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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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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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The Verge, New York Post, @waposean, @mediaevan, @ktumulty, @seangraf, @shernazdaver, @consensusgurus, Screen Rant and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »
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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Mediaite, Fast Company, Spotify, MediaPost, Variety, @eldsjal, @elonmusk, @lexfridman, @dinosofos, The Wrap, Decrypt, The Messenger, CNBC, @carnage4life@mas.to and @simli.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Trump pledges to investigate Comcast for “Country Threatening Treason” because of “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 …
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.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Meduza says evidence points to an EU country, not Russia, being behind its founder Galina Timchenko's iPhone being infected with Pegasus in Germany this year — Galina Timchenko, the CEO of Meduza, was hacked earlier this year before participating in a meeting of exiled Russian journalists
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@criticalvas and @skirchy
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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@jamesf.bsky.social, Variety, @menendezrand, @danfabrizio3, @carolynhinsey and @menendezrand
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
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.
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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@pearlriverflow, @waterslicer, @mattsreynolds1, @nicklucchesi and @knibbs
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
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@jessicalessin, @benmullin and The Rebooting
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snap partners with Microsoft to help serve ads in its My AI chatbot in the US and some other markets, after saying in May it would test Sponsored Links in My AI — Snapchat has a new advertising partner in Microsoft for the ads it's inserting into its AI product, My AI …
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