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4:20 AM ET, August 26, 2024

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Reuters:
Reuters says Ryan Evans, who was a safety adviser for the agency, was killed and two journalists were hospitalized after a strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine  —  Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured …
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 …
Discussion: @hamzaish and Al Jazeera
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.
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
Pranav Dixit / Engadget:
A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to create a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers for their content on an ongoing basis  —  So far though, its business model of becoming a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers directly for their data is a complete hypothetical
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 …
Sportico:
Diamond Sports reaches deals to continue broadcasting games for 13 NBA teams and nine NHL teams through the leagues' 2024-2025 seasons in their local markets  —  Nearly a month to the day after a Houston court agreed to postpone a crucial confirmation hearing in the Diamond Sports Group bankruptcy case …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD has started working on creating more original programming for TNT and rebooting series and made-for-TV movies, albeit with smaller budgets  —  Entertainment company is plotting ‘high-adrenaline’ dramas for a cable channel that has become closely associated with reruns
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Filing: the NBA seeks to dismiss WBD's lawsuit over the league's media rights, detailing how WBD had failed to match the terms of Amazon's offer  —  This game may never start. … Spokespersons for the NBA and Warner's TNT Sports were not able to respond immediately to queries seeking comment.
Sacramento Bee:
Buffy Wicks, who dropped her effort to make Big Tech pay California news orgs after Google agreed to give to a nonprofit supporting local news, defends the deal  —  The California legislator at the center of a first-in-the-nation deal between Google and the state to help fund local news organizations …
 
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