Mediagazer: How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including through ad campaigns, lobbying, and funding lawsuits by creators (Bloomberg)

A US judge rules Disney must face Gina Carano's wrongful termination lawsuit, denying Disney's claim of a 1A right to employ actors to promote certain values — Carano sued Disney earlier this year over her termination from the Disney+ series, with Elon Musk backing the effort.

Discussion: Deadline, Bloomberg Law, Screen Rant, Forbes, TVNewsCheck, Gizmodo, AV Club, Rolling Stone, World of Reel, Reclaim The Net, Fox News and HuffPost

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:

Mail Online, The Independent, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express roll out “consent or pay” walls charging users £1.99 to £4 per month for cookie-less access — Mail Online, The Independent and the websites of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express have begun requiring readers …

Discussion: @paezha@mastodon.online

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

WBD sues the NBA over the league's “unjustified” decision to sell a package of media rights to Amazon, to which WBD claims to have a “contractual right” — The company had sought to match a proposal from Amazon Prime Video, but the league said that it “did not match the terms” of the deal.

Discussion: Puck, Mediaite, CNBC, Reuters, The Streamable, Awful Announcing, CNN, Variety, The Wrap, Sports Media Watch, New York Post, StreamTV Insider, Sportico, Adweek, USA Today and Mercury News

Carl Sullivan / Flipboard:

Flipboard adds feeds for 60+ US-based local and regional publications to the fediverse, including Texas Monthly, Honolulu Civil Beat, and CalMatters — BYCARL SULLIVAN — Has local news ever been more important? Journalists who live in the communities they serve don't just keep residents informed …

Discussion: @FlipboardMagazines …, @michellemanafy@journa.host, @mastodonmigration …, Annie Snodgrass Dennett on LinkedIn, Carl Sullivan on LinkedIn, @timothyjchambers@threads.net, @Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it, @kevingamin@twit.social, @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca, @mike@flipboard.social, @FlipboardMagazines … and @Flipboard@flipboard.social

Bloomberg:

A look at Joe Rogan's comedy club in Austin, called The Mothership, and the network of comedians and podcast hosts he has supported and attracted to the city — The world's most controversial podcaster opened a comedy club there, snatched the stand-up title from Los Angeles and shook up an entire industry.

Discussion: Mediaite and Newser

Amanda Meade / The Guardian:

Journalists strike at outlets owned by Australia's Nine; ~20 of the company's journalists who traveled to Paris to cover the Olympics are among those striking — Age reporter questions expense of flying TV personality to Europe while up to 90 staff are cut from newsrooms. Plus: Murdoch's real-life succession drama

Discussion: Al Jazeera, @niltiac, @niltiac, @kishor_nr, @niltiac and Mumbrella

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

Keir Starmer says reviving the second part of the Leveson inquiry into the relationship between UK media and police is not among his government's priorities — Press regulation campaigners accuse prime minister of lacking courage to stand up to newspaper owners

Discussion: @CarolineLucas@respublicae.eu and @therightarticle@mas.to

Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:

Charter lost 393K residential pay TV subscribers in Q2, compared to a loss of 189K in Q2 2023; overall video customers were 13.3M, down 9.5% YoY — The cable giant, led by CEO Chris Winfrey, also shed 154,000 broadband customers after the end of government subsidies.

Discussion: StreamTV Insider, MediaPost, Charter Communications, TVNewsCheck, Media Play News, Next TV and Reuters

Bloomberg:

How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including through ad campaigns, lobbying, and funding lawsuits by creators — - Lobbying, lawsuits and ad campaign are deployed to fight law — Popular app seeks to avoid US ban over its Chinese ownership

Discussion: CNBC and The Desk, more at Techmeme »

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:

OpenAI says it partnered with publishers such as News Corp and The Atlantic to build its SearchGPT search tool; publishers can manage how their content appears — Built with input from publishers, SearchGPT will summarize real-time information on websites — OpenAI is launching a test version …

The Marshall Project:

The Marshall Project launches Investigate This!, an effort to share data and tools with local newsrooms to support strong, original stories on criminal justice — Our toolkits will offer data, storytelling and engagement resources to empower more criminal justice reporting in local communities

Discussion: @michellemanafy@journa.host

Brent Lang / Variety:

Amazon MGM Studios signs a deal with Netflix's ex-head of film Scott Stuber to release movies from his new production company under the United Artists label — Amazon MGM Studios has entered into a multi-year film partnership with Scott Stuber, the former head of film at Netflix.

Discussion: The Wrap, Reuters, IndieWire, Ain't It Cool, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, World of Reel, The Playlist and Awards Radar