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Memo: Mark Thompson says CNN is cutting about 100 jobs, plans to launch its first CNN.com subscription product later in 2024, but offers few details, and more — CEO Mark Thompson said it was “a logical possibility” that CNN might pursue a subscription bundle similar to what the New York Times offers.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Brian Lowry, the veteran Hollywood reporter, critic, and a contributor to CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter, is set to leave in the new round of CNN job cuts — The news outlet is cutting approximately 100 jobs as it works to boost its digital business.
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The Wrap, Talking Biz News, @tvmojoe, @blowryontv and CNN
Claire Atkinson / The Media Mix:
Sources: CNN lays off the team producing its Opinion section, with an end date of August 9; source: Senior Editor Sheena McKenzie is among those cut — Staff told current operations are winding down. — The CNN team working on the news network's Opinion output was let go today.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: the NBA finalizes contracts with new partners NBC and Amazon Prime Video, while maintaining ABC/ESPN for the NBA Finals; TNT could still match — The NBA and network executives finalized contracts that will make NBC and Amazon Prime Video new partners, while maintaining ABC/ESPN …
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A US jury finds Archegos Capital Management's Bill Hwang guilty of fraud for artificially inflating stocks of companies including ViacomCBS and Discovery — Bill Hwang, founder of Archegos Capital Management, was found guilty of fraud Wednesday by a Manhattan federal court after the 2021 collapse …
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Associated Press:
Russia's government declares The Moscow Times an “undesirable organization”, meaning any Russian who cooperates with the outlet could get five years in prison — The Russian prosecutor general's office on Wednesday declared The Moscow Times, an online newspaper popular among …
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TMZ.com:
George Stephanopoulos replies to a pedestrian on Biden, saying “I don't think he can serve four more years”; ABC says “George expressed his own point of view” — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS BIDEN CAN'T SERVE 4 MORE YEARS … 6:28 PM PT — George Stephanopoulos tells TMZ …
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Q&A with NYT's Joe Kahn on newsroom flare-ups, defining and building NYT culture among newer employees, his family foundation donations, Gaza coverage, and more — Joe Kahn, the newspaper's executive editor, wants to incentivize his staff to take on difficult stories, even when they might engender scrutiny, or backlash.
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Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is granted Chapter 7 bankruptcy, paving the way for shutting down the company and liquidating its assets — Redbox will shut down, corporate parent is being liquidated — The bankruptcy case of Redbox's corporate parent Chicken Soup …
Laura Dhillon Kane / Bloomberg:
NATO paid for travel for 16 social media influencers to cover its summit, and the US Defense and State departments invited more; combined audiences reach ~40M — - Alliance invited 16 content creators to summit in Washington — NATO paid for travel expense, but has no editorial control
Bloomberg:
WBD CEO David Zaslav calls the Paramount/Skydance deal “good for the industry” and hopes the next president embraces deregulation “so companies can consolidate” — “Getting [Paramount] in solid hands and having them funded — it's a great company and a great heritage …
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Variety, @bgrueskin, @KarlBode@masto.ai, @pkafka, New York Post, Raw Story, Business Insider and The Hollywood Reporter
Bill Donahue / Billboard:
The US Copyright Office finalizes a new rule aimed at ensuring that songwriters who reclaim rights to their music will actually get paid streaming royalties — The new rule clears up uncertainty about who gets paid streaming royalties when songwriters take back their music rights - a trickier question than it sounds.
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