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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises — Hasbro launched Sixth Wall, a new artificial-intelligence studio aiming to bring the toymaker's cast of characters into the new technological era
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The Hollywood Reporter, Dexerto, The Wrap, blooloop, Hasbro, Business Wire, Variety, The A.V. Club, Forbes, Screen and Axios
Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is overhauling its dues model so that fees are based on news stations' broadcast reach rather than donor revenues and projects dues will fall 15% to 18% — NPR is finalizing a new model for calculating stations' membership dues that also offers options for them to save money.
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TheDesk.net, Steve Bass on LinkedIn and U.S. Home
Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
Some right-wing news influencers are using Meta's Ray-Ban sunglasses as a recording tool that unwilling subjects may not be aware of, leading to tension — For CJR's new special issue on access, I spent time with Jonathan Choe, a news influencer and Turning Point USA correspondent …
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The Asia Business Daily, @lawrencehurley.bsky.social and The New Things
Scott Agness / Fieldhouse Files with Scott Agness:
Longtime NBA reporter Scott Agness says WNBA team The Indiana Fever revoked his credentials following his tweet about the injury status of star Caitlin Clark — After the Indiana Fever revoked my credentialed access, I want readers to understand what happened, why I stand by the reporting, and what it means for future coverage.
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Awful Announcing, The Athletic, ESPN, Defector, sports.yahoo.com, @prohoopswriters, New York Post and Awful Announcing
Najat Kantouar / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast commits to investing £6B to develop its Universal United Kingdom Resort in Bedfordshire, its first resort complex in Europe; the UK is investing £1.3B — The project will be Universal's first resort complex in Europe — Comcast pledged to invest more than 6 billion pounds …
Adam Rose / The Guardian:
Police at an NJ immigration center's protests treated media inconsistently; the US Press Freedom Tracker counted 30 assaults by officers on reporters in a week — New Jersey police must not deny streamers press freedoms — The line of New Jersey state police blocked every exit on the street.
Mickey Djuric / Politico:
Canada's government says it will issue a new policy direction under the Online Streaming Act, forcing the CRTC to reduce or eliminate fees for US streamers — The Liberal government announced Wednesday it will issue a new policy direction under the Online Streaming Act …
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Run-A-Muck, a media startup that has launched a newsletter and is developing 20+ TV, movie, and podcast projects, raised a $10M seed at an $80M valuation — Run-A-Muck, the media company co-founded by Pamela Drucker Mann, announced a $10 million seed round ahead of its move into short-form fiction
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Kimberly Diaz on LinkedIn and Pamela Drucker Mann on LinkedIn
Washington Post:
Two Stars and Stripes advisory board members sue the US Defense Department, saying new restrictions on the paper violate the First Amendment and federal law — The suit comes after Defense Department officials pledged to overhaul the publication and rid it of “woke distractions.” — Summary
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@seanparnellasw, @newsguyusa@flipboard.social, The Hill and Stars & Stripes
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Prime Video releases its first weekly list of its most popular original series and films on the service, joining Netflix in making global top 10 lists each week — ‘Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ and ‘Off Campus’ are the No. 1 movie and series for the final week of May, the streamer says.
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About Amazon, @2xaught7.ing, IndieWire, Comic Book, Tom's Guide and Kansas City Star
Danielle Lerner / USA Today:
A look at the growing trend of active NBA and WNBA players appearing as broadcast contributors and analysts, a practice common in tennis and the NFL previously — When the NBA Finals begin airing on ESPN this week, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green will return to “Inside the NBA” …
Discussion:
@danielle-lerner.bsky.social, Awful Announcing and Sports Business Journal
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Meta says Australia's proposed tax on domestic revenue for tech giants that don't sign news licensing deals violates the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement — Meta (META.O) accused Australia of violating a free trade agreement with the U.S. by proposing a new tax on certain tech giants …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: CBS News fired Scott Pelley “for cause” hours after he met Tuesday with Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR over his 60 Minutes criticism — People in entertainment TV shows Media — CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
On a staff call, Bari Weiss defends firing Scott Pelley, saying the foundation of “trust and mutual respect” was broken after Pelley's outburst on Monday
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