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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M weakened its offer to a University of Texas professor to revive its journalism program, after backlash about DEI and her NYT past; she's staying at UT — The university celebrated its decision to hire Kathleen McElroy to revive its journalism program.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Washington Post names former CNN and NYT executive Alex MacCallum as chief revenue officer and Uber's senior engineering leader Vineet Khosla as CTO — Alex MacCallum will focus on expanding the news publisher's subscription and ad businesses — The Washington Post named former CNN …
Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
A look at the global labor force on sites like Fiverr and Upwork, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI — The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney is exploring strategic options for its Star India business; Media Partners Asia estimates Disney+ Hotstar could lose 15M subscribers in FY 2023 — Talks are a sign of how Star India's fortunes have changed since Disney's purchase of Fox entertainment assets
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@royprice, @richlightshed, @kushanmitra, @jtoonkel, @scottgustin, Variety and @rwhelanwsj
David Robb / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA agrees to federal mediation with the AMPTP, but says it is “not confident” in employers' intentions; contract still expires at 11:59pm PT on July 12 — SAG-AFTRA has agreed to federal mediation in order the break the bargaining deadlock with the Alliance of Motion Picture …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Studio and streaming sources: the studios' plan is to “break the WGA” by allowing “things to drag on until union members starting losing their apartments” — EXCLUSIVE: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting …
Noam Cohen / Bloomberg:
A look at Wikipedia in Russia after the Ukraine invasion, where the service remains popular, and Kremlin-compliant upstart Ruwiki, led by a long-service editor — When a group of armed mercenaries seized a Russian regional capital and began marching toward Moscow in late June, verified information was hard to come by.
Madeline Diamond / Esquire:
How BookTok and Bookstagram caused a rise in merchandize use for book publicity, leading to influencers being criticized for turning reading into an aesthetic — BookTok and Bookstagram have given rise to a new form of book publicity. Is it tearing the literary community apart?
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The Drum
BBC:
A young person says the BBC presenter at the center of a scandal sent them threatening texts after they alluded online to naming and having contact with him — A young person has told BBC News they felt threatened by the BBC presenter at the centre of a row over payment for sexually explicit photos.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says police asked the BBC to pause its investigation into a suspended male presenter as officers decide if a criminal investigation would be justified
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Press Gazette, Financial Times, Deadline, @adambienkov, @snowleopardess, The Week, The Hollywood Reporter and BBC
Alexander Gladstone / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Audacy is set to begin negotiations with financial creditors to restructure its $1.9B in debt as it struggles with declining advertising revenue — Audacy has said that it might not satisfy debt obligations as it faces a weak radio advertising market
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The Desk, Inside Radio and Radio & Television …
New York Magazine:
Q&A with Jake Tapper on covering Donald Trump and US elections in 2024, CNN's recent turmoil, CEO Chris Licht's downfall, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s lies, and more — Kara Swisher talks to the anchor about dealing with liars, covering 2024, and the drama at CNN.
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@intelligencer, New York Post, @nymag, Mediaite, Spotify, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, The Hill and Mediaite
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Filings show Vice executives' $700K+ salaries and collective bonuses totaling $1M+ on April 28, one day after layoffs and two weeks before the bankruptcy filing — Vice senior staff writer Joseph Cox shared the eye-popping payments made to Vice Media executives who “led VICE to bankruptcy” on Monday.
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@josephfcox, @macwbishop, @sanasaeed, @nehashastry, @janusrose, @janusrose, @annacod, @brooklynmarie, @viceunion, @michaelmalice, The Wrap, @lindsaykatai and New York Post
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
A volunteer contributor for Twitter's Community Notes details checking rampant spam and disinformation across the site and says the tool is far from sufficient — Twitter's “Community Notes” volunteers are supposed to make the platform “the most accurate source of information about the world.”
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC says total talent pay rose by £10M to £139.8M in 2022-2023, the highest since 2020; salaries for presenters earning £150K+ totaled £23.4M, up 15% YoY — The BBC has revealed that the amount paid to its biggest stars has surged to a six-year high …
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BBC and The Guardian
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