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Oliver Darcy / Status:
White House officials appear to be withholding pool reporters' dispatches that contain information the Trump administration finds inconvenient or unflattering — Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned …
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Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast-owned Sky and NBC sign a deal to bring a local version of Saturday Night Live to the UK in 2026; Lorne Michaels will be the executive producer — The London-based offshoot of NBC's long-running live sketch comedy show will hit screens in 2026 and be executive produced by ‘SNL’ creator Lorne Michaels.
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The China Film Administration says it will “moderately reduce the number of American films imported” due to US tariffs and allow more “films from the world” — The Chinese Film Administration claims that recent events have reduced local appeal for American movies.
Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: MLB has held talks about licensing its MLB.TV game package; MLB.TV has been exclusively controlled by MLB since launch — Major League Baseball has held discussions about licensing its MLB.TV game package to networks and/or digital platforms, sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a tentative ruling, a US judge denies CBS' bid for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block Sony's efforts to distribute Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune — A court rebuffed CBS' bid for a preliminary injunction that would've allowed the network to continue distributing the two shows.
Ece Toksabay / Reuters:
Turkish police detain two prominent opposition journalists and seize their electronic devices as part of an investigation into alleged threats and blackmail — Turkish police detained two prominent opposition journalists in early morning raids on Thursday in Istanbul as part of an investigation …
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Deutsche Welle, @sebnemarsu, @gonultol, Telewizja Polska S.A, Turkish Minute and Associated Press
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, says it has an estimated 40M MAUs, including 5M in the US, and 85% of its users are Gen Z — It's time for BeReal to get real — it's difficult to turn a profit on a social photo-sharing app without selling ads or memberships.
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MediaPost, @joshuaogundu, @kantrowitz, Marketing Dive and Adweek, more at Techmeme »
Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Publishers Clearing House files for bankruptcy and will shed its direct mail catalog marketing and magazine subscription businesses to focus on digital ads — Publishers Clearing House, the sweepstakes company known for showing up on prize winners' doorsteps with oversize checks …
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Newsday, Wall Street Journal, KHBS, Bloomberg, @denisethewriter.bsky.social and 960 The Ref
Reuters:
A Delaware judge rules Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems with its false reporting accusing Dominion of rigging the 2020 US presidential election — Conservative news outlet Newsmax Media (NMAX.N) defamed Dominion Voting Systems with its false reporting accusing the voting machine company …
Alexander Lee / Digiday:
Marisa Kabas, Luke O'Neil, Jonathan M. Katz, and Ryan Broderick, who left Substack in early 2024, say they are earning more on services like Ghost and Beehiiv — This article was provided as an exclusive preview for Digiday+ members, who were able to access it early.
Calum Marsh / New York Times:
A look at Sound of Freedom maker Angel Studios, which uses its streaming subscribers' feedback to greenlight projects, as it expands beyond faith-based content — The company behind “Sound of Freedom” follows an unusual strategy that relies on an army of subscribers to its streaming platform.
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Decider, Brandon Purdie on LinkedIn and Rolling Stone
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
British startup Synthesia, whose AI-generated avatars are used by companies in corporate videos, strikes a deal with Shutterstock to train its latest AI model — British startup will license content to train latest model for more ‘human-like performances’ from its avatars
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Engadget, UKTN and Synthesia LTD
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