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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Bob Iger says Disney's linear TV channels, like ABC, “may not be core Disney”, leaving the door open to a possible sale; Disney is open to a partner for ESPN — - Disney CEO Bob Iger sat down with CNBC's David Faber at Allen & Co.'s annual conference in Sun Valley on Thursday.
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney's board extends Bob Iger's contract as CEO through 2026, two years longer than he had planned; Iger was supposed to have prepared his next successor — - Disney is extending CEO Bob Iger's contract through 2026. — Iger told CNBC in February that he had no intention to stay longer …
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Deadline:
Contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP break off; the guild's board will now meet to approve a strike, the first actors' strike since 1980 — Contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP broke off tonight, and the guild's national board will meet Thursday morning to formally approve the launch of a strike.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Sun faces serious questions over its reporting on a BBC presenter, later revealed to be Huw Edwards, after UK police found no evidence of criminality — Days after publication, the newsreader is in hospital with mental health issues and the paper is rapidly backtracking
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: BBC Newsnight anchor Victoria Derbyshire and other BBC journalists were examining accusations about Huw Edwards before The Sun published its story
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Huw Edwards' wife names him as the BBC presenter suspended over allegedly buying sexually explicit photos; police say there's no evidence of a criminal offense
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BoulderPreston:
Three former Fox executives say they regret helping Rupert Murdoch build Fox Broadcasting, and by extension Fox News, which they call a “disinformation machine” — For what little it may, or may not, be worth at this point, Preston Padden, Ken Solomon and Bill Reyner wish …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The AP and OpenAI sign a two-year deal; the AP gets access to OpenAI's tech in return for licensing some of its text archive dating back to 1985 for AI training — The Associated Press on Thursday said it reached a two-year deal with OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, to share access to select news content and technology.
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Kyle Chayka / New Yorker:
A writer details using AI startup Writer's LLM to generate text in his writing style and says that most of the tool's “insights” felt hollow or approximated — A new wave of artificial-intelligence startups is trying to “scale language” by automating the work of writing.
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@taiyo@ostatus.taiyolab.com and Columbia Journalism Review, more at Techmeme »
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University files a lawsuit challenging Texas' TikTok ban on state devices, for limiting research and teaching — A lawsuit filed on Thursday says that Gov. Greg Abbott's ban is compromising research and teaching at public universities.
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CNN and @ethanz@octodon.social, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Telly begins shipping its free, dual-screen, ad-supported 4K TV as part of its public beta program and says Nielsen plans to license Telly's viewership data — Start-up says it received more than 250,000 sign-ups from U.S. consumers … The start-up, which plans to ship some 500,000 free …
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The Guardian:
The Guardian plans to launch a digital European edition in autumn 2023, led by Lizzy Davies, joining existing UK, US, Australia, and international editions — The Guardian today announces it is to launch a new digital European edition in autumn 2023 and is expanding and deepening its coverage with a range of new editorial roles
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Chris Willman / Variety:
Luminate's H1 2023 report: on-demand audio and video streams were up 30.8% YoY globally and 15% YoY in the US, US physical album sales rose 13.3% YoY, and more — The vinyl boom is not going bust anytime soon. In the first half of 2023, vinyl LP sales were up 21.7% from the same period the year before …
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A Today Show segment on July 10 highlighting a new fatal TikTok challenge, which other outlets picked up, was based on one man's comment and a nonexistent trend — The ‘boat jumping challenge’ is just the latest hoax aimed at scaring adults about teen technology use
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