Mediagazer: The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more (Los Angeles Times)

12:35 AM ET, September 26, 2023

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The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more — The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted …

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Seven Gen Z writers and actors on how they're navigating the Hollywood strikes, the state of the entertainment industry, the threat of AI, residuals, and more

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Amrita Khalid / The Verge:

Spotify partners with OpenAI to debut an AI translation feature that reproduces podcasts in other languages using a synthesized version of the podcaster's voice — What if podcasters could flip a switch and instantly speak another language? That's the premise behind Spotify's …

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Emilia David / The Verge:

Getty partners with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a tool trained on Getty's licensed photos that lets users create legally protected images — Getty Images is partnering with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that lets people create images using Getty's library of licensed photos.

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Estate Media, a real estate-focused outlet debuting with a website, newsletters, podcasts, and video, raised $1.65M from Morning Brew CEO Austin Rief and others — Estate Media, which was co-founded by Josh Flagg, aims to give advertisers a new way of reaching both industry professionals and home buyers and sellers

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Rachel Scully / The Hill:

Donald Trump pledges to investigate Comcast for “Country Threatening Treason” due to “one-side and vicious coverage” by NBC and MSNBC, if he is elected in 2024 — Former President Trump pledged to investigate Comcast, the parent company for NBC and MSNBC …

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:

Meduza says that new evidence points to an EU country, not Russia, hacking its founder Galina Timchenko's iPhone in Germany using Pegasus earlier in 2023 — Galina Timchenko, the CEO of Meduza, was hacked earlier this year before participating in a meeting of exiled Russian journalists

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Jessie Pang / Reuters:

A Hong Kong court sentences the head of a leading journalist group, one of the city's last groups advocating for rights, to five days for obstructing the police — The head of Hong Kong's leading journalists group was sentenced on Monday to five days jail for obstructing police officers …

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John Koblin / New York Times:

People over 60 have become the US broadcast networks' core constituency, as the median age of viewers at ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox has ballooned in recent years — Viewers have fled prime-time lineups for streaming outlets, with one notable exception: people over 60.

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Jody Serrano / The Messenger:

Q&A with Kevin Systrom about Artifact's Links discovery feature, moderation, the bear case and bull case for Threads, the current state of Instagram, and more — Kevin Systrom hopes a fresh jolt of growth to his Artifact app allows it to compete better with the industry's bigger relics

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David Robb / Deadline:

SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize a strike against 10 of the major video game companies if negotiations fail; 98.32% voted in favor after a 27.47% turnout — - Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Elected President Of WGA East; Running Unopposed, She Succeeds Michael Winship

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Jay Peters / The Verge:

Reddit launches a Contributor Program that pays verified users monthly based on the karma earned and the gold received for “eligible contributions” on the site — Reddit is going to let users spin Reddit gold into real money as part of its new “Contributor Program,” the company announced on Monday.

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New York Times:

Some employees reminisce about Netflix's DVD subscription service, which upended the entertainment industry and is shutting down on September 29 after 25 years — The company's DVD subscription service is ending this month, bringing to a close an origin story that ultimately upended the entertainment industry.

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