Mediagazer: NBC's entire primetime lineup on Sundays and Tuesdays is now reserved for sporting events through the spring, a stark example of broadcast TV's focus on live TV (John Koblin/New York Times)

Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:

The Times of London takes down a story about former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio criticizing Zohran Mamdani, after de Blasio says the outlet fabricated his comments — The former New York City mayor said comments attributed to him about Zohran Mamdani, reported in The Times of London on Tuesday, were fabricated.

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John Koblin / New York Times:

NBC's entire primetime lineup on Sundays and Tuesdays is now reserved for sporting events through the spring, a stark example of broadcast TV's focus on live TV — Broadcast TV continues to draw big audiences. And they are increasingly getting special events, award shows and sports — lots of sports.

Discussion: @dannygroner.bsky.social and Awful Announcing

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:

Paramount signs a 10-year lease for 285K+ square feet at 1888 Studios in Bayonne, NJ, making it eligible for tax credits of up to 40% for movies and TV shows — The move to 1888 Studios comes amid New Jersey's rapid rise as a production hotspot. — Paramount is coming to New Jersey …

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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

CBS News hires Charles Forelle, who recently left his role as deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal; he had been with the WSJ since 2002 — Charles Forelle, who recently left his role as deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired at CBS News in a similar role, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker.

Discussion: Breaker

Emma Roth / The Verge:

YouTube will age-restrict more video game content showing “graphic violence” and stop creators from directing users to gambling sites involving digital goods — YouTube will age-gate ‘an additional small subset’ of violent content, even if it's from a video game.

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American Journalism Project:

The American Journalism Project invests $3.5M into three nonprofit local news outlets: Cardinal News in Virginia, Honolulu Civil Beat, and the Nashville Banner — The American Journalism Project today announced $3.5 million in new support for three nonprofit local news organizations …

Discussion: Ben Nishimoto on LinkedIn, Honolulu Civil Beat on LinkedIn, Roshni Neslage on LinkedIn, Tina Dyakon on LinkedIn, @theajp.bsky.social and Nashville Banner

Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:

Immediate Media's Olive magazine relaunches as a 148-page “bookazine”, with eight issues per year for £8.99 each, as it broadens its editorial focus beyond food — Newsstand price rises to £8.99 as Olive broadens editorial focus away from food.

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:

Ex-Disney executive Sean Bailey launches B5 Studios, backed by RedBird, to use AI, video game engines, and other tech to produce content faster and more cheaply — Sean Bailey's venture pursues Silicon Valley partnerships to speed up TV and movie making and reduce costs

Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline

David Folkenflik / NPR:

In the past two weeks, at least three WaPo editorials have taken on matters in which Jeff Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake — A year ago, in explaining why he had blocked the publication of an endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris …

Blake Brittain / Reuters:

Celebrity video shoutout app Cameo sues OpenAI for trademark infringement, alleging Sora's “cameo” feature is likely to cause confusion and dilute its brand — The maker of celebrity video platform Cameo sued OpenAI in a California federal court on Tuesday, arguing that the new …

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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:

Spotify raises UK prices by £1 after previously raising them in April 2024; the Premium individual monthly plan will now cost £12.99 — Spotify is raising subscription prices in the UK for the second time in 18 months. The company is also increasing the price of its Premium plans in Switzerland.

Discussion: Variety, Digital Music News, The Independent and Sky News

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:

E.W. Scripps agrees to sell its Indianapolis ABC affiliate station WRTV to Circle City Broadcasting for $83M; Scripps agreed to sell WFTX for $40M in September — The deal will close following receipt of regulatory and other customary approvals — E.W. Scripps has reached an agreement …

Discussion: Cincinnati Business Journal, Yahoo Finance, Radio & Television …, TheDesk.net, TV Tech and TVNewsCheck

Adobe Newsroom:

A survey of 16K+ creators in eight countries: 86% use creative GenAI tools, 60% use multiple, 48% use them for ideation, and 52% for creating video and more — - 76 percent of creators say creative generative AI has helped grow their business and personal brand

Discussion: B&T, Business Wire and Investor's Business Daily, more at Techmeme »

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