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Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
In a letter to ex-prime minister Gordon Brown, the UK's Met police say a special team is examining claims that Will Lewis helped cover up phone hacking claims  —  Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a Q&A at the NABJ convention, Trump questions Kamala Harris' ethnicity, calls ABC News' Rachel Scott “very rude”, and complains about audio problems  —  “I've known her for a long time indirectly, directly, very much,” Trump said.  “And she was always of Indian heritage and she was promoting Indian heritage.
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 …
Al Jazeera:
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 …
Meta:
Meta reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $39.07B, net income up 73% YoY to $13.47B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.27B on average for June 2024  —  Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
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.
Discussion: @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.
Discussion: The Guardian
 
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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
Discussion: 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”
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
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
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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
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
 

 
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Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
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