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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
FilmLA, which handles film permits in Los Angeles, reports Q3 production fell 5% YoY to 5,048 shoot days and reality TV production fell 56.3% to 946 shoot days — Amid the decline, some industry observers are calling for an expansion of the California film and TV tax credit program to compete …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
The US FTC adopts its final “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up, after proposing the rule in 2023 — The US Federal Trade Commission is taking action against subscriptions that are difficult to get rid of.
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBCUniversal plans to add its regional sports channels to Peacock as soon as early 2025, streaming Boston, Philadelphia, and Northern California teams — Regional channels carrying the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics and other teams to be made available on the streaming service
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Paul Linford / HoldtheFrontPage:
The National Union of Journalists calls the BBC's cuts “a damaging assault on journalism”; cuts include a net loss of 130 jobs and the end of tech show Click — The BBC has been accused of an “assault on journalism” after announcing a further raft of cuts to its services.
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
A US judge sentences former elected official Robert Telles to at least 28 years in prison for killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in 2022 — A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Social media users criticize TMZ for publishing a photo purportedly showing the body of ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in a fall; TMZ removed it — After a torrent of criticism, TMZ removed the image of a body without explanation. — TMZ, the Hollywood-obsessed news outlet known …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
ByteDance's publishing imprint 8th Note Press is expanding into print and plans to release 10-15 books per year, after launching as an ebook publisher in 2023 — ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok, will focus its publisher, 8th Note Press, on popular genres such as romance, romantasy and young adult fiction.
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
A profile of Hell Gate, an NYC outlet owned by five journalists, which now has 5,368 paying subscribers, as it wittily skewers Eric Adams and his administration — The worker-owned outlet in New York is reporting on the Adams scandals with a glee reminiscent of old alt-weeklies.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Sun begins rolling out a registration wall asking users to create an account and seems to be applying it mainly to content by its best-known writers — The Sun appears to be using the new feature mainly on its biggest columns and sport analysis. — The Sun has begun rolling …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
An independent report finds Australia's Nine has systemic issues with abuse of power, discrimination, and sexual harassment; Nine pledges to make changes — Nine board commits to implementing all recommendations for a ‘reset of culture’ — Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
Publicis says it paid about $500M each for influencer marketing agency Influential in July 2024 and commerce marketing company Mars United Commerce in September — French advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA raised its annual organic revenue growth guidance for 2024, even as it warned …
New York Times:
Filings: Trump's campaign hasn't bought an ad on Snapchat this election cycle; Trump's personal Snap account, banned after January 6, 2021, remains banned — The former president, whose personal account was banned after the Capitol riot, has refused to spend campaign money on Snapchat ads …
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