Mediagazer: Georgia's abortion laws are unlikely to hurt film and TV production since its tax program is the US' most generous: in FY 2022, spending hit $4.4B, a record (Tim Baysinger/Axios)

Christopher Beam / New York Times:

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Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:

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Tim Baysinger / Axios:

Georgia's abortion laws are unlikely to hurt film and TV production since its tax program is the US' most generous: in FY 2022, spending hit $4.4B, a record — Exit Content Preview — Georgia's thriving film and TV production business is unlikely to be threatened over the state's stance on abortion rights.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Analysts project CNN's profits falling to $956.8M in 2022, which sources say would be the first time since 2016 that its profit fell below $1B — The network is on pace to drop below $1 billion in profit for the first time in years, according to people familiar with its operations, amid steep declines in TV viewership.

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The Grio:

TheGrio replaces the Black News Channel, which Allen Media Group acquired in July 2022, delivering news as it happens and marking the online brand's pivot to TV — With the transition of Black News Channel, Byron Allen hopes to mark a bold new era for Black-owned media. — Loading the player...

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Stacy Perman / Los Angeles Times:

Hollywood's Ankler and Puck newsletters bolster offerings: Ankler adds a $250/month service about IP to option and Puck adds consultation calls with journalists — It was June 2020, weeks after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, sparking Black Lives Matter protests around the world and a widescale conversation about race.

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Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon Prime Video's NFL broadcast will offer alternate streaming feeds in addition to its main one, a strategy used by ESPN and Nickelodeon to attract viewers — Company to have comedy group Dude Perfect call some ‘Thursday Night Football’ games in bid to expand reach

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Grant Peck / Associated Press:

Myanmar detains a Japanese video journalist who was covering a protest against military rule, the fifth foreign reporter to be detained by this government — BANGKOK (AP) — A Japanese video journalist has been detained by security forces in Myanmar while covering a protest against military rule …

Gabe Rottman / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at likely challenges for the press post-Roe: pressure to reveal sources, tracking of reporters' phones, and prosecution for reporting on abortion access — When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that recognized a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy …

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Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:

A US judge rules YouTube must face a lawsuit by musician Maria Schneider, who contends that its two-tiered copyright system only protects powerful owners — Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube failed to persuade a California judge to toss out a lawsuit by a Grammy-award winning composer accusing …

Kathleen Kingsbury / The New York Times Company:

Nicholas Kristof returns to The New York Times as a columnist after stepping down to run for governor of Oregon; Kristof began writing NYT columns in 2001 — The journalist who first started here in 1984 and began writing columns for us in 2001 returns to Times Opinion.