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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Brian Stelter returns to CNN as chief media analyst, appearing on air, developing digital content, and serving as lead author of the Reliable Sources newsletter — Hello again, it's Brian Stelter — yes, really. — I am thrilled to share that I am returning as the lead author …
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
A district court judge orders Trump to stop using Isaac Hayes' Hold On, I'm Coming, pending further review; others have objected to Trump's use of their songs — A federal judge in Atlanta ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I'm Coming” …
Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Elon Musk, in an eventually deleted X post, promoted a Tucker Carlson interview with a Hitler apologist who downplayed the Holocaust and said Nazis were humane — Self-proclaimed historian Darryl Cooper claimed Winston Churchill ‘was the villain of Second World War’ and that millions …
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Financial Times:
Interviews with Sony executives, including CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, on why the company needed to shift its focus from distribution to the creation of IP and more — Tech group joins Netflix, Apple and Amazon in spending war as it targets greater share of $3tn entertainment industry
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Jose Alejandro Bastidas / The Wrap:
DirecTV's CFO says the company is prepared to let its carriage fight with Disney take “as long as it needs to”, and “fat bundles” of channels need to be trimmed — CFO Ray Carpenter says the channel distributor is ready to go “as long as it takes” for a fair deal
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
AMC Networks and Charter reach an early renewal for their multiyear carriage deal; Spectrum TV Select customers will get free access to AMC+'s ad-supported tier — AMC Networks and Spectrum parent Charter Communications have reached an early renewal for their multiyear carriage deal.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Source: CNN CEO Mark Thompson is in serious conversations with Josh Tyrangiel to hire him; Tyrangiel is currently a WaPo columnist and was Vice news chief — While news of Tyrangiel's potential hire is sure to excite many at CNN, it's not difficult to see how others at the network might not be so thrilled.
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Haley Mlotek / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Business of Fashion, founded by a fashion outsider, became an industry staple with over 100K paying subscribers and an international staff of about 100 — How The Business of Fashion became an unlikely insider's guide. — In January 2022, Glossier—a beauty blog turned beauty company …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
The Black List, which has hosted thousands of unproduced screenplays and became an indispensable tool for studios and producers, now accepts fiction books — Acclaimed films like “Juno,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The King's Speech” were produced after appearing on the Black List.
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TechCrunch:
X debuts a beta TV app “on several app stores”, like for Amazon Fire TV and Google TV, to court advertisers, creators, and partners to a “video-first platform” — Years ago, Twitter tried but eventually walked away from building TV apps after getting a lukewarm reception.
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Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
In a letter, Evan Spiegel tries to rally Snap staff amid a 48% stock price drop this year, says Snap will test new ad formats in the chat inbox and on Snap Map — - Snap's stock is down almost 50% on ad business struggles — Social media app will begin testing new advertising formats
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
How Newsweek, The Hill, and Wirecutter are using Reddit Pro, AMAs, and other Reddit tools to build relationships with Reddit moderators and expand on the site — While it hasn't formally launched a publisher program, over the last 18 months Reddit has been steadily rolling out products …
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