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Reuters says a strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine killed Ryan Evans, who was a safety adviser for the agency, and two journalists were hospitalized — Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in a strike …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
A group of media veterans and Democratic political operatives launch The Barbed Wire, a Texas for-profit digital news outlet; Olivia Messer is editor-in-chief — The Scoop — A group of media veterans and Democratic political operatives are launching a new for-profit digital news outlet in Texas.
Politico:
Sources: the Harris-Trump negotiations for the ABC debate on September 10 have hit an impasse; the Harris campaign says they want open mics during the debate — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — SCOOP: IS THIS THING ON?
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: ABC News adjusted 538's US election model after taking it down for nearly a month; Nate Silver and Nate Cohn criticize ABC over a lack of transparency — The Scoop — The most scrutinized election forecast model in the US is back online after a mysterious month-long hiatus.
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Bloomberg:
Despite some global box office hits, China has been a total washout for US studios this summer; 80%+ of China's box office is now generated by homegrown movies — Ticket sales are down, and fans aren't turning out for US films like they used to — We'll run through why the Chinese box office …
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@thedragonfeeder and @lucas_shaw
Max Tani / Semafor:
Megyn Kelly's “The Megyn Kelly Show” YouTube channel, which has 2.3M subscribers, had ~117M views in July 2024, more than NBC News, CBS News, BBC News, and CNBC — The News — When then-host Megyn Kelly was pushed out of NBC News in 2019, many television network insiders thought her broadcast career was likely over.
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
After a string of misses at theaters, Apple reverses course on upcoming action comedy Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt, by opting for a very limited theatrical release — “Wolfs,” a new film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, was going to get a robust theatrical release. But the company is curtailing that plan.
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Hamza Ibrahim / Semafor:
Q&A with Nigerian satirist Bello Galadanci, aka Dan Bello, a trained journalist who has 1M+ TikTok followers of his videos blending social commentary and comedy — THE FACTS — Nigerian satirist Bello Galadanci, best known by his stage name Dan Bello, has amassed more than a million followers …
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@hamzaish and Al Jazeera
Reuters:
A Pakistani court acquits a man of cybercrime offences for spreading misinfo about the Southport, UK, attacker while working for news aggregator Channel3Now — A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted a local man of cybercrime offences involving the spread of fake online information which fuelled riots in Britain, his lawyer said.
Roger Palmer / What's On Disney Plus:
Disney says it will shut down its on-demand apps for DisneyNOW, Freeform, FXNow, ABC, and Nat Geo TV on mobile devices and connected TVs on September 23, 2024 — What's On Disney Plus > Blog > Disney+ News > Disney To Close DisneyNOW, FXNOW, Nat Geo, Freeform & ABC Apps
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Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review:
Sources: Google aims to slash what it spends on deals with some Australian outlets under the News Media Bargaining Code, after Meta said it wouldn't renew deals — Google is trying to reduce what it spends on commercial deals with some smaller digital news publishers, amid growing calls …
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Capital Brief and The San Francisco Standard
Katie Campione / Deadline:
Nielsen: the Democratic National Convention's final night averaged 26.2M US viewers over 15 networks; the RNC's final night drew 25.4M viewers over 14 networks — The final night of the Democratic National Convention, buoyed by a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris accepting …
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