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10:00 AM ET, December 6, 2023

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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
SAG-AFTRA members ratify the union's new three-year contract with studios after 78% voted in favor; some members remain unhappy about the deal's AI protections  —  Approval of new studio agreement with a turnout of 38% concludes a historic year for Hollywood labor
Wall Street Journal:
The US State Department says Russia rejected a “significant” proposal to release The WSJ's Evan Gershkovich; sources say the offer involved trading prisoners  —  U.S. seeking to win freedom for Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, State Department spokesman says
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The BBC relaunches its North American website, including new premium ad placements, as part of a broader push to grow its business in the US and abroad  —  The BBC on Tuesday relaunched its North American website as a part broader push to grow its business and audiences in the U.S. and abroad …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
TikTok releases its 2023 list of top videos and trends, again showing how disparate users' individual experiences are on the app and how siloed its content is  —  It's the most wonderful time of the year: when TikTok publishes its annual roundup of the biggest hits, and I get to see what everyone else …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bustle Digital Group is on pace to generate between $136M and $144M in revenue in 2023, down 10% to 15% YoY, and first time in a decade its revenue dropped YoY  —  The company will bring in between $136 million and $144 million in 2023  —  Media company Bustle Digital Group …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Hearst UK appoints Women's Health UK editor Claire Sanderson as the new editor of Men's Health UK; Sanderson will “drive brand strategy” for both titles  —  Hearst UK has appointed Women's Health UK editor Claire Sanderson as the new editor of Men's Health UK, meaning she will lead both titles.
Discussion: The Independent
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Web3 streaming protocol Sona launches Sona Stream, a free music streaming service with a marketplace for music and SONAs, or “digital twins” of songs, in beta  —  Sona is a new web3 streaming protocol that uses DeFi primitives (decentralized finance basic building blocks) …
Discussion: SIDE-LINE MAGAZINE
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK picks veteran TV executive Samir Shah for BBC chair, to replace Richard Sharp, who resigned earlier in 2023; Shah needs parliamentary committee approval  —  New head of corporation's board replaces Richard Sharp, who resigned this year  —  UK ministers are set to pick veteran TV executive Samir Shah …
Catherine Perloff / Adweek:
Study: only 36 cents of every dollar that enters a DSP actually pay for an ad a consumer sees, 29 cents go to intermediaries, and 35 cents to low-quality media  —  The supply chain is still filled with waste, and impression price doesn't correlate with quality
Discussion: Association …, MarTech and MediaPost
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A poll of 2K+ Britons on Israel-Hamas coverage: 36% consider the BBC neutral, the most among five outlets; 15% see the BBC as pro-Palestinian, 17% as pro-Israel  —  But even more of those polled felt the BBC's coverage has been “mostly neutral”.  —  A poll conducted by think tank More in Common …
Discussion: More in Common UK and Media Voices
 
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
London-based left-leaning online magazine The Lead plans ten local weekly newsletters in the North of England after a “significant” six-figure investment
Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage
New York Times:
A new Trump administration would “come after” the media as well as political foes, promises Kash Patel, a Trump confidant likely to serve in the administration
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Memo: Yahoo News lays off staff across its US editorial team and plans to shut down its “In the Know” vertical, which curated news for Gen Zers and millennials
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Over 700 Washington Post staffers plan to strike on December 7 over stalled contract talks amid cost cuts; by last week, 36 newsroom employees accepted buyouts
 Earlier Picks: 
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
Three Pixar movies released solely on Disney+ during the pandemic will come to theaters in 2024: Soul on January 12; Turning Red, February 9; and Luca, March 22
Tom Symonds / BBC:
Lawyers for News UK and former UK Cabinet minister Chris Huhne reach a settlement in a phone hacking case that Huhne says includes a “six figure sum” in damages
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Jessica Lessin and others reflect on 10 years of The Information, which has 65 full-time employees, 475K active readers, and expects revenue growing 30% in 2023
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and CNN are seeing engagement grow on Threads, while the BBC, the Guardian US, and others stopped posting on the platform
 

 
From Techmeme:

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI's GPT-5, codenamed Orion, is behind schedule and faces technical hurdles, including high computing costs and limited high-quality training data
 
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