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5:30 PM ET, September 22, 2023

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Amazon plans to run limited ads on Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada starting in early 2024, charging $2.99/month extra in the US to avoid ads  —  - Prime Video will offer a more expensive ad-free option  — Streamers want to increase revenue as production costs soar
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns distances himself from SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas after ProPublica published a photo of the two along with David Koch  —  The documentary filmmaker says he has not had contact with Thomas beyond taking a photo.  —  Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns began trending …
Michael Wolff / The Ankler:
Excerpt from Michael Wolff's The Fall: the first chapter imagines an eventual Rupert Murdoch obituary, capturing his life and career at Fox Corp and News Corp  —  The mogul's ‘obituary’ opens the buzzy upcoming book, ‘The End: The Fall of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty’
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New York Times:
A profile of Lachlan Murdoch, who is less overtly political than his father, has led Fox through lawsuits, and has some proven successes, including buying Tubi  —  He solidified his rise to the top of his father's media empire on Thursday.  —  Lachlan Murdoch's path to succession has been rocky at times …
David Rutz / Fox News:
Rupert Murdoch transitions from chair of Fox Corp and News Corp to the new role of Chairman Emeritus; Lachlan Murdoch becomes the sole chair of both companies
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Sam Schube / GQ:
How Apple SVP of Services Eddy Cue led the company's push into live sports streaming and is using its MLS deal to test reshaping how sports are consumed  —  Longtime Apple executive Eddy Cue happens to be an enormous sports fan.  And with Apple entering the wild west of broadcasting live sports …
PEN America:
US public schools banned 3,362 books between July 1, 2022, and June 31, 2023, up 33% from the previous school year, with Florida accounting for 40%+ of the bans  —  Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor  —  Introduction  —  The freedom to read is under assault in the United States …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
FT launches an e-paper app for international readers; ABC: FT digital edition had an average circulation of 16,343 in August, of which 81% was outside the UK  —  The FT's e-paper has evolved since it first launched on desktop in 2015.  —  The Financial Times has launched an app …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Snap's president of Americas Rob Wilk is out, after joining Snap in March, and will be replaced by Patrick Harris, who joined Snap after 10+ years at Meta  —  Snap Inc. has promoted former Meta executive Patrick Harris to the position of President of Americas, overseeing sales …
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Studio CEOs attended another marathon bargaining session with the WGA on September 21; talks between the WGA and studios resumed on September 22  —  Jobs, Labor & Workplace  —  The Writers Guild of America and major studios  —  held a marathon bargaining session Thursday …
Tom Ambrose / The Guardian:
WBD announces an expansion of Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, in Hertfordshire, UK, including adding 10 sound stages starting in early 2024 and finishing in 2027  —  Studios behind Harry Potter films to undergo 400,000 sq ft expansion by 2027, in boost to struggling industry
Louise Story:
AI tools can help reporters, news outlets, and readers with tasks such as querying large data files, alerting about potential stories, and personalizing content  —  Today, understanding artificial intelligence is an essential skill for a media leader.  This is not simply because you need …
 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Christopher Beha resigns as editor of Harper's Magazine; Christopher Carroll, who joined Harper's as senior editor in 2018, will become editor on September 25
Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
Snap says Snapchat+ now has 5M+ subscribers, up from 3M in April 2023; the $3.99 per month tier launched in June 2022, after an industry slowdown in ad revenue
 

 
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