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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.
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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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 …
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Sony Pictures reports Q4 revenue up 1.1% YoY to ~$2.74B, profit up 75% YoY to $208M, and FY 2023 revenue up 1.7% YoY to ~$10.31B, weighed down by the strikes — Sony Pictures Entertainment has seen operating income fall nearly 10% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
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Variety, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
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
New York Magazine:
Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people's trust, and more — The two titans of tech reviewing talk shop with Kara Swisher. — Despite being two of the most influential tech reviewers ever …
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
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.
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.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Rumble sues Google, saying Google owes Rumble $1B+ in damages for lost ad revenue and for exploiting its ad tech dominance to hamper Rumble's ability to compete — Rumble, the publicly-traded YouTube alternative that's favored by conservatives, has filed a lawsuit against Google and its parent Alphabet
Discussion:
@sarafischer, @chrispavlovski, Reclaim The Net and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate Studios, the company's film and TV studio business separated from Starz, will begin trading on the NASDAQ via SPAC on May 14, expecting to raise $350M — Separated from Starz, the film and TV business launches under the ticker symbol LION. — Lionsgate will at long last launch …
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@lavacreekvos and Lionsgate Studios
Alexander Martin / The Record:
Hundreds of local and regional newspaper websites of UK's Newsquest were defaced on May 13 by a group calling itself “first-class Russian hackers” — A group declaring itself to be “first-class Russian hackers” defaced potentially hundreds of local and regional British newspaper websites on Saturday.
Discussion:
Alexander Martin on LinkedIn
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.
Discussion:
Engadget, 9to5Mac, @beep_roadrunner, @mattcassinelli, @baekdal and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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