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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Christiane Amanpour says she had a “robust exchange of views” with CNN CEO Chris Licht over Trump's town hall, becoming the first CNN anchor to dissent publicly — It has been one week since CNN's town hall with Donald Trump — and the fierce fallout stemming from the event is still reverberating.
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Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
A NY court dismisses a 2020 defamation suit against Maxwell Tani, The Daily Beast, and Noah Shachtman filed by Carson Griffith, an editor hired to revive Gawker — - A defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast was dismissed by a New York appeals court. — The suit was filed …
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Wall Street Journal:
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs the country's first bill that bans TikTok in a state, set to go into effect on January 1, 2024 — Ban is slated to take effect next year—if it survives expected litigation — Montana's governor signed the country's first bill that outright bans TikTok …
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Associated Press:
Photographers pursued a car carrying Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after a NYC charity event on May 16, forcing them to briefly take refuge in a police station — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were trailed in their car by photographers as they left a New York City charity event Tuesday night …
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Matthew Keys / Fierce Video:
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the company still thinks cable and satellite TV offer the best consumer value and reach for its news and premium sports programs — Fox Tubi TV linear television sports — Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the media company still believes traditional cable …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Lachlan Murdoch says Fox settled with Dominion to avoid a distracting, long legal battle, which he says Fox would have won, and defends dropping Tucker Carlson
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Abigail Turner / Business Live:
UK publisher Future, owner of Marie Claire and The Week, reports H1 revenue flat YoY at £404.7M and operating profit down 3% YoY to £130.2M — The publishing group said it expects full year performance to be towards the bottom end of current market expectations
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix says its ad tier has nearly 5M MAUs globally six months after launch and makes up 25%+ of signups in countries with the option; the median age is 34 — In its inaugural upfront advertising event, executives touted the the streaming service's growing ad tier, and unveiled new sponsorship options.
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Columbia Journalism School:
Columbia Journalism School announces a loan repayment assistance program to provide recent graduates working in nonprofit media up to $50K over five years — The program is the first of its kind for graduate journalism schools. With its inception, Columbia continues to stake its claim …
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Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times:
SAG-AFTRA asks its members to authorize a strike even before it starts negotiations with studios, set for June 7, to give it “maximum bargaining leverage” — In a sign of escalating labor relations in Hollywood, SAG-AFTRA is asking its 160,000 members to authorize a strike …
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Jaime Brooks / The Seat of Loss:
An in-depth look at the impact of LLMs on music and recording artists, reflecting on Vocaloid's first software in 2004, Hatsune Miku, Drake, and Louis Armstrong — A comprehensive guide to ghostwriters, virtual pop stars, and the world to come. — Recently, the New York Times published …
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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Docs: Google plans to use new AI models for ads, customer service, and to help YouTube creators, and is working on an internal Stable Diffusion-like product — - Google has approved several ad-related artificial intelligence projects to help advertisers and YouTube creators, internal documents show.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube unveils 30-second unskippable ads on top-performing videos on TVs and says 150M+ unique US viewers watched YouTube or YouTube TV on TVs in December 2022 — Google's video giant says it reaches more than 150 million U.S. monthly viewers on TV screens
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