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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
NASA plans to launch the free streaming service NASA+ later this year on the web, iOS, Android, and streaming media devices, with ad-free original content — The agency is also working on a consolidated web experience. — NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A Florida judge rejects Disney's motion to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to assert state control over future development of Disney's Orlando theme parks — Disney lost a bid on Friday to throw out a state court lawsuit that seeks to assert state control over future development of its Orlando theme parks.
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Variety:
Sources: vendors for the Emmys have been told the ceremony will not air on September 18, as the Hollywood strikes drag on; the event was last postponed in 2001 — Vendors for the 75th Primetime Emmys have been told that the ceremony will not air on September 18 — the first time that there …
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube officially launches Multiview for YouTube TV and Primetime Channels, starting with WNBA games, but with no mobile and web support and other limits — After testing for the past several months, YouTube is officially launching Multiview for YouTube TV and Primetime Channels, starting with WNBA games.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Fox Corp and Flutter plan to close online gambling business Fox Bet starting Aug. 1; Fox will keep an option to buy an 18.6% stake in Flutter's FanDuel — Flutter, parent of the competing betting service FanDuel, will keep the customer database and market-access agreements associated …
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Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Apple says the week of July 19-July 26 had the three most-watched matches ever on MLS Season Pass, but doesn't release specific numbers — Lionel Messi has taken MLS by storm, and that's good news for Apple. … And though Messi only played his first match for his new club, Inter Miami …
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World Soccer Talk, The Streamable, New York Post, World Soccer Talk, 9to5Mac and The Athletic
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A profile of Simon Ateba, owner and White House correspondent of the website Today News Africa, who has cultivated a brand of being a disruptor by defying norms — The Today News Africa gadfly has become a hero on the right, thanks to his confrontational behavior in the White House briefing room.
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sony indefinitely delays the release of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and shuffles dates for Kraven and other movies as Hollywood strikes continue — Sony Pictures has made some significant release date shifts for its upcoming films, including “Kraven the Hunter” and “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.”
@edyong209:
[Thread] Pulitzer-winning science writer Ed Yong is leaving The Atlantic after eight years and says he'll be writing a third book and working on other projects — Some news: After 8 years & 750 stories, I've decided to leave The Atlantic. Today's my last day. Being a writer means you can't say things like “I can't tell you what this means” cos, well, I can. That's kind of the point of me. So here's an attempt at looking back & forward: 1/
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
European consolidator Asacha Media Group acquires UK-based producer Arrow International Media; sources: the deal may value Arrow in the low eight-figure range — European consolidator Asacha Media Group has acquired a majority stake in Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom producer Arrow International Media.
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Hollywood Reporter, Broadcast and Variety
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the AP's deal to license content to OpenAI has a clause that gives AP the right to reset the terms if another publisher gets a better deal from OpenAI — Associated Press pact with OpenAI gives it the right to reset terms if another publisher gets a better deal
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@asharma and Voice of America
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Jeff Zucker's spokesperson asks Variety to retract a post on Zucker and CNN, and Puck and The Atlantic reporters refute some of its claims; Variety stands by it — The magazine's scathing feature on former network chief Jeff Zucker has unleashed an outcry over its veracity, with some top media brass even calling for a retraction.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Job listings at Disney, Sony, Netflix, and other companies indicate there is a hiring spree for AI jobs in the entertainment industry — Netflix is hiring a $900,000 per year AI product manager, Disney is looking for generative AI specialists, and Sony seeks an AI ethics expert …
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