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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Maoyan: China's 2025 summer box office hit $1.67B, up 2.7% YoY; average ticket prices fell to $5.04, driven by reduced distribution fees and ticket subsidies  —  The average ticket price dropped to $5.04, the second lowest over the period, driven by reduced distribution fees and ticket subsidy campaigns.
Lauren Sherman / Puck:
Source: Anna Wintour has chosen Vogue.com editor Chloe Malle as the next editor of American Vogue  —  Anna Wintour is clear-eyed, determined, and optimistic, but rarely daring.  The formula for Vogue hasn't changed all that much during her decades of leadership.
Discussion: @yashar and @lapresmidi
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
An interview with John Malone on his upcoming memoir, CNN being an “anti-Trump news service”, advising David Zaslav on his compensation package, and more
Joe Drape / New York Times:
Fox embraces horse racing, broadcasting 900+ hours of New York racing on Fox Sports, and invests in betting platform NYRA Bets to capitalize on a betting boom  —  Fox's Saturday broadcasts of Saratoga horse races have averaged 501,000 viewers, more than the National Hockey League's regular season …
Mia Lee Vicino / Letterboxd:
An interview with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group CEO Tom Rothman on movies that inspired him, too-short theatrical windows, Letterboxd's influence, and more  —  Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group CEO Tom Rothman talks to Mia Lee Vicino about his scrappy indie roots …
Katie Campione / Deadline:
How California rushed to expand the state's film and TV production tax credits in eight months, uniting union leaders, lawmakers, top filmmakers, and workers  —  When California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared last October that he aimed to more than double the annual funding for the state's Film …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
An interview with Independent Studio's Head of Content Al Brown, who expects podcasts and video to eventually become The Independent's biggest revenue source  —  The Studio has already seen success with launch of ACFC on Youtube.  —  The Independent expects revenue from personality-led podcasts …
Discussion: Podnews
Chip Reid / CBS News:
Mark Knoller, a former CBS News White House correspondent known for keeping meticulous records of every presidential act, dies at the age of 73  —  Longtime CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller has died at the age of 73.  —  He died in Washington, D.C., according to a close friend.
Alison Main / CNN:
Charles Bierbauer, a former CNN correspondent and White House Correspondents' Association president from 1991 to 1992, has died at the age of 83  —  Former CNN correspondent Charles Bierbauer has died, his family announced on Sunday.  He was 83 years old.  —  Bierbauer retired from CNN …
Discussion: Associated Press, KARE-TV and Forbes
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Live podcast events are becoming a major revenue source for shows like Kill Tony, which has grossed $11M+ from live events over the past two years, per Pollstar  —  Podcasting's biggest stars are expanding into merch, live events and more. … Hey, everyone.  Welcome back to Soundbite.
Discussion: NPR
 
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Matt Alt / New Yorker:
A profile of Weekly Shōnen Jump, Japan's top manga magazine and home to Naruto, which has created a formula for generating hit franchises from young talent
Joshua Rothman / New Yorker:
A look at the potential future of personalized, AI-generated entertainment, and how it could both submerge human originality and enable new forms of expression
Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters:
TikTok suspends its live feature for the “next few days” in Indonesia, citing “increasing violence in protests” over lawmakers' pay
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Kari Lake says the USAGM sent layoff notices to 532 VOA employees, leaving ~100 staffers still employed; Lake had to rescind a previous layoff effort in June
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Hurricane Katrina's 20-year anniversary prompts at least seven new documentaries, as well as reflections on criticisms of the press coverage after the storm
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
US representatives James Comer and Nancy Mace want Wikipedia to hand over editor identities and internal communications; the Wikipedia Foundation should decline
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon says it does not “have the means to apply age verification” to its services and it's up to server admins to observe local laws in places they operate
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Google is set to face a modest EU antitrust fine over adtech practices, in an investigation triggered by a complaint by the European Publishers Council
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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