Mediagazer: Union members at Powerhouse Animation Studios in Austin ratify their first contract; the local union affiliated with the Animation Guild represents 129 workers (Katie Campione/Deadline)

10:20 PM ET, September 17, 2024

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Guardian Media Group announces talks to sell The Observer, acquired in 1993, to Tortoise Media, which would invest £25M in The Observer over the next five years — Guardian Media Group announces it is in negotiations with Tortoise Media over world's oldest Sunday newspaper

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian reports revenue down 2.5% YoY to £257.8M for the year to March 31, 2024, ad revenue down 13% to £62.2M, and digital reader revenue up 8% to £88.2M

Discussion: Charlotte Tobitt on LinkedIn and The Guardian

Alex Heath / The Verge:

Snapchat gets a redesign that pares down five tabs to three, including a new unified For You feed of full-screen videos from publishers and creators — Snapchat is undergoing its biggest redesign in years by simplifying from five to three tabs: one for messages and Stories with friends …

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Snap debuts a tool that lets select creators generate AI videos from text prompts and, soon, from image prompts, powered by Snap's own foundation video models

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Katie Campione / Deadline:

Union members at Powerhouse Animation Studios in Austin ratify their first contract; the local union affiliated with the Animation Guild represents 129 workers — The Animation Guild now officially, successfully represents animation workers in a right-to-work state.

Discussion: @deadline

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Five contestants in Beast Games sue MrBeast and Amazon, claiming unpaid wages, emotional distress, the production failed to prevent sexual harassment, and more — Lawsuit on behalf of five unnamed participants seeks class-action status — A class-action lawsuit against YouTube star MrBeast …

Discussion: The Wrap, Superior Court, State of California and Rolling Stone

Rachel Tashjian / Washington Post:

A look at the growth of fashion and shopping on Substack, including coverage of New York Fashion Week and Substack's plans for a Paris Fashion Week event — The newsletter platform has become a place to discuss, offer advice on and celebrate shopping — and make a lot of money doing so.

Discussion: Marc Bridge on LinkedIn and Christina Loff on LinkedIn

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Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default — The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Sources: Air Mail, founded in 2019 by Graydon Carter, hires investment bank Raine Group to explore a sale; talks with Standard Investments are no longer active — The company, founded in 2019, is known for its weekend newsletter of deeply reported features, travel recommendations and shopping tips.

Discussion: @mediaevan

Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:

The Atlantic poses as a magazine of thoughtful ideas, but its writers get away with sloppy, unsupported arguments, and its errors are long-lasting and insidious — Regular Current Affairs readers know that I have a tendency to make grumbling remarks about a magazine called The Atlantic.

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Ian Wylie / The Guardian:

German nonprofit Media in Cooperation and Transition is providing sanctuary for exiled journalists exposing human rights abuses in their own countries — As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abuses

Discussion: Klaas Glenewinkel on LinkedIn

The Guardian:

Australia's ABC removes a 2022 video of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, admitting it was “incorrectly edited” after accusations ABC had added gunshot sounds — News director Justin Stevens confirms in Melbourne Press Club speech broadcaster has removed the clip and is ‘looking into how this happened’

Miranda Murray / Reuters:

The German cartel office says RTL and Paramount have withdrawn their bid to merge their respective kid-focused TV networks, Super RTL and Nickelodeon — German broadcaster RTL and Paramount (PARA.O) have withdrawn their bid to merge Super RTL, a children's television network, with Nickelodeon, the German cartel office said on Tuesday.

Discussion: Advanced Television and Broadband TV News

New York Times:

In the final weeks of the campaign, Kamala Harris' team promises a series of media appearances, with a strong focus on local TV and radio in battleground states — The vice president, who has granted few interviews as the Democratic nominee, is now ramping things up.

Discussion: Associated Press, Associated Press, @nick_field90, The Philadelphia Tribune and TVNewsCheck

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Sam Sabin / Axios:
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Changing studio economics have made it almost impossible for young people to become movie producers and even leave accomplished producers struggling financially

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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the Emmys averaged 6.87M viewers on ABC, up 54% from the delayed 2023 Emmys on Fox that aired in January 2024, which was an all-time low for the awards

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