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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Though X claims Tucker Carlson's interview with Trump drew 74M+ views, it includes anyone who scrolled past the video in their feed or watched for a few seconds — Former President Donald Trump, who opted out of a Republican primary debate on Fox News (FOXA.O) on Wednesday …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump's appearance in Tucker Carlson's X video over a televised debate shows how mass media has yielded some power to more niche outlets aimed at die-hard fans — Donald J. Trump is the most important figure in the Republican Party, but he merited only 10 minutes of questions from the moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
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Washington Post:
Fox News staff and Donald Trump advisers detail how Tucker Carlson's pre-recorded interview came about; Trump had wanted to post the interview on Truth Social
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Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barbie becomes the top-grossing movie of 2023 in North America, grossing $575.4M in 34 days; The Super Mario Bros. Movie took 140 days to reach $574.3M — Greta Gerwig's movie has surpassed ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ in North America and will do the same at the worldwide box office by early next month.
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Reuters:
Interfax: a Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention to November 30, 2023 from August 30; Gershkovich attended the hearing — U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich had his pre-trial detention extended by three months by a Russian court on Thursday, Interfax reported, on charges of espionage that he denies.
Erin Woo / The Information:
Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites to force people to use TikTok Shop; source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023 — The cost of TikTok's online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up. — TikTok Shop, the app's nascent shopping service …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Memo: Vice Media is moving out of its Brooklyn offices to save on costs after bankruptcy; most of the staff will work remotely until Vice finds a new office — Vice Media, the onetime new media darling that declared bankruptcy three months ago, is moving out of its Brooklyn offices …
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Texas Tribune CEO Sonal Shah announces layoffs, blaming a weakened economy and more; the outlet's copy desk chief posted that the copy desk had been laid off — CEO Sonal Shah told staff that 2023 has been uniquely challenging for the outlet, which many have come to see as a model for nonprofit journalism
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
WBD plans to launch CNN Max, a 24/7 stream pulled from CNN's US and international feeds alongside some original content, in “open beta” on September 27 on Max — - Netflix Added 2.6M U.S. Subscribers In July, Continuing Advertising Momentum Amid Password-Sharing Crackdown, Study Finds
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NewsGuard:
An analysis finds 37 sites using AI chatbots to rewrite news articles that first appeared in outlets like CNN, The New York Times, and Reuters, without credit — NewsGuard has identified 37 sites that use artificial intelligence to repackage articles from mainstream news sources without providing credit …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: former New York Times CEO and BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is a leading candidate to head CNN; Thompson left The New York Times in 2020 — The Scoop — The former New York Times and BBC chief Mark Thompson is a leading candidate to lead CNN, according to people familiar …
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Instead of calming strike tensions, CEOs who met with writers' negotiators riled things up, revealing ego-driven decision-making; the union responded with anger — Sharon Waxman … We all thought things were finally moving in the right direction. We thought there might be a break coming.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Warren Hoge, a New York Times correspondent, bureau chief, and masthead editor who reported from more than 80 countries, is dead at 82 — As a correspondent, including as a bureau chief, he wrote vividly from all corners of the globe. He later served as foreign editor and assistant managing editor.
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