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5:30 PM ET, September 30, 2024

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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
DirecTV and EchoStar reach a definitive agreement for DirecTV to acquire EchoStar's video business Dish DBS, including Dish TV and Sling TV
New York Times:
CBS plans to show an onscreen QR code for the VP debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz to direct users to fact checks on the CBS News website  —  CBS is experimenting with a novel way to offer real-time fact-checking of the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday.  Just don't expect the moderators to frequently jump in.
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
YouTube reaches a deal with SESAC that will bring back songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, and others that were removed over the weekend in the US  —  YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the weekend.
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
CNN revives CNN Films, which was shut down in 2022, with plans to finance and release documentary series and films as part of an overhaul by Mark Thompson  —  The network is again financing and releasing documentary series and films after backing away from the genre two years ago.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
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 …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit moderators must now submit a request to Reddit staff before changing a subreddit's public/private status, making sitewide mod-led protests much harder  —  Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform.  Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Internal memo: Michael Caruso, who became the CEO and publisher of The New Republic in February 2023, stepped down from his role on Thursday  —  The resignation comes just 18 months after he took the role  —  The chief executive and publisher of the left-leaning news publication The New Republic …
Discussion: @markstenberg3
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Memo: Lionsgate offers its US employees voluntary severance and early retirement packages, citing a “disrupted business environment”  —  The early retirement package offer comes as multiple studios go through a fresh round of layoffs  —  Lionsgate is offering …
Discussion: Deadline
Max Tani / Semafor:
Politico and Capitol AI partner for an AI tool to let users create topical reports from Politico and Politico Pro content, available for Pro users later in 2024  —  THE SCOOP  —  Politico is launching a strategic partnership with a Y Combinator-backed artificial intelligence startup …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Gaming and entertainment media publisher Gamurs Group cuts 30 staff worldwide, blaming Google changes in late 2023, including its “helpful content” update  —  Gaming and entertainment media publisher Gamurs Group has cut 30 staff worldwide, saying the layoffs were necessitated …
Discussion: @matthewkeyslive
 
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Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Series Entertainment, a game studio startup building a generative AI-powered service for making games, raised a $28M Series A from Netflix, Dell, a16z, others
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
The Onion revives the Onion News Network, which ended in 2013, with former MSNBC host Joshua Johnson playing an ONN anchor character named Dwight Richmond
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A US judge rules that Fiona Harvey can pursue her defamation lawsuit against Netflix over Baby Reindeer, saying the show was wrongly billed as a “true story”
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes Senate Bill 254, which would have expanded the rights of journalists to tour state prisons and interview incarcerated people
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