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8:25 PM ET, September 8, 2024

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV files FCC complaint, accusing Disney of bad faith negotiations and trying to block DirecTV from taking legal action against its anticompetitive demands  —  The acrimony between DirecTV and Disney in their contract fight is getting more heated, as the blackout of Disney-owned networks …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
As the DirecTV-Disney carriage dispute continues, DirecTV nudges customers to Fubo or Sling and offers a $30 credit, and Disney offers $30 off Hulu with Live TV  —  DirecTV is offering discounts and a $30 credit toward Fubo or Sling, while Disney is offering $30 off the first month of Hulu with Live TV …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV plans price increases on October 6: DirecTV Stream Choice will go up by $6 to $114.99 per month, and DirecTV Stream Ultimate by $10 to $129.99 per month  —  The higher pricing for DirecTV's satellite TV and streaming television services will take effect on or after Oct. 6, 2024 …
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Sources: some conservative influencers, who participated anonymously in a mysterious network, were recently paid over $20K to spread sexual smears of VP Harris  —  The Scoop  —  The organizers of a mysterious network paid influencers to promote sexual smears of Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
The Tenet Media case highlights both the lack of transparency in the creator economy and the threat this poses to media integrity
New York Times:
Insiders detail how Bob Iger undermined and outmaneuvered Bob Chapek and returned to power at Disney, as the question of how Iger misjudged Chapek still lingers  —  At 5 p.m. on Feb. 25, 2020, Bob Chapek and Bob Iger settled into matching directors' chairs on the Disney studio lot for a series of live media interviews.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Nell McCafferty, whose writing on women's rights and gay rights helped turn Ireland into one of the most progressive European countries, died on Aug. 11 at 80  —  Her pugnacious writing on women's rights, gay rights and other issues helped turn her country into one of the most progressive in Europe.
Parker Molloy / New Republic:
Media “sanewashing”, or reframing Trump's incoherent and dangerous rhetoric as conventional political discourse, is a form of misinfo that distorts reality  —  Four years ago, in an article for Media Matters for America, I warned that journalists were sanitizing Donald Trump's incoherent ramblings …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A look at the 2nd Circuit's incredibly damaging ruling favoring publishers in a copyright dispute over The Internet Archive's ebook lending program  —  What would you think if an author told you they would have written a book, but they wouldn't bother because it would be available to be borrowed for free from a library?
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Michael Lerner, the founder of Tikkun, a magazine that was a leading voice for US Jews critical of Israel's policies toward Palestinians, died on Aug. 28 at 81  —  His publication, Tikkun, was a leading voice for left-wing American Jews.  His ideas about “the politics of meaning” were embraced by Hillary Clinton.
Nathália Pandeló Corrêa / Inbox Collective:
A profile of The News, a Brazil-based newsletter published in the Portuguese language that has over 2M subscribers, 33 staffers, and seven spin-off newsletters  —  They've got two million active subscribers, eight different newsletters, 30+ staffers, and multiple revenue streams.
Discussion: @risj_oxford
 
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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
A look at the DOJ's and multiple states' antitrust lawsuit against Google's ad business, as its trial is set to begin on September 9
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC plans to cut The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon from five to four original episodes per week in the new season, the last to join its late-night rivals
Megan Cassella / CNBC:
In a letter, Kamala Harris is endorsed for president by 88 corporate leaders, including media execs James Murdoch, Peter Chernin, Mark Cuban, and Barry Diller
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The judge in the Google monopoly ruling says he'll take until August 2025 to determine remedies in the case and asks the DOJ to propose fixes by the end of 2024
Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters:
Sources: Starboard files a shareholder resolution to end dual-class shares that give Rupert Murdoch control of News Corp; Murdoch has ignored similar proposals
Discussion: Reuters and CNBC
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Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
Filing: OnlyFans revenue rose 20% YoY to ~$1.31B for the FY ending November 2023; creator accounts grew 29% YoY to ~4.1M and gross payments reached $6.6B
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
In a financial report, All3Media declares a £90.3M cash injection from RedBird IMI, which bought the British production company for £1.15B in February 2024
Discussion: City A.M.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The INN approved 48% of newsrooms that applied for its membership in 2023, as others failed to meet its standards which include prohibitions on “dark money”
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone will get $180M in severance and other benefits on top of $350M from the sale of her 20% stake in National Amusements
Discussion: Financial Times