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Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
A US appeals court signals skepticism with TikTok's arguments against the law that could force it to sever ties with China to keep operating in the US — Judges are considering the validity of legislation that could shut down Chinese-backed app used by half of Americans
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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 — ABC's telecast of the 76th awards improves by more than 2 million viewers. … Sunday's show, hosted by Eugene and Dan Levy on ABC …
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Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
How Netflix staged a remarkable recovery since its 2022 stock crash, adding 45M+ subscribers via a password crackdown and gaining an edge over Hollywood rivals — The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: Guardian Media Group is in talks to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media, which would invest £25M in The Observer in the first five years of ownership — The world's oldest Sunday newspaper is to be sold to a news venture founded five years ago in a deal which would see GMG offload …
NBC News:
Meta bans Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies — U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.
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Barbara Allen / Poynter:
Poynter plans to launch a biweekly podcast on September 23 hosted by The Poynter Report's Tom Jones, with guests discussing issues facing the media industry — The biweekly podcast will provide lively, behind-the-scenes looks at the news media business — For about five years …
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
A UK judge hands former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards a six month suspended prison sentence over making indecent images of children, meaning he will avoid jail — Huw Edwards has been handed a suspended prison sentence of six months after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
WaPo tests “flexible payments”, with week-long offers ranging from $4 to $10, depending on device, browser, and articles clicked on to activate the paywall — Washington Post readers who fear the commitment of a recurring credit card charge have a new option …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
How FX helped Disney win a record 60 Emmys with Shogun and The Bear, easily surpassing perennial Emmy heavyweights like HBO and Netflix for the first time — The network has been a darling among critics for years. But it hit a new high on Sunday, with “Shogun” winning best drama and “The Bear” picking up several awards as well.
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
Disney's FX won 36 awards at the 76th Emmy's, the first time that HBO or Netflix didn't get the top spot in 15 years; Netflix received 24 awards and HBO/Max 14
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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 — Corporate consolidation and technology have upended many jobs in recent decades. But few arcs are more surprising than that of the Hollywood producer.
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’
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual initiative launched in 2021 with Microsoft funding to report on both sides of the US-Mexico border — “If you look beyond the wall, you really see these two vibrant communities that are involved in each other's lives and the integration between them.”
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Google's 20% ad transaction cut was a primary subject of its antitrust trial at the end of week one; the DOJ says it's a key sign of Google's online ad monopoly — For years, Google took the same 20 percent commission for ad transactions that ran through its platform, even though it was higher …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Four columnists quit the Jewish Chronicle after questions about its standards and ownership secrecy; one columnist said it has become “in-step with Netanyahu” — Four columnists have quit the Jewish Chronicle amid a crisis over its political direction, standards and ownership secrecy.
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