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Los Angeles Times:
The WGA and AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, more — The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted more than 140 days …
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HuffPost:
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 — Danielle Duke is a 23-year-old actor in New York City. The Cleveland, Ohio, native has been acting since the age of 6, and she has appeared in four short films since 2021.
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Advanced Television, @andria.bsky.social, @ruthesamuel and @carolinerenard_
Washington Post:
Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign — An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation …
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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A look at the flood of near-identical YouTube obituary videos, in which men read obituaries scraped from authorized publishers like funeral homes and newspapers — If you Google someone who recently died, you might see a flood of near-identical videos of men reading obits. Here's why.
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@mattsreynolds1, @pearlriverflow, @nicklucchesi, @waterslicer and @knibbs, more at Techmeme »
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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@jodyserrano, @jodyserrano, @corybe@threads.net and Observer, more at Techmeme »
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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Screen Rant, @consensusgurus and Slate, more at Techmeme »
Lauren Indvik / Financial Times:
An interview with Anna Wintour on her rise to the top of the fashion world, her tough image, Chioma Nnadi's appointment as the head of British Vogue, and more — Vogue's global editorial director on her rise to the top of the fashion world — and what she makes of her tough image
Vauhini Vara / Wired:
A writer whose AI-assisted essay went viral reflects on testing GPT-3 early, Sudowrite's novel generator, and whether AI is good for writers and literature — Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself.
Bloomberg:
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
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Financial Times:
French billionaire Xavier Niel acquires Czech energy tycoon Daniel Kretínsky's stake in Le Monde; sources: the ~€50M deal was agreed to privately in August 2023 — Sale by Czech tycoon will advance French billionaire's ambition to put newspaper's ownership into foundation
Paresh Dave / Wired:
A look at the antitrust activists attending the DOJ's Google antitrust trial every day and documenting their observations via social media and daily newsletters — A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.
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@william_fitz, @matthewstoller, @ddayen, @lutherlowe, The Verge, @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org and The Atlantic
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A profile of UTA Head of Audio Oren Rosenbaum, who helped grow podcasting by being an agent for stars like Emma Chamberlain, as the podcasting industry deflates — Talent Agent Oren Rosenbaum fueled podcasting's multibillion dollar boom. Now he must navigate its acrimonious deflation.
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