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9:20 AM ET, July 31, 2024

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Axios:
NABJ faces backlash after announcing Trump will be interviewed at its convention by ABC News' Rachel Scott, Fox News' Harris Faulkner, and Semafor's Kadia Goba  —  - President Biden addressed a joint NABJ and NAHJ conference virtually in 2020.  — Hillary Clinton spoke at a joint conference between …
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times:
Ofcom: in 2023, 48% of UK 16- to 24-year-olds watched broadcast TV in an average week, a record low and down from 76% in 2018, as TikTok and YouTube dominate  —  Less than half of 16- to 24-year-olds are tuning in every week, Ofcom finds  —  Less than half of young audiences …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Internal memo: Norah O'Donnell plans to step down as CBS Evening News' anchor after the 2024 US presidential election and become a senior correspondent  —  Norah O'Donnell will cede the reins of the venerable “CBS Evening News” after the 2024 presidential election in favor of a new role …
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Court filings: in Fiona Harvey's defamation lawsuit, Richard Gadd, who created Netflix's Baby Reindeer, says the show is “emotionally true” but “fictionalized”  —  Richard Gadd, the show's creator, said in a court filing that Fiona Harvey, who is suing Netflix for defamation …
Calum Jaspan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Australia's Nine publishing staff return to work after a five day strike and accept an improved pay offer of 11.5% over three years, an AI code, and more  —  Nine's publishing staff have accepted an improved pay offer from management, just hours after returning to work following the first strike across the newspapers since 2017.
Discussion: The Guardian
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Interviews with Hollywood sound and picture editors, artists, and others detail their fears of AI replacing much of their work, despite a new IATSE contract  —  Actors and writers won strict limits on artificial intelligence in last year's contract negotiations, but editors and artists face a growing challenge.
Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World:
A profile of Bengaluru-based Pocket FM, which has 2,000+ audio shows with 10- to 15-minute episodes and is working with ElevenLabs to convert scripts into audio  —  Pocket FM is teaming up with U.S. text-to-speech app ElevenLabs to produce more shows for less time and money.  —  • MUMBAI, INDIA
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards pled guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children in a court hearing; Edwards spent 40 years at the BBC  —  Huw Edwards has pled guilty during his first appearance in a U.K. criminal court on three charges of making indecent images of children.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach reports overall H1 revenue down 5.2% YoY to £265M, print revenue of £204M, digital revenue of £60M, and adjusted operating profit up 23.1% YoY to £44.5M  —  On digital programmatic ad revenue it is “too early to call this a recovery, but the early indicators are positive”.
Discussion: The Guardian
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Comcast's NBCU expects to surpass $1.25B in ad sales tied to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, setting a record in the history of the games  —  The Comcast-backed media conglomerate expects to win more than $1.25 billion in advertising tied to the big athletic extravaganza, a new high in terms of Madison Avenue backing.
 
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Kate Bartlett / Nieman Lab:
A look at South African investigative nonprofit amaBhungane, which helped oust the country's ex-president in 2018, and its efforts in a hostile media landscape
The Information:
Meta scraps its celebrity AI chatbot feature less than a year after launch and now expects people to use Meta's new AI Studio to customize their own AI avatars
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Rachel Cooke / The Guardian:
A profile of Joshi Herrmann and his outlet Mill Media, which publishes local longform journalism in four UK cities via newsletters with 100K subscribers overall
Bloomberg:
The K-pop industry is betting on an internationalized business model to expand its appeal; ~50% of the K-pop songs released in 2024 had majority English lyrics
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with partners such as Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and WordPress.com, after weeks of plagiarism accusations
Derek Futterman / Barrett Media:
An interview with and profile of CNBC media and entertainment reporter Alex Sherman, who is helping build the new CNBC Sport vertical to reach younger audiences
Discussion: @sherman4949 and Adweek
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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