Mediagazer: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will simultaneously stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter from now on, giving up Twitch exclusivity (Nathan Grayson/Washington Post)

4:40 AM ET, September 12, 2022

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Q&A with Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Hulu's and ESPN's future, buying out Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu before 2024, a seamless bundle, activist investors, and more — “You should see the backstage,” actor Diego Luna told the D23 Expo crowd Saturday morning as he talked up his new “Star Wars” …

Discussion: @danielsloeb1, Financial Times, New York Times, Bloomberg, @susanlitv, The Wrap, @carlquintanilla, @sportstvratings, @kirbyslastsnack, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and Deadline

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Activist investor Daniel Loeb backs off his proposal for Disney to sell ESPN, citing a “better understanding” of the company's “growth and innovation” plan — Activist investor Daniel S. Loeb of Third Point has backed off his proposal from last month for Disney …

Discussion: @bradsling, Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter

Ashley Gold / Axios:

UNC's Center on Technology Policy: programmatic ad firms need clearer policies on political ad content, disclaimers, targeting, transparency, and accountability — After Big Tech platforms cracked down on political ads in the 2020 election's wake, political advertisers have increasingly flocked …

Discussion: @axios, @ashleyrgold, @mattperault, @mattperault, @mattperault, @mattperault, @mattperault, @knightfdn and Center on Technology Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marina Adami / Reuters Institute for the Study …:

How reporters in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru are using technology to cover the Amazon rainforest, as armed groups, criminals, and mining companies target them — Targeted by armed groups, criminals and mining companies, journalists are using technology to bring attention to the world's biggest rainforest

Discussion: @risj_oxford, @marina__adami and @lilimendonca

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

An interview with Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner about the end of the magazine era, not reading Rolling Stone anymore, how his son Gus saved it, and more — The Rolling Stone founder talks about LSD, not reading the magazine anymore and how the Stones now look like “Lord of the Rings” characters onstage.

Discussion: @szacharek, @jaywbabcock, @gyamey, @mattscalici, @curtmills, @mythserene, @samhaselby, @andreasharsono, @andreasharsono, @spwells, @ericliptonnyt, @almostmedia, @markfollman, @rjcc, @maureendowd, @jimlaporta, @jeffgoodell and @jackshafer

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

YouGov: 47% of US and 58% of UK consumers enjoy reading magazines in print more than online while 60% and 54% prefer reading newspapers online than in print — More than half of American and British news consumers now prefer reading newspapers online than in print.

Discussion: @londoninsider, @pressgazette and MediaPost

Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:

A report from Kara Swisher's last Code conference: a backroom poker game, politics in the air, the tribute to Steve Jobs, and genuinely surprising interviews — Inside the poker room and the tribute to Steve Jobs. — “The queen herself, Kara Swisher, big round of applause please,” …

Discussion: @ericnewcomer, @ericnewcomer, @jason, @alexeheath, @jayrosen_nyu, @cityofthetown, @thekenyeung, @jeffreyswisher, @jeffreyswisher and @karaswisher

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:

JustWatch research: Netflix has a 27.3% share of global streaming, Amazon Prime Video has 24.3%, Disney+ has 18.2%, HBO Max has 7%, and Apple TV+ has 6.2% — The streaming market has gained several new players in recent years, and this has been affecting consolidated platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:

How Wikipedia's editors worked to update Queen Elizabeth II's page, debating what pictures to use and what to call Charles, creating new articles, and more — RIP, Queen Elizabeth II. There are a lot of things to do in the digital realm when a monarch dies, and one of the first places people …

Discussion: @tguemes, @blakersdozen and @jodyserrano, more at Techmeme »

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

SEC filing: Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp. pay package was $18.4M in fiscal year 2022, down from $31.1M YoY, while Lachlan Murdoch's fell to $21.7M from $27.7M YoY — Don't feel too bad, however. Rupert Murdoch still took home more than $18 million, while son Lachlan Murdoch earned $21.7 million and a contract extension.

Discussion: @alexweprin, Deadline and The Wrap

Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:

How two colleagues of murdered Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German staked out the house of his alleged killer while continuing to report on the story — Two members of Jeff German's four-member team told The Daily Beast how they found out about their colleague's death—along with how they knew to look at Robert Telles.

Discussion: @laprensasd, @robertfaturechi, @bgrueskin, @thedailybeast, @benjamingoggin, @dmihalopoulos, @jfkucinich, @corbinbolies, NBC News and Boing Boing

Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar:

Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games exclusively for Netflix: Mighty Quest 2, Valiant Hearts 2, and a new Assassin's Creed title — There's also a new Valiant Hearts game in the works — Ubisoft just announced a partnership with Netflix for three games.

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Nathan Grayson / Washington Post:
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will simultaneously stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter from now on, giving up Twitch exclusivity

Discussion: Transistori, @vahn16, @vahn16, @vahn16, @willoremus, @ninja, @ninja and @ninja, more at Techmeme »

Sean Holstege / Arizona Republic:
A US federal judge sides with the ACLU and media organizations, granting a preliminary injunction blocking a new Arizona law that would limit filming of police

Discussion: @anthony, @joajacobo, @eff, @oshadavidson, @raystern, Associated Press, 12news.com, Al Jazeera and The Hill

Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Over 500 US-based Condé Nast workers at 11 publications win union recognition, under the NewsGuild of New York; magazines include Vanity Fair, Allure, and Vogue

Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Kantar: political campaigns are expected to spend $1.2B on streaming ads in the 2022 US midterms as streaming increasingly reaches a big share of the electorate

Discussion: @jank0

Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Bloomberg Media announces a major reorg: Al Mayers, who led global TV, is retiring; David Merritt is named head of Bloomberg Media Editorial over all properties

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Roblox plans to add age guidelines to its games and announces a new in-game ads system for brands to advertise via interactive billboards, posters, and more

Discussion: @brandolightshed, @xrsidotorg, CNBC, Ad Age, @ballmatthew, @digitalshields, Washington Post, @abebrown716, @abebrown716, @eric_seufert, @laurengoode, MediaPost, Adweek and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

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A.J. Katz / Adweek:
Charter's Spectrum Networks launches Spectrum News CTV, a TV app with original content and news from its 30+ local TV news outlets, free to Spectrum customers

Discussion: The Streamable, @charlierybak, @tvgrimreaper and Light Reading

Paul Linford / HoldtheFrontPage:
The UK's National Union of Journalists postpones a September 13 to September 15 strike planned at Reach after Queen Elizabeth II's death and a new pay proposal

Reuters:
Indian music streaming app Gaana says it has switched to a paid subscription model after buyout talks failed: sources: the potential acquirer was Bharti Airtel

Discussion: Billboard and @dattaameet

Madison Hahamy / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the tensions between the staff at the Toledo Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and their owners, who are subjects of over a dozen NLRB complaints

Discussion: @cjr, @cpotterpgh, @mhahamy and @bladeguild

NBC Chicago:
A Republican PAC sends mailers to Illinois voters that are styled as newspapers with fake names like the “Chicago City Wire” and the “DuPage Policy Journal”

Discussion: @dansinker, @iron_spike, @endmoneybond and @jackieforil47

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Bloomberg:
Sources: XAI Holdings, the newly combined entity housing xAI and X, is in talks to raise roughly $20B, or possibly more, valuing the company at more than $120B

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Motorola partnership, Perplexity's upcoming browser Comet, TikTok bid, ChatGPT's scale, Google's DOJ trial, and more

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