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Neal Mohan / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan argues that creators should be eligible for Emmys, as the awards “should reflect what viewers are actually watching on their TV screens” — In the years ahead, the TV Academy could consider expanding their categories to cover the full range of entertainment.
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@tvgrimreaper, @tracytran and @alexweprin
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans — Apple builds a bonus system around sign-ups, viewer loyalty and production costs. — Good afternoon from 30,000 feet.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Hunterbrook Media's publisher failed to disclose its ownership stake in a rival to a company that was recently the subject of a critical Hunterbrook article — The Scoop — The publisher and co-founder of Hunterbrook Media, the startup newsroom whose affiliate places stock market bets …
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Talking Biz News, Columbia Journalism Review and @maxwelltani
Financial Times:
In a letter, the UK's News Media Association warns Apple that imposing a “web eraser” tool to block ads would threaten journalism's financial sustainability — UK press says proposed ‘web eraser’ tool in next iOS update threatens journalism's financial sustainability
Amber Neely / AppleInsider:
Apple News+ gets Offline Mode, which automatically downloads recent, personalized content for offline reading, and a new spelling game called Quartiles — On Monday, Apple announced that Apple News+ subscribers get a new, original spelling game called “Quartiles,” and support for offline mode.
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@beep_roadrunner, @mattcassinelli and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Santul Nerkar / New York Times:
Many student protesters say they value Al Jazeera's on-the-ground coverage, as many major Western media outlets have struggled to gain access to Gaza — Students active in campus protests value Al Jazeera's on-the-ground coverage and its perspective on the Israel-Hamas war.
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Foreign Policy, The New Arab, The Times of Israel and SPLICETODAY.com
Washington Post:
Some publishers worry about the impact of AI summaries in Google's Search Generative Experience; Raptive estimates some may lose up to 60% of their traffic — The tech giant is rolling out AI-generated answers that displace links to human-written websites, threatening millions of creators
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@jake_boly, @anyasipa and @bgrueskin
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Le Monde in English, which makes up 10% of new Le Monde subscribers, hopes Paris Olympics and the US election will help reach 1M subscribers by the end of 2025 — French title is targeting 1m subscribers and attracts five million readers a month to Engliish website.
Priyanka.G / Reuters:
Tencent Music reports Q1 revenue down 3.4% YoY to $937M, profit up 27.5% YoY to $212M, music subscription revenue up 39.2% YoY to $501M, and 113.5M paying users — China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group (1698.HK), beat first-quarter revenue estimates on Monday, helped by steady growth …
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Billboard, Tencent Music and Variety
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
WGA East asks Vox Media to let employees at The Dodo and Thrillist merge into the Vox Media Union; Vox bought The Dodo and Thrillist parent Group Nine in 2021 — The Writers Guild of America East council sent a letter to Vox Media brass Monday to demand the company allow employees …
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@maevedunigan, @opheligarcia, @jmrivera02 and @jayasax
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with Ian Hislop, editor of UK satirical and investigative magazine Private Eye for 38 years, on the privilege of editing, being in print, and more — “When I was told I was being given an award I thought, ‘Oh, shit, damages.’” — Private Eye editor Ian Hislop has told …
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@pressgazette, @jennyjamest and @sheronboyle1
Georgetown University:
Gabe Fleisher, the 22-year-old who has been writing the Wake Up To Politics newsletter since 2011, plans to expand his business after graduating from college — At the 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner, the night's headliner, comedian Roy Wood Jr., brought Gabe Fleisher (C'24) as a special guest.
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Media Voices, @andria.bsky.social, @tomlobianco, @wakeup2politics, @wakeup2politics, @mctothstl, @chriscillizza and @lpdonovan
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