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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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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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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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.
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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 — On digital programmatic ad revenue it is “too early to call this a recovery, but the early indicators are positive”.
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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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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
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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 — 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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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Guardian Political Media Editor Jim Waterson and several other journalists plan to leave the Guardian after accepting voluntary redundancy packages — Guardian had been targeting cost savings of 4-5% this year. — The Guardian is to lose several prominent editorial staffers as it closes …
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