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8:10 AM ET, July 15, 2023

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Jessica Nicholson / Billboard:
Radio and music industry trade website All Access plans to cease publishing on August 15, 2023 after 28 years, citing “severe financial headwinds”  —  “We will all miss serving and working with all of you — our readers and clients," said founder/president/publisher Joel Denver in a statement.
The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA and WGA members picketed at two NYC and 10 LA studio sites, with Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery HQs among the bigger targets for crowds  —  Fran Drescher and her 160,000-strong union hit the streets on day one of the SAG-AFTRA strike — and day 74 of the WGA strike.
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Andrew Webster / The Verge:
SAG-AFTRA: the AMPTP's AI proposal lets studios scan a background actor to create a digital likeness, for a day's pay, for perpetual use without consent or pay
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
SAG-AFTRA members officially decide to strike on July 14, after failed negotiations with the AMPTP, joining 11,000+ already striking film and television writers
Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review:
Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality  —  People who use ChatGPT to help with writing tasks are more productive and produce higher-quality work than those who don't, a study found.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Daily Caller co-founders Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel seek to raise hundreds of millions for a media company anchored by Carlson's free Twitter videos  —  Former Fox News host and associate look to raise funds for new venture that could use Twitter as its backbone
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Sources: at an all-hands meeting, NYT staffers expressed anger at the way its sports desk was cut and raised concerns over differing standards at The Athletic  —  A routine all-company meeting turned tense as New York Times employees pressed management on its decision to disband the sports section …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Creator monetization platform Fanhouse agrees to sell to rival Passes, which only launched in December 2022, but some creators are apprehensive about the merger  —  The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Carlo Vittorini, the publisher of Parade magazine for 20 years, during which its circulation grew to 37.5M and its full-page ad's cost rose to $640K, dies at 94  —  He spent two decades guiding a popular newspaper Sunday supplement as its revenue and circulation grew, reaching nearly 40 million readers at one point.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Former Netflix VP Original Content Cindy Holland joins Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone's production company Sister as its global CEO  —  Former Netflix TV boss Cindy Holland has joined Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone's Sister as Global CEO.  —  Holland, who spent nearly …
Wall Street Journal:
A look at Disney's challenges, some of which are rooted in Bob Iger's previous decisions as CEO, including acquiring Fox assets and entering the streaming race  —  Eight months after returning as Disney's CEO, he is straining to put out fire after fire, including streaming losses, an activist investor and TV woes
 
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The Charlotte Observer:
Rolfe Neill, the publisher of The Charlotte Observer from 1975 until 1997 and a member of a group of business leaders who shaped Charlotte's growth, dies at 90
Reuters:
Sources and a doc: India told streaming services like Netflix and Disney to use an independent panel to review content for obscenity and violence before release
New York Times:
A look at Minyoung Kim's work as Netflix's VP of content in Asia: making Netflix feel less foreign, keeping shows authentically local, and “green-light rigor”
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitter's creators program makes its first payouts, including to far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who made over $20K, Ian Miles Cheong, and Benny Johnson
Bloomberg:
Sources: TPG-backed talent firm Creative Artists Agency is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake to billionaire François-Henri Pinault at a $7B+ valuation
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a four-year deal with Raycom, Nexstar's The CW acquires the exclusive broadcast rights to 50 ACC football and basketball games per season, starting this fall
 

 
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Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy”

Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico:
Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades

Abigail Bassett / The Verge:
A look at Watch Duty, a free app that has become a crucial lifeline for LA during the wildfires by showing active fires, evacuation zones, and other vital info

 
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