Mediagazer: SAG-AFTRA is pushing for a CA bill requiring detailed consent to use actors' digital replicas and another banning use of dead performers without heirs' consent (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Katie Robertson / New York Times:

Fortune names Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as its CEO, making her the first woman to lead the publication, taking over Alan Murray; she had been CFO and CSO since 2019 — “The overarching goal for the company is growth,” Anastasia Nyrkovskaya said in an interview.Carly Zavala for The New York Times

Discussion: Talking Biz News, Observer, MediaPost, The Wrap, Fortune, Benjamin Curry on LinkedIn and @pressgazette

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

SAG-AFTRA is pushing for a CA bill requiring detailed consent to use actors' digital replicas and another banning use of dead performers without heirs' consent — Would you buy a car from an AI chatbot? What if it looked and talked like Tom Hanks?

Discussion: Gene Maddaus on LinkedIn

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

YouTube adds shopping features, including creator-curated product lists for users to browse called Shopping Collections and a hub with info on commission rates — YouTube announced on Tuesday that it's launching new Shopping features that allow creators to curate shoppable collections …

Discussion: YouTube Official Blog

Axios:

South Carolina-Iowa women's NCAA title game drew 18.7M viewers on April 7, a new record for a women's college game and a five-year high for any basketball game — - Her star power helped make this women's basketball season the most-watched in fifteen years.

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

YouTube channel Dude Perfect raised $100M+ from Highmount Capital to build out their business in new areas and expand their core programming — The Dudes plan to use the cash infusion “to pursue bold new opportunities and projects” beyond traditional channels.

Discussion: The Hill, The Wrap, Variety, @austin_rief, CNBC, Deadline, @kurtstadelman, Sportico, Dude Perfect, Tucker Brown on LinkedIn, Axios and Chad Coleman on LinkedIn

John Reed / Financial Times:

The BBC splits off its India operations to create a new independent media company, Collective Newsroom, following regulatory scrutiny over its Modi documentary — Move follows controversy about Modi documentary, which was labelled a ‘propaganda piece’ by New Delhi

Discussion: NDTV, @christopherkay, @jonathancmunro, The Indian Express and Newslaundry

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

News Corp reports The Sun revenue down 5% to £305.2M, losses down 48% to £65.9M in the year to July 2, 2023, The Times revenue up 3% to £385.8M, profit down 17% — 2022/2023 financial results for Times Media, News Group Newspapers and News UK Broadcasting.

Discussion: The Guardian and Companies House

Walter Hickey / @walthickey:

Robinhood launches its independent media brand Sherwood News, with Joshua Topolsky as editor-in-chief — Today we launched Sherwood News! Here's some of the features we launched today!

Discussion: Axios, @manvbrain, @ranimolla, @nicolebarbosapr and @joshuatopolsky

Matt Stevens / New York Times:

How competition between states like Oklahoma and Texas to attract Hollywood productions is driving their subsidies higher, even with a poor return on investment — To attract movie and television production, states must try to offer the best incentives. The competition drives spending on Hollywood subsidies ever higher.

Discussion: The Wrap

Aymann Ismail / Slate:

Q&A with Ido David Cohen, who covers Israeli media for Haaretz, about the new law banning foreign networks like Al Jazeera, its impact on Israeli outlets, more — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be moving ahead with his pledge to ban Al Jazeera following the recent passage of a new law in the Israeli Knesset.

Kate Knibbs / Wired:

The Internet Archive is hosting the new Aruba Collection, which contains 101,376 items from Aruba's National Library, National Archives, and other institutions — By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation's history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding …

Discussion: @neilturkewitz, The Information, @nadinestorying@zirk.us, @josemurilo@mato.social, @kim_harding@mastodon.scot and @bloodravenlib@mas.to, more at Techmeme »

Kaya Yurieff / The Information:

TikTok expands TikTok Lite, which gives people financial incentives to watch its videos, to Spain and France, as the app's growth in Europe slows — TikTok's growth in Europe has slowed down so much that it's rolling out a new app that gives people financial incentives to watch its videos.

Discussion: The Hill, TechCrunch, @iatalkspace, Music Ally, Mumbrella, @carnage4life@mas.to, The Verge, Bloomberg and Politico, more at Techmeme »