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An Israeli airstrike kills Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee in the Gaza Strip — Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Refee killed in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. — Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee …
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The Desk, Mediaite, Committee to Protect …, @mkpetkova@mastodon.world, @hadas_gold, The Times of Israel and Reuters
Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter:
A TikTok account leaks 12+ videos of HBO's House of the Dragon finale, filming the screen with another device; the season one finale also leaked in October 2022 — Several clips from the finale were uploaded on TikTok ahead of its debut on Aug. 4. — It happened again …
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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 …
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ofcom.org.uk, The Guardian, @michellemanafy@journa.host, ofcom.org.uk and Press Gazette
Radio Ink:
Magellan AI: US podcast advertising rose 22% YoY in Q2 with the top 500 podcasts averaging $252K/month each; episode ad loads rose 5.95% YoY to 9.11% — After an unsure 2023, podcasting is seeing an advertising boom, according to Magellan AI's latest analysis of podcast advertising trends.
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Inside Radio, Barrett Media, Podnews and RADIO ONLINE
Kyle Chayka / New Yorker:
Spotify prioritizes what a user has recently listened to and recommended content, encouraging users to become passive listeners, a form of enshittification — The platform interface has gradually made it harder to find the music I want to listen to. With the latest app updates, I'd had enough.
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Spotify
Tyler Falk / Current:
Survey: noncommercial radio news pay fell 8% YoY and commercial radio news salaries rose 23%+ between the end of 2022 and the end of 2023 in major US markets — A survey of radio news salaries showed a 2.5% decline compared to last year's survey, led by a substantial drop among noncommercial stations.
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@currentpubmedia
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.
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The Guardian
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 …
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 …
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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 — The UK's largest commercial publisher, Reach, has reported growth in its digital revenues for the first time since 2022.
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The Guardian
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 — A spokesperson said the corporation was “shocked” to hear of the details that emerged in court on Wednesday and that Edwards …
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The Wrap, The Guardian, People, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, The Mirror, New York Daily News, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, CNN, Deadline, Reuters, The Guardian, Newser, New York Times and New York Post
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.
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