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Reuters and AP send a joint letter to Israeli officials to demand “a clear explanation for the airstrikes” on a Gaza hospital that killed multiple journalists — By: Reuters Communications — Reuters and the Associated Press today sent the following letter to Israeli officials regarding …
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Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline:
Gaza Health Ministry says five journalists working for Reuters, AP, Al-Jazeera, and others were among at least 20 killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify launches a DM feature that lets users share audio and send text chats, available to mobile users aged 16 years and older in “select markets” this week — Both Free and Premium accounts can share audio content and send messages to each other.
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Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup “copied and stored” their articles without permission — The publishers say the company illegally ‘copied and stored article content’ — Two of Japan's largest media groups …
David Pierson / New York Times:
Hong Kong denies a visa renewal for senior Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins without explanation; Bloomberg says it's working to resolve the matter — The unexplained decision raises fresh concerns about the erosion of press freedom in a city transformed by Beijing's national security law.
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Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as the studio focuses on big budget projects and invests in AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions — The studio is brilliant at selling small, provocative films. Now it wants to sell blockbusters, too. — In November of 2015, the upstart film studio A24 had a problem.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolls out Hype, which lets users boost creators with under 500K subscribers via a hype button that gives videos points, in the US and 38 other countries — YouTube's “Hype” feature, which allows fans to help their favorite creators get discovered, is rolling out globally, the company announced Tuesday.
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Crystal Tse / Bloomberg:
Letter: activist investment firm Fivespan takes a stake in the NYT; Fivespan was started by the financiers who led ValueAct's investment in the NYT in 2022 — The financiers that led a high-profile activist campaign at the New York Times Co. three years ago have now taken a stake …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix sets a November 10 premiere date for Sesame Street; new episodes will be available same day-and-date on PBS in the US and across PBS Kids platforms — Streamer to Launch Six More Pre-K Video Games — Netflix has an end-of-summer present for parents of pre-K kids …
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A proposed class action suit against Amazon filed August 22 claims it misleads customers, who think they own content they bought when they only have a license — A suit challenges Prime Video telling people they can “buy” a movie when they're purchasing a license to watch it for a period of time.
Graham Fraser / BBC:
French prosecutors open an investigation into Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator who was violently abused during livestreams — French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator during a livestream.
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Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Frank Price, the writer-producer who presided over the TV and movie divisions at Universal and served two terms as the head of Columbia Pictures, dies at 95 — He first made his mark as a producer on NBC's ‘The Virginian’ and greenlighted films including ‘Gandhi,’ ‘Tootsie,’ ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Boyz n the Hood.’
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox warns customers that Fox News and other channels could be pulled from YouTube TV “unless Google engages in a meaningful way soon” in a carriage dispute — Fox began warning customers Monday that its channels could be pulled from YouTube TV unless they reach a new deal soon.
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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
YouTube says that Fox is asking for payments “far higher than what partners with comparable content” receive; YouTube TV's renewal date with Fox is Wednesday
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Interviews with several publishers in the US and the UK indicate they are preparing for “Google Zero”, the decline in traffic due to AI Mode and AI Overviews — Media groups explore new ways of reaching readers and making money amid arrival of AI tools that affect clicks
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