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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a law banning excessively loud ads on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, a US first, modeled on a 2010 federal law — “We heard Californians loud and clear, and what's clear is that they don't want commercials at a volume any louder than the level …
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The US Defense Department says that journalists “are not required to submit their writings” before publication, in a revised draft of press access restrictions — The Defense Department on Monday loosened and clarified its new restrictions for press access to the Pentagon …
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: The Free Press hires Adam Rubenstein, who edited Senator Tom Cotton's controversial “Send in the Troops” NYT op-ed in June 2020, as its deputy editor — CBS News has tapped Adam Rubenstein — the conservative journalist who claimed in a viral essay that he was ostracized …
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Bari Weiss' appointment as CBS News editor-in-chief is an acknowledgment of her professional ascension in the five years since leaving the NYT
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Paramount buys Bari Weiss' The Free Press, a source says for $150M; Weiss becomes CBS News EIC, reporting to David Ellison, not CBS News President Tom Cibrowski
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox Sports gets US TV and streaming rights for the 2026 World Baseball Classic; in August, Netflix picked up the WBC rights in Japan — Fox will once again be the home for the international tournament, with select games also set to stream on Fox One and Tubi.
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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Motion Picture Association calls on OpenAI to take “immediate and decisive action” to prevent copyright infringement on its Sora 2 service — The lobbying group, which counts all the major studios, called on the tech giant to at least acknowledge that it needs to follow established copyright law.
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Associated Press:
Thirty Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned, and the proceeds, estimated at $850K-$1.4M, will go to public TV stations to help pay programming fees — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small …
Katie Drummond / Wired:
Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, streaming, paying out $10B, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more — The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He'd rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.
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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
PayPal announces PayPal Ads Manager, which lets small and midsize businesses set up ads on their ecommerce websites, with a rollout planned in early 2026 — The financial giant's new tool also manages ad spend. — Every company is an ad network these days—even your neighborhood coffee shop.
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Alex Ritman / Variety:
Amazon Prime Video quietly takes down James Bond artwork after facing a backlash for digitally removing guns from the posters — Last week, artwork for the franchise was posted on the Prime Video U.K. website in which, across each film image where a gun had previously been displayed, Bond had effectively been digitally disarmed.
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Nathan Taylor Pemberton / New York Times:
A profile of TrueAnon, a left-leaning true-crime podcast exploring topics liberals often avoid, now among Patreon's top five podcasts with 40K+ paid subscribers — It was the 24th anniversary of Sept. 11, and “TrueAnon” had deviated from the usual patriotic script.
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Jim Magill / Dronelife:
The FAA's expansive ban on drones in Chicago raises concerns that restrictions will block aerial reporting on law enforcement actions during immigration raids — FAA issues expansive Chicago TFR to protect federal officers — By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill
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Wall Street Journal:
How Israel's war in Gaza has engulfed the entertainment industry, including popular TV shows produced in Israel going dark on US streaming services like Netflix — The creators of shows such as ‘Fauda’ and ‘Tehran,’ along with critics of Netanyahu in the Israeli film industry, find themselves caught in the crossfire of war
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Interactive TV group FastStream unveils AI-generated presenters for ROXi, the TV music channel it acquired in May; ROXi airs on Nextgen TV in 31 US markets — FastStream, an interactive TV group backed by the likes of Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and U2 bassist Adam Clayton …
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