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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.
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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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
Anna Tong / Reuters:
OpenAI supports CA bill AB 3211 to require companies generating AI content to add watermarks; the bill passed in the state Assembly 62-0 and heads to Senate — ChatGPT developer OpenAI is supporting a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content …
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@psychosort, @cfgeek, @deanwball and Silicon Republic
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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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: ESPN outlines a reorganization, including promoting David Roberts to oversee sports news and entertainment, and plans to cut “a few dedicated colleagues” — The Disney-owned sports media giant promoted Mike McQuade and David Roberts to oversee sports, news …
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Awful Announcing, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline and @bristei
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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