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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
After raising complaints, Trump says he will participate in the ABC debate with Harris on September 10 and the rules “will be the same as the last CNN debate” — The ABC News-hosted debate is set to take place Sept. 10 in Philadelphia, Trump said Tuesday.
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Venezuelan journalists are using AI avatars to host daily newscasts without putting themselves at risk, as President Nicolás Maduro cracks down on the media — Journalists are using artificial intelligence avatars to combat Maduro's media crackdown since disputed election
Tom Friend / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: Amazon recently pulled its January 2024 offer to invest $115M in Diamond Sports Group, as the broadcast landscape changed — Amazon recently pulled its eight-month-old offer to infuse Diamond Sports Group with $115M in cash, multiple sources told SBJ, a development that has delayed …
April Rubin / Axios:
Snap launches new safety tools and resources for US educators, and says Snapchat has 20M+ US teen users; Pew says 51% of US teens used Snapchat daily in 2023 — - Snapchat was the third most used app among teens in a 2023 Pew study, behind YouTube and Instagram.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Jason and Travis Kelce sign a deal with Amazon's Wondery for rights to their popular New Heights podcast; a source says the three year deal is worth $100M+ — Three-year pact gives Wondery rights to ad-sales, distribution and more to NFL stars' weekly show
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India's antitrust body clears the $8.5B Reliance-Disney merger, a source says after getting commitments over not raising ad rates on cricket streaming and more — Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) have won approval for an $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets subject …
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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
VerSe Innovation, the parent of Indian news aggregator Dailyhunt, buys digital marketing agency Valueleaf for an undisclosed sum in a cash and equity deal — VerSe Innovation, India's content tech unicorn that owns local language news aggregator Dailyhunt, digital newsstand platform Magzter …
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Memo: TikTok Global Head of Content Nicole Iacopetti plans to leave on September 6, after joining in 2020 from Disney; she helped shape TikTok's news strategy — It's been a tumultuous year for TikTok employees, between a looming potential ban of the app in the U.S. to its first widespread layoffs earlier this year.
Joel Simon / Vanity Fair:
A look at the potential threats posed to US journalists by Donald Trump's possible second term, and proactive safeguards for news outlets — The former director of the Committee to Protect Journalists lays out the grave threats that American news outlets might confront—and offers proactive safeguards.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Gallery Media Group CEO Ryan Harwood says GMG, which owns PureWow and 50+ lifestyle brands primarily on social media, aims to end 2024 with $50M in revenue — - Its executives credit cautious spending, smart owners and a relentless focus on their consumers.
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney is in contract renewal talks with DirecTV that could see ABC, ESPN, and other channels blacked out as early as September 1 if no deal is reached — DirecTV is looking to ease contract terms that have long required cable and satellite-TV distributors to charge customers …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
California's AB 2602 bill requiring explicit consent for the use of a performer's digital replica passes the Senate, and will soon head to the governor's desk — A bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI replicas was approved by the California Senate on Tuesday and will soon head to the governor's desk.
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