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Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows — When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Streaming TV appears to have entered its franchise era; Netflix plans spinoffs of the Addams Family, Peaky Blinders, and action movie Extraction, among others — Sequels and prequels have already taken over the movie business. Now they're coming for TV. — Good afternoon from Los Angeles …
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
The European Commission opens an official DSA investigation into X, focusing on illegal content, disinformation, transparency, and “deceptive design” in its UI — X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may have broken the European Union's tough new Digital Service Act rules …
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Wall Street Journal:
The trial of Hong Kong media mogul and activist Jimmy Lai begins; Lai faces possible life imprisonment if convicted on charges of collusion with foreign forces — Media mogul faces up to life in prison if convicted under national security law — HONG KONG—The most high-profile case …
Savannah Maher / Marketplace:
How new local ownership, in one year, revived The Deming Headlight, after Gannett turned the small-town New Mexico newspaper into “a ghost paper” without staff — The Deming Headlight's office shares a downtown block with a barber, a hearing aid supplier and quinceañera dress shop …
Aron Pilhofer / The Lenfest Institute for Journalism:
A look at the lessons learned at News Catalyst, an initiative that provided tools to build digitally sustainable local news outlets, ahead of its 2024 shutdown — As The Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, a joint venture between the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation …
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Colin Mann / Advanced Television:
Ofcom: 44% of TV staff and 54% of radio staff are based outside of London; women and people from minority ethnic groups remain underrepresented at senior levels — Around half of TV and radio broadcasters' employees are now based outside of London, but more needs to be done to increase diversity …
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Bloomberg:
Disney seems to have more than its share of boomerang executives, which include Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer, both once seen as potential successors to Bob Iger — A number have returned or are angling to come back — from retired Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger, who resumed his duties a year ago …
Amy Bell / Financial Times:
Games Workshop finalizes its deal with Amazon to develop Warhammer 40,000 series movies and TV shows, the first on-screen portrayal of the fantasty games — Fantasy game retailer aims to recruit new audiences to franchise with film and TV series — Games Workshop has finalised a deal …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Days after securing the rights to show the majority of English Premier League games, CEO Dana Strong says Sky plans to show up to 1,200 soccer matches per year — The Comcast-owned group has secured rights to broadcast 1,200 football matches a year — Sky will aim to capitalise …
CBC News:
Canada plans to distribute 63% of Google's CA$100M media fund each year to print and digital media, 7% to CBC/Radio-Canada, and 30% to other broadcasters — CBC/Radio-Canada will get a maximum of 7% of fund, other broadcasters to split 30% — Almost two-thirds of the $100 million Google must give …
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
As TikTok rolls out its new Creativity Program Beta, some creators say they're frustrated by its push to become a “mini YouTube” with videos of up to 10 minutes — New York CNN — — When TikTok took off in 2020 — with short dancing or comedy clips providing much-needed entertainment …
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Alan Rusbridger / Prospect Magazine:
The Prince Harry hacking verdict shows that newspaper management at two of the UK's biggest media companies lied to Parliament, other journalists, and others — Piece by painful piece, the murky truth about the darker corners of the British newspaper industry has been revealed
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The Guardian:
Piers Morgan, Daily Mirror's editor from 1995 to 2004, denies he was aware of the paper's phone hacking, after a UK judge said there “can be no doubt” he knew
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
A UK judge rules that 15 out of 33 Daily Mirror articles about Prince Harry were a result of phone hacking and awards him £140,600 in damages for the “distress”
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