broadband TV News and WORLD SCREEN
Helen Bushby / BBC:
British film censors change the age rating for the classic 1964 film Mary Poppins from U to PG citing “discriminatory language” — Mary Poppins, the classic film starring Julie Andrews, has had its age rating raised by British film censors because it features “discriminatory language”.
Emma Vowles / Press Gazette:
An interview with BBC News analysis editor Ros Atkins about his viral explainer videos, use of OSINT by journalists, fake news, and more — The BBC News analysis editor says data and OSINT “are only going to become more important”. — After our interview, Ros Atkins goes viral on X …
Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review:
Australian businessman Kerry Stokes launches The Nightly, a daily online newspaper with backing from billionaires Katie Page, Chris Ellison, and Gina Rinehart — Billionaires Katie Page, Chris Ellison and Gina Rinehart are the key backers of Kerry Stokes' new daily online newspaper …
Discussion:
@john_macgowan, @ianpmcleod, @markdistef, @pollyanna_04, @chris_dengate, @rachelrwithers, @matt_levinson, Crikey, Mumbrella and Sydney Morning Herald
Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of Dale Anglin, first director of Press Forward, a philanthropic effort to invest $500M over five years in local news and aiming to raise $500M more — Dale R. Anglin has spent more than twenty years in the nonprofit sector, channeling millions of dollars to social service organizations.
International Economics Reporter, DC — 
Consumer Brands Reporter, GA — 
Deputy Editor - Playbook, VA — 
Product Editor, CA — 
Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sydney — 
China Autos Correspondent, Beijing — 
Bangor Reporter, ME — 
Commerce Editor - Health, Remote US — 
Sports Editor, MI — 
Managing Editor, Remote US — 
Public Policy Editor, London — 
Stock Picks Writer, NY — 
Part-Time Reporter, AZ — 
Executive Editor, CA — 
Political Correspondent, NV — 
Sr. Reporter, Singapore — 
Evening Dep. Breaking News Ed., CA — 
Commercial Real Estate Reporter, NY — 
Kansas Statehouse Reporter, KS — 
Senior Science & Health Writer, NY — 
Data Journalist, MN — 
DeFi Correspondent, Remote — 
City Government Reporter, OR — 
Healthcare Business Reporter, MA — 
Senior Consumer Tech Reporter, NY — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Editorial Director - Audio & Video, NY — 
Local Editor - Morris County, Remote NJ — 
AI Columnist - Weekend, CA/NY — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Deputy Managing Editor, IA — 
Senior Editor - News, NC — 
Breaking News Editor - Weekend, HK — 
Reporter - National, Remote NY — 
