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The US sanctions five Russian news outlets including RT, sanctions RT's EIC, indicts two RT staffers, and seizes 32 domains, as it fights Russian influence — American spy agencies have assessed that the Kremlin favors former President Donald J. Trump, seeing him as skeptical of U.S. support for Ukraine.
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Source: Tenet Media is the Tennessee-based company the US DOJ alleges was being funded by Russia; Benny Johnson and Tim Pool say they were victims of the scheme — The unnamed Tennessee-based company that the Justice Department alleges was being funded by Russian operatives working as part …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian's CFO says the outlet plans to start making product recommendations with the aim of diversifying revenue through affiliate links — The Guardian is preparing to launch an e-commerce platform as it continues to look for new areas of revenue diversification.
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Wall Street Journal:
Leaked Disney files include personal data of some staff and customers, and show that Disney+ had $2.4B+ revenue in March quarter, or 43% of Disney's DTC revenue — Data trove sheds light on entertainment giant's operations, and exposes personal data of some staff and customers
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New York Post, Fox Business and TVNewsCheck
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back X ad spending in 2025 and 14% plan to pull budgets in 2024, over concerns about content and trust in disseminated info — Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo News, launched in April, has 31K paid subs, including more than 1,000 at the $500+ “founder” level, accounting for ~$3M in annual revenue — The former MSNBC host's Substack-based Zeteo News has 31,000 paid subscribers and $3 million in annual revenue in just four months
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TVNewsCheck, @jeremymbarr and @brianstelter
Hadas Gold / CNN:
A coalition of news outlets petitions a Nevada court to make public the proceedings around Rupert Murdoch's attempts to modify his family's succession plans — New York CNN — — A coalition of media organizations, including CNN, has petitioned a Nevada court to open …
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Puck, The Daily Beast and Adweek
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire:
Sources: Disney pauses its adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, after five women made sexual assault allegations against the author — IndieWire has learned the film, which had set up production offices, is now on hold due to multiple factors, including the claims against the book's author.
Maia Coleman / New York Times:
Federal prosecutors charge a man for allegedly using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs by fake bands to get $10M in royalties from streaming services — Federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with gaming the system to win royalties from streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal:
Filmmakers from the small budget, parallel world of faith-based entertainment are going mainstream, as Amazon, Netflix, and others focus on heartland viewers — Christian filmmakers have surprised the world with a series of box office hits. Their success could change the entertainment industry.
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Luke Roush on LinkedIn
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program — The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive's digital lending library.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at ESPN's transformation over the last year, including overhauling its on-air talent, as it prepares to launch its flagship streaming service in 2025 — As the sports powerhouse plans to launch a flagship service next year, it's overhauling its on-camera talent and executive ranks.
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