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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal memo: Vanity Fair will move away from news aggregation, reviews, and trade coverage, phasing out The Hive and Hollywood Daily — Condé Nast title to phase out editorial verticals including The Hive and Hollywood Daily … In a memo to staff Tuesday, Guiducci said Vanity Fair …
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Martyn Ziegler / The Times:
Sky Sports executive Jonathan Licht says ending the Premier League's Saturday 3PM broadcasting blackout will help combat piracy; it remains in its next TV deal — Measure was introduced to protect attendances and amateur football but broadcaster says it encourages illegal streaming of Premier Leagues games
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Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Sara Kehaulani Goo president of the Creator Network, the newest version of its “third newsroom”, independent of the editorial newsroom — Just now — By WashPostPR — An announcement from Chief Strategy Officer Suzi Watford:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney and Webtoon strike a deal that brings about 100 Disney comics titles to Webtoon, with characters from Disney, Marvel, 20th Century Studios, and Star Wars — Spider-Man, Captain America, Darth Vader, Beauty and the Beast, and more from Disney's intellectual-property treasure chest …
Rebecca Huntington / WyoFile:
Eight local newspapers in Wyoming will keep publishing after three newspaper executives reached a deal to buy them from Illinois-based News Media Corporation — Overjoyed newsroom staff in communities across Wyoming are back on the job with pay after corporate closure laid off 30 employees.
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Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
Kari Lake pushes to deport some of her former employees who worked for Voice of America; they were invited to the US under J-1 visas that are no longer valid — “Their time here is up,” she said of J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America. — After rushing to shut …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Crunchyroll is undergoing layoffs as part of a restructuring to shift resources toward high-growth markets outside the US, like India, Brazil, and Mexico — Anime streamer also plans to add jobs, establish tech hubs in U.S., Mexico and India … The scope of Crunchyroll's layoffs could not be determined.
Afik Rechler / Chainstory:
An analysis of ~80K articles published by Investing.com, The Defiant, Benzinga, CoinDesk, and Bitcoin News in H1 2025 finds 48% were AI-generated or AI-assisted — From January to June 2025, crypto newsrooms took different paths with AI. Here's what we found. — Key Highlights
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Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
In a July 11 arbitration hearing between Politico and the PEN Guild, Politico argued that some Politico AI experiments aren't subject to editorial standards — In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Nonprofit news outlet Spotlight PA teams up with Nexstar in Pennsylvania to widen the reach of Spotlight PA's reporting, funded by a $500K Press Forward grant — “This is a nut that no one else in the country has cracked — how to translate what nonprofit newsrooms are doing for commercial TV."
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google launches Preferred Sources in the US and India, allowing users to personalize the news in Search's “top stories” section by selecting favorite outlets — A new feature will let you pick the news outlets you see in Google Search's top stories.
Austin Karp / Sports Business Journal:
Sling TV debuts shorter-term packages aimed at sports fans: a day pass for $4.99, a weekend pass for $9.99, and a week pass for $14.99 — Sling TV today is debuting shorter-term packages aimed at bringing in more sports fans ahead of the start of football season — which is the streaming service's busiest …
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