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9:15 PM ET, October 12, 2023

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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says SAG-AFTRA talks broke down because the union wanted a “levy” on each streaming subscriber instead of a “success-based bonus” — “A levy on top of our revenue or per subscriber, with no insight into the revenue per subscriber or anything …

Discussion: IndieWire, Deadline, @thatrebecca, Variety, Gizmodo and @stevenrosenthal …

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA and the major studios suspend talks, as the AMPTP says the gap between the two sides is “too great”; SAG-AFTRA accuses the studios of “bully tactics”

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
A look at factors that prolonged the WGA strike, like different priorities for streaming services and studios, and how dialog may prevent another standoff later

Discussion: The Ankler, @richlightshed, @edlantz, Associated Press and @tvmojoe

Ismail Shakil / Reuters:

News Media Canada, which represents Canada's top newspapers, says it supports many of Google's issues with the Online News Act, now undergoing draft rulemaking — A Canadian news industry body on Thursday lent support to some of Google's concerns about a new law that aims …

Discussion: @davidcoletto, @mgeist, @jaycurrie, @pagmenzies and Globe and Mail

Kathy Jones / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Six days of the Israel-Hamas war: at least one Israeli and nine Palestinian journalists have been killed, two journalists are missing, and two have been injured — The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel …

Discussion: The Mercury News, The Desk, WAN-IFRA, Vanity Fair, @rushdibbc, The Independent, Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Wrap, Associated Press, Reporters Without Borders, The Fix, Washington Post, Mediaite, Columbia Journalism Review and Vanity Fair

Kate Marino / Axios:
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon says the network has sifted through 1,000+ videos of the Israel-Hamas war and only 10% are usable by CBS, often due to misinformation

Discussion: The Desk and @christarobin

Clark Merrefield / Nieman Lab:

Study: US prosecutions for public corruption rise after a nonprofit news outlet opens in a judicial district and are more likely the more funding the outlet has — “We find a really strong connection that they're able to maintain accountability in these communities.”

Discussion: Aaron Jacklin on LinkedIn, @ben@werd.social and Sheila Coronel on LinkedIn

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

The Information hires Morning Brew COO Matthew Resnick as its COO, to grow consumer revenue and brand partners; chief commercial officer Karl Wells is leaving — Technology publisher The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Morning Brew …

Nieman Lab:

A study using 60 bots to look at TikTok's recommendations after seeding with four news outlets finds that just 18% of the recommended videos were news-related — Plus: The “labor” of avoiding news, a study of disagreements between journalists and their bosses about objectivity, and the effects of Trump's criticisms of Fox News.

Discussion: @peterhamby

George Gene Gustines / New York Times:

A group of comic book writers and artists form Ghost Machine, a company the creators will be exclusive to, as well as jointly own, operate, and profit from — The founding writers and artists of Ghost Machine will be exclusive to the company and will jointly own, operate and profit from it.

Discussion: Image Comics, The Wrap, Michael Cotton on LinkedIn and Brad Meltzer on LinkedIn

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Automattic expands ActivityPub support to WordPress.com hosted sites, letting blog owners reach 13.3M users across the fediverse, including Mastodon's 1.8M MAUs — Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plugin that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse …

Discussion: WordPress.com News, The Verge, @dilmandila@mograph.social, @clintlalonde@mastodon …, @zeldman@threads.net, @zeldman@threads.net, @randomwizard@social …, @anildash@me.dm, @mergesort@macaw.social and @tchambers@indieweb.social, more at Techmeme »

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:

Many writers at fanfiction site Archive of Our Own restrict viewing to registered readers in an effort to prevent their writing being scraped to train AI models — Kinktober. Whumptober. Kisstober. Flufftober. Goretober. October is a bacchanal of fan fiction …

Rob Golum / Bloomberg:

Antenna: YouTube's NFL Sunday Ticket attracted an estimated 1.3M signups, vs. 1.2M reportedly under DirecTV; ~41% of the NFL subscribers are new to YouTube TV — Die-hard fans of live sports are migrating online in big numbers, responding to the multibillion-dollar investments by major technology companies …

Discussion: Deadline, @deesevere.bsky.social and The Streamable

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Netflix plans to open Netflix House, permanent stores where fans can buy clothes, eat themed food, and try live experiences, starting with two US venues in 2025 — - Its first permanent retail sites will be named ‘Netflix House’ — Initial locations in US will be followed by global expansion

Discussion: IGN, The Information, Jess Shoer on LinkedIn, @pogue.bsky.social, Gizmodo, @virtualbri@mastodon.online, Josh Simon on LinkedIn, @swodinsky, @harrymccracken@mastodon …, Jessica Masters on LinkedIn and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

The Block names Tim Copeland, formerly its news editor and managing editor, as editor-in-chief; Copeland worked at Decrypt before joining The Block in 2021 — Cryptocurrency news site The Block has named Tim Copeland to be its editor in chief. — He previously has been news editor and managing editor of the publication.

Discussion: @timccopeland and @vishal4c

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