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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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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.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard says it will fully integrate with ActivityPub and is testing the move with select accounts, including Semafor, Medium, Polygon, Digiday, and The Verge — Instagram Threads isn't the only app joining the decentralized social web, which includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and other apps …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into X, focusing on “illegal content and disinformation”, ad transparency, “deceptive design”, and data access — 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:
Sources: Amazon is in talks with Diamond Sports Group about an investment and a multiyear streaming partnership; Diamond would keep operating its cable networks — E-commerce giant would partner with Diamond on streaming as part of deal under discussion — Amazon is in talks to invest …
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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 …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: The Messenger editors clashed with publisher Jimmy Finkelstein in November after a directive to remove Trump indictment stories from the homepage — The Scoop — During former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York last month, an editorial order came down from the top …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Newsquest's head of editorial AI Jody Doherty-Cove says the UK regional publisher now has seven “AI-assisted reporters” publishing “thousands” of articles — The company's head of editorial AI said it had published “thousands” of AI-assisted articles.
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families $55M+ over 10 years, far below the $1.5B awarded; the families seek to liquidate his assets and media company — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years …
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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 …
The Guardian:
Docs: TikTok told some moderators not to flag 60+ Amazon-related accounts because Amazon is a heavy advertiser; Amazon is on a “protected list” of companies — Exclusive: Internal communications suggest video platform working to protect its lucrative relationship with e-commerce firm
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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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