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Angela Fu / Poynter:
A Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter and her colleagues faced social media attacks when users, including Elon Musk, distorted her coverage of a fatal hit-and-run — The Las Vegas Review-Journal is facing a harassment campaign stoked by Elon Musk, one year after a reporter was killed for his coverage.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
WBD plans to add a Max live sports tier, Bleacher Report Sports, in the US on October 5 for $9.99/month, or free for current subscribers until February 29, 2024 — Max, the streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is adding a live sports tier in the US on October 5th.
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Matthew Panzarino, who recently stepped down as TechCrunch EIC after 10 years, on the site's Silicon Valley relationship, the future of media, and more — It's been a rocky and chaotic decade — and now digital media is on the brink of yet another existential crisis thanks to generative AI.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Highlights from three years of Platformer: from <75K free subscribers to 155,355 in a year, plans to experiment with ads, ~95% of readers do not pay, and more — Has the Substack revolution come and gone? PLUS: What's changing in year four — I. State of the union
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
How Russia spreads pro-Kremlin messages in Africa through local journalists and media outlets like Afrique Média, a Cameroon-based, pro-Wagner Group TV channel — This Cameroon-based outlet reaches millions through linear TV and boasts over one million followers on their social channels
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Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
Over 175 writers, musicians, and others in creative fields sign an open letter against book bans in schools, in an effort led by Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton — “It's only a matter of time before regressive, suppressive ideologues will shift their focus toward other forms of art and entertainment …
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Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
How the SAG-AFTRA strikes are impacting the UK, where Barbie, Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones, and more were filmed, as many now find themselves out of work — Many U.S. studios' blockbusters are filmed in Britain, so the walkouts by actors and screenwriters have caused thousands of U.K. film crews to lose work.
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Bobby Hristova / CBC News:
The Hamilton Spectator, one of Ontario's longest-running newspapers, plans to close its office in October; last week, Torstar's owner Nordstar cut 605 staff — Meanwhile, several area weeklies are going online only and their reporters will be let go — The Hamilton Spectator is losing …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC and Channel 4 remove TV and audio shows featuring Russell Brand; the BBC did not say which shows while Channel 4 removed GBBO and Big Brother episodes — - ‘The Madigan Chronicles’ Optioned By Particle6; London Film Festival Jury; MBC's Arabic-Language Feature - Global Briefs
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
YouTube suspends ads on videos by actor Russell Brand to “protect” its users, citing his “off-platform behavior”, after allegations of rape and sexual assault
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Advance Local is building GulfLive, a New Orleans-based sports and news website, four years after Advance sold the Times-Picayune, the area's biggest newspaper — - All of the Times-Picayune's 161 staffers were let go in 2019 amid that sale. … - The creation of GulfLive suggests Advance …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Mark Thompson is set to begin as CNN's CEO on October 9; sources say CNN's 2023 EBITDA is expected to bounce back closer to $1B after falling to $750M in 2022 — - Mark Thompson, the former New York Times CEO, will begin as CNN's CEO on Oct. 9. — In his new role, Thompson will focus …
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Filing: Alibaba Pictures plans to acquire Alibaba-owned Damai, a major provider of live entertainment in China, for $167M, signaling a move into live events — Alibaba Pictures, the separately-listed film investment and distribution unit of China's tech giant Alibaba behind recent box office hit “Lost in the Stars,” is to buy Damai.
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
BBC Studios forms a Global Entertainment division, led by Matt Forde, to oversee its production bases in Los Angeles, India, Australia, South Africa, and Europe — BBC Studios has merged three areas of its formats business to create a new global entertainment division led by Matt Forde.
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