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7:30 AM ET, August 16, 2024

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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
VP candidates Vance and Walz plan to debate on CBS on October 1, with Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderating; Vance says he wants to debate on CNN too  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Top WaPo editors are “looking into” Taylor Lorenz's private Instagram story that sources say labeled Biden a “war criminal” in a photo taken at the White House  —  Senior editors at the Washington Post are reviewing a prominent tech columnist's private story on social media …
Bloomberg:
Some publishers say they can't block the Googlebot crawler that covers AI Overviews without hampering their discoverability, as the crawler also covers Search  —  Publishers say blocking the company's AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search
Seija Rankin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the evolution of Ryan's World, as YouTuber Ryan Kaji ages out of his audience; he has filmed a movie and his family is auditioning on-camera talent  —  The toy-unboxing star of 'Ryan's World' is YouTube's most famous tween.  Now he and his family are putting his appeal to the test …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
A NYT reporter shared info from a WhatsApp group with a source and the info then spread on social media, leading to possible Australian anti-doxxing legislation  —  Members of a WhatsApp group for Jewish professionals were harassed after their chat thread fell into the hands of pro-Palestinian activists
CapRadio:
Jun Reina, the former manager of California public radio station CapRadio, received $460K in mysterious payments, per an unredacted consulting firm report  —  Ever since news broke late last year about CapRadio's financial troubles, audience members, staffers and employees of Sacramento State …
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
DLT Entertainment buys TV production company Juniper from BBC Chair Samir Shah, who was forced to step down from Juniper to avoid a conflict of interest  —  Financial terms of the deal weren't announced, but London-based DLT said the acquisition marked “a significant expansion of its portfolio in the factual programming space.”
Discussion: Advanced Television
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Ear Hustle's Earlonne Woods and Bruce Wallace on producing podcasts in prison, the expansion to a women's prison, creating a training program, and more  —  The studio, at the California Institution for Women, will bring more incarcerated women's voices to the podcast — and kickstart an ambitious training program.
Discussion: @reportertracy
 
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Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
A survey of 430 first-time US Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring under-16s to get parental consent to use social media and 85%+ oppose notification time limits
CNN:
A look at the five-person Gen Z team running Kamala Harris' TikTok account @KamalaHQ, capitalizing on the VP's viral moments and averaging 6M views per post
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at Tving, a streaming JV between three South Korean media firms, which has 30% market share, viewership growth up 6% YoY in H1 2024, and 4.2M subscribers
Discussion: Variety
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
President Biden speaks at the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
SEC filing: Lionsgate extends CEO Jon Feltheimer's contract for another five years through July 31, 2029
Discussion: Deadline and The Wrap
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Docs: Disney seeks to dismiss a wrongful death suit because the widower agreed to arbitrate all disputes with the company when he signed up for a Disney+ trial
Thomas Hunter / Press Gazette:
Analysis: at least 293 local UK newspapers have closed since 2005, including 22 in the past two years; four print titles launched between July 2022 and now
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy
 
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