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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify is trying to entice video-oriented creators to distribute shows on the platform in addition to YouTube, sometimes offering them seven figures — The music and podcast service wants to beef up its video catalog and will pay up to seven-figures to do so — Hello again.
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Diego Ramos Bechara / Variety:
The Toronto International Film Festival pauses screenings of Russians at War due to “significant threats to festival operations and public safety” — The Toronto International Film Festival has decided to halt screenings of the controversial documentary, “Russians at War,” …
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Fubo's antitrust trial against Fox, WBD, and Disney over Venu Sports is set for October 2025; Fox, WBD, Disney have also appealed the injunction blocking launch — Fubo's legal fight with Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney over antitrust concerns surrounding the trio's plans …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at “consent or pay” in the UK and Europe, where news sites charge fees for users to avoid personalized ads; six of the top 50 UK sites ask readers to pay — Six of the top 50 news websites in the UK are now asking people to hand over cash if they don't want to share their personal data for advertising purposes.
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
News photographers object after their seats in Kamala Harris' plane travel pool were cut from four to one and push for more access for “a fair and free press” — White House News Photographers Association criticized the limited seating on the vice president's plane.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been put on hold, calling it a “strong franchise” but declining to share further information about its future — Outside missing a year during the Covid-19 pandemic, it's the first time the annual technology conference has not taken place in its more than two-decade history.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Francis Ford Coppola sues Variety and two of its journalists over a July 26 article documenting Megalopolis crew members' claims that he tried to kiss extras — The 85-year-old filmmaker is seeking $15 million and further punitive and exemplary damages from defendants Variety Media LLC …
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Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News:
Antenna: 31% of US SVOD users transacted with a specialty SVOD service by the end of Q2; Amazon Channels generated 58% of specialty SVOD sign-ups in H1 — While the trend of stacking subscription streaming VOD services seems to be cooling, consumers continue to gravitate toward niche streaming platforms.
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Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
The IDF is probing claims that The Jewish Chronicle published stories by a freelancer that might have been based on fabrications; the outlet is investigating — Israeli military launches inquiry into claims that stories may have been planted as part of disinformation campaign
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Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
The Archival Producers Alliance releases new guidelines for the use of generative AI, emphasizing transparency and laying out ethical considerations — The Archival Producers Alliance's new generative AI guardrails put audience transparency first. — Last year, Rachel Antell was working on her latest documentary.
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Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
Sources: Sonos teams up with The Trade Desk for a TV streaming device; The Trade Desk will supply Sonos with the TV OS and negotiate deals with publishers — Also: $10 TV dongles are here … Sonos is getting some outside help in its quest to expand to video: The smart speaker maker …
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Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Box office revenue for movies in 2024 still trails 2023 by almost 14% in the US, but Q3 box office is now expected to come in above projections — - Summer got off to a slow start, including the weakest Memorial Day weekend in nearly three decades, but the box office has rallied with a string of hits since.
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Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: the Harris-Trump debate drew ~67.14M US viewers across multiple networks, almost 16M more viewers than the final Biden-Trump debate in June — That number was up 31% from the 51.266 million who tuned in to Trump's debate with president Joe Biden (from CNN) in June, before the latter dropped out to endorse Harris.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
How Linsey Davis and David Muir firmly pursued real-time fact-checking to build guardrails around Trump in the ABC News debate between Trump and Harris
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