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1:10 PM ET, July 1, 2024

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Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022  —  Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight.
CBS News:
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, says neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to take another look at a pair of laws from Florida and Texas …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
B2B information and data provider Wilmington sells its UK healthcare business, which includes Health Service Journal, to PE firm Inspirit Franklin for £26M  —  HSJ has been owned by Wilmington since 2017.  —  Health Service Journal will move under private equity ownership following a sale by owner Wilmington.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit that produces Sesame Street, names Sherrie Westin as its new CEO, as it plans to “reimagine” Sesame Street starting in fall 2025  —  The non-profit that produces ‘Sesame Street’ will have its first female CEO since the show's creator, Joan Ganz Cooney.
Discussion: Variety
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Some Hollywood writers and actors are struggling to meet salary or work requirements to keep their union's health insurance plans, following the 2023 strikes  —  After the 2023 work stoppages and amid a larger industry contraction, creatives face difficulties meeting minimums to keep their union plans …
Silla Brush / Bloomberg:
BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash  —  The acquisition deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets, and also expands its Aladdin technology systems …
James Risen / The Intercept:
A reporter who fought a seven-year legal battle to protect sources says Julian Assange's case sets a dangerous precedent that may severely hurt US press freedom  —  When Julian Assange abruptly found himself back in Australia and freedom this week after reaching a plea deal with the U.S. government …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Arnaud Lagardère returns as French publishing group Lagardère SA chair and CEO, after appealing an April 29 management ban by a court over embezzlement charges  —  Arnaud Lagardere, who had stepped down from his executive roles of chairman and CEO of the listed French media …
 
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JustWatch: Netflix led the UK streaming market in Q2 with a 28% share; Prime Video had 27%, Disney+ had 20%, Apple TV+ had 8%, ITVX had 6%, and Now TV had 6%
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M
Reuters:
In a parliamentary hearing, Meta says it is considering blocking news content from Facebook in Australia if the government makes it pay licensing fees
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