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8:35 PM ET, September 28, 2024

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video is in talks with veteran anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, its first entry into news-related programming  —  Brian Williams may have found his next TV-news job....except it won't be on traditional TV.  —  The veteran NBC News …
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes Senate Bill 254, which would have expanded the rights of journalists to tour state prisons and interview incarcerated people  —  Governor Newsom expressed concerns over allowing the press unfettered access to inmates, which he said could turn criminals into social media stars.
Discussion: @matthewkeyslive and KTLA
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Meta will also block sharing of Ken Klippenstein's newsletter and other sources with the JD Vance dossier, citing foreign meddling and hacked materials policies  —  The platform blocked a journalist from sharing a purported research document on the candidate, mirroring its past controversy.
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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
X is blocking links to Ken Klippenstein's newsletter with a hacked JD Vance dossier and has suspended Klippenstein's X account for posting Vance's personal info
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A profile of Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, as the service fights existential battles over copyright, including from music labels like UMG  —  The web's collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive.  Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast's European pay-TV company Sky sues WBD, accusing it of violating a 2019 deal giving Sky exclusive rights to shows, including a new Harry Potter series  —  European pay-TV operator Sky accuses Warner of violating co-production deal giving it exclusive long-term rights to shows
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memos: Scripps is “winding down” its linear national TV news business on November 15, resulting in ~200 layoffs, and president of news Kate O'Brian is leaving  —  Scripps is backing out of a ambitious effort to offer national news across its many TV stations, and its reasons for doing so may give rivals the shudders.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
NCTJ survey: average UK salary for a reporter in the UK is £34.5K and £45.5K in London; in TV, the average is £50K, in radio £32K and in newspapers £32.2K  —  Average pay for UK journalists has kept pace with the wider economy with those using AI paid more, according to a new survey.
Discussion: @pressgazette and HoldtheFrontPage
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Former child star Demi Lovato joined California Governor Gavin Newsom as he signed two bills that financially protect child influencers and content creators  —  Former child star Demi Lovato joined the California governor on Thursday as he greenlit legislation that expands the Coogan Law …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple rethinks its movie strategy, including rolling back theatrical releases and cutting budgets for most to under $100M, after some box office misses  —  The tech giant intended to spend $1 billion annually on films for cinemas.  After several box office disappointments …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at National Trust for Local News, which owns 65 newspapers across Colorado, Maine, and Georgia, employs ~250 journalists, and has 100K paying subscribers  —  “What we're trying to solve for is not necessarily a business model problem.  We're trying to solve for an ownership incentive problem."
 
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Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: ESPN lays off NBA senior writer Zach Lowe as part of continuing cost cutting; his salary, in excess of seven figures annually, was the biggest factor