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Disney reports Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $22.08B, vs. $22.11B est., with Disney+ and Hulu hitting a combined quarterly profit for the first time — The “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, photographed Saturday, June 3, 2023.
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Bob Iger says Disney+ will add a new ESPN tile by the end of 2024, with “select live games and studio programming” for US subscribers — Disney+ will add a new ESPN tile by the end of 2024. — The new tile, which will grant U.S. subscribers access to “select live games …
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Disney's streaming unit reports a loss of $18M in Q2, down from a $659M loss YoY, and says it is on track to achieve streaming profitability in Q4 2024 — Entertainment giant adds streaming customers as it swings to a loss as a result of charge from India media venture
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Ren LaForme / Poynter:
2024 Pulitzer Prize winners: NYT for Investigative Reporting, WaPo and Reuters for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting for Oct. 7 coverage — A live list of the winners of journalism's top honor, including links to the winning stories. — The winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes …
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Lookout Santa Cruz, a digital-only local news outlet, won the breaking news reporting Pulitzer for its 2023 California floods coverage; Reuters won two prizes — Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, taking home the national reporting award for a series of investigations …
Perri Ormont Blumberg / New York Times:
Memo: Condé Nast and the union representing staff at Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others reach a tentative deal for a first contract after over a year of bargaining — The company on Monday reached a tentative contract agreement with unionized employees who said they were willing …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Memo: Business Insider Global Editor-in-Chief Nic Carlson is stepping down, and will become an editor-at-large focused on longer-term projects — The Scoop — Business Insider's global editor-in-chief is stepping down as the company begins a search for his replacement.
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI releases a tool to detect DALL-E 3-created images, claiming 98% accuracy for unaltered images, and joins Microsoft and Adobe's content credentials group — Startup's new tool detects 98% of pictures generated by its DALL-E 3 system, but success drops if the images are altered
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Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
Tubi partners with Issa Rae's ColorCreative initiative to launch Stubios, an incubation program for up-and-coming filmmakers looking to break into the business — Tubi is partnering with Issa Rae's Color Creative initiative to launch an incubation platform for up-and-coming filmmakers looking to break into the business.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dotdash Meredith inks a deal with OpenAI to license its content to train AI models and work together on products, including Dotdash's ad-targeting tool D/Cipher — - OpenAI will also collaborate with Dotdash to create new AI products and features for its readers.
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Q&A with NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn, who says polling shows “democracy” is not a prime concern warranting top coverage, while immigration and the economy are — The Scene — Q&A — Ben Smith: Dan Pfeiffer, who used to work for Barack Obama, recently wrote of the Times …
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Tech Transparency Project:
An investigation finds a black market for Facebook accounts that have approval to run political ads during India's general election, raising interference fears — Facebook hosts a thriving black market for fake and stolen accounts. Some sellers are offering accounts that can run political ads in India …
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