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5:50 PM ET, July 26, 2023

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New York Times:
Despite not being in SAG-AFTRA, many influencers are passing up deals to promote movies and TV shows to avoid online criticism and being barred from the guild  —  Despite not being in the actors' union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows …
Discussion: Ad Age and Digiday, more at Techmeme »
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The Hollywood Reporter:
With striking actors not doing press, sources say multiple streaming services are discussing potentially moving certain undated fully shot series to early 2024  —  With talent unable to do press and content pipelines at risk of running dry, executives at every major streamer are quietly debating …
Discussion: Screen Rant
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon partners with YouTube to offer some new and upgrading wireless and home internet customers free access to the NFL Sunday Ticket  —  Verizon and YouTube are calling a new customer-acquisition play aimed a gridiron fans. … Terms of the agreement between Verizon and YouTube …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google says 2B+ logged-in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts, up from 1.5B+ in June 2022, and YouTube is reaching 150M people on their TVs in the US  —  Google said today that more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts, giving it an edge over competitors like TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Discussion: @efeng and CNBC
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's ad revenue increased 4.4% YoY to $7.67B in Q2, above expectations of $7.43B and a reversal after three consecutive quarters of declines
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet reports Q2 Google ad revenue up 3% YoY to $58.14B after two consecutive quarters of falling ad sales
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
How Oklahoma's McCurtain Gazette investigated the local sheriff and obtained a recording of officials talking about killing reporters and lynching Black people  —  In Southeast Oklahoma, a father-son reporting duo's series on the county sheriff led to an explosive revelation.
Srishti Jaswal / Rest of World:
Political parties in India court big and small social media influencers ahead of 2024 elections, offering to pay for political messages that have no disclosures  —  As the campaign for the 2024 elections in India goes digital, social media influencers have become a powerful tool to try and shape voter behavior.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Documents detail the struggles of Amazon's Clubhouse rival Amp, launched in March 2022 with a year-end target of 1M+ MAUs; a source says MAUs sit at 700K today  —  At the height of the COVID-19 health crisis, when many of us — forced by quarantine rules and social distancing guidelines …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The BBC invested £128.5M into TV and radio content under its Creative Diversity Commitment, hitting its £100M three-year goal with one year to spare  —  The BBC invested £128.5 million ($165.7 million) into TV and radio content in the first two years of its Creative Diversity Commitment, a year ahead of target.
Discussion: @blackamazon, BBC, Deadline and WORLD SCREEN
Wall Street Journal:
Emails: Twitter/X offers discounts on new video ads in the US and UK and warns advertisers they will lose verified status unless they reach spending thresholds  —  Social-media site X is offering hefty discounts to lure back ad dollars  —  X Corp. is cutting ad prices as it tries to woo brands back to the Elon Musk-owned platform.
Emine Sinmaz / The Guardian:
A UK jury finds Kevin Spacey not guilty of nine charges of sexual assault alleged to have been committed between 2004 and 2013  —  Jury at Southwark crown court finds Oscar-winning actor, 64, not guilty after four-week trial  —  Kevin Spacey wept and said he was humbled after being cleared …
 
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek teases ways the company could integrate additional AI into its products, including summarizing podcasts and generating audio ads
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Matias Grez / CNN:
The BBC apologizes for a reporter's “inappropriate” question at the Women's World Cup opener; the reporter asked Morocco's captain if the team had gay players
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Snap reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to $1.07B, vs. $1.05B est., DAUs up 14% YoY to 397M, vs. 395M est., and Q3 revenue forecast below est.; SNAP drops 16%+
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources detail Jeff Zucker's efforts to court potential investors in a bid for CNN, including Jeff Bezos, Laurene Powell Jobs, Alex Soros, and Roman Abramovich
Sarah Taaffe-Maguire / Sky News:
NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose admits to being the BBC source for an erroneous story that said Coutts de-banked Nigel Farage for financial, not political, reasons
 

 
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Anna Tong / Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans to announce its AI-powered search product on May 13, a day before the start of Google's annual I/O developer conference

Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games, including Candy Crush Saga, and later opening to other publishers

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Google releases a Chrome security update to fix the fifth zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild in 2024; the vulnerability is in the Visuals component
 
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