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4:20 AM ET, August 20, 2024

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Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Phil Donahue, a pioneering talk show host whose novel issue-oriented show lasted 29 years, dies at the age of 88  —  The 11-time Daytime Emmy winner presided over his program for 29 years and forged a path for Oprah Winfrey and others to follow.  —  Phil Donahue, the talk show innovator …
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Ezra Klein's rise during this election cycle, from his early call for Biden not to run to his increasingly popular podcast, now #8 on Apple Podcasts  —  The News  —  When Ezra Klein visited 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. early this year for a series of off-the-record meetings with top officials …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Athletic launches a trading card and sports memorabilia vertical as part of a partnership with eBay, a major marketplace for collectibles  —  The coverage, in partnership with eBay, aims to fill a white space in the underserved collectibles market  —  The sports publisher The Athletic launched …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News names Almin Karamehmedovic, executive producer of ABC's top rated World News Tonight, as its next president, succeeding Kim Godwin  —  ABC News has tapped Almin Karamehmedovic, executive producer of its top rated World News Tonight, as its next president.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration startup is “not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products”, drawing praise from creatives  —  Many Procreate users can breathe a sigh of relief now that the popular iPad illustration app has taken a definitive stance against generative AI.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
A New York judge allows Julia Ormond's lawsuit against Disney, CAA, and Miramax over an alleged 1995 sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein to move forward  —  “Upon the foregoing documents, and oral argument having been held before the court on May 20, 2024, it is ordered that the motions …
Stephania Taladrid / New Yorker:
An interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos on his start at Univision, his evolving philosophy of interviewing, how his audience has changed, and more  —  The legendary newscaster on how the U.S. has changed—and how it has changed him.  —  For decades, his voice was omnipresent in Latino households.
Discussion: @jorgeramosnews
Gregory Meyer / Financial Times:
Walmart says its US ad business grew 30% in the past year from Q2; eMarketer says Walmart will claim 6.8% of 2024 US retail media spending, for $3.7B in revenue  —  A high-margin and fast-growing ad business is changing the chain's relationship with brands  —  Walmart last week reported rising sales …
Liam Reilly / CNN:
Some local news radio stations, like New York's WCBS, face an existential threat as listeners and revenue shift, forcing outlets to cut staff and abandon news  —  New York CNN —  —  For more than a century, Americans have been turning to a trusted and reliable source for local news: the radio.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple debuts a web app for Podcasts, letting users log in to listen to podcasts, view the Up Next queue and library, and browse new shows, at podcasts.apple.com  —  Apple Podcasts is expanding to the web, starting today.  You can access the new web app version at podcasts.apple.com …
 
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Judd Boaz / ABC:
Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen claims their Australian visa application has been denied over Russia's criminal charges of spreading false information
Giulia Segreti / Reuters:
Italian state broadcaster RAI says two journalists who angered Moscow with a TV report from Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's Kursk region will return to Italy
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
After the 5,000-strong Animation Guild started negotiations with Hollywood studios on August 12, outsourcing jobs and AI are the major points of contention
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Star Tribune renames to The Minnesota Star Tribune, and plans to expand its statewide coverage, as part of an effort to boost its paid digital subscriptions
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Reuters:
Brazilian media mogul and TV host Silvio Santos, who founded a business empire including SBT, one of the country's largest TV channels, dies at the age of 93
Lauren Floyd / Axios:
Isaac Hayes' estate says it is suing Donald Trump, alleging copyright infringement after Trump's use of a hit song at campaign rallies from 2022 to 2024
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
X says it is closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened “arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders”; X still remains available
Justin Bachman / Legal Dive:
A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI