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New York Times:
Sources: as labor costs rose after two strikes, producers of reality shows, indie films, and blockbusters increasingly shot overseas, hurting Hollywood workers — Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater.
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Sam Pepper on LinkedIn, The Hill, Jason Fisher on LinkedIn, Breitbart, HOLA!, New York Post and Mercury News
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A profile of Acyn Torabi, or @Acyn, who joined MeidasTouch in 2023 and is shaping the US liberal media with his fast-cut, viral video posts of political gaffes — Acyn Torabi dominates the internet with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?
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@davebrady72.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @acyn, @drewharwell, @ahatcher54, @brianstelter, @michaelkruse.bsky.social, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social, @briandonlon.bsky.social, @ericdharvey.com, @brianstelter.bsky.social, @justinhendrix.bsky.social, @mspopok.bsky.social and @digiphile.bsky.social
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: Truth Social dropped Nexstar from a defamation lawsuit after Nexstar agreed to fire a breaking news reporter at The Hill; Nexstar denies the accusation — The Scoop — For the last year and a half, Truth Social has relentlessly pursued a defamation case against 19 media companies …
Discussion:
@jakewilkns, @madelinegmonroe, @thestefansmith, @maxwelltani and @timkarr.bsky.social
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Ryan Lizza has departed Politico, where he was Playbook co-author and chief Washington correspondent, and has launched a Substack publication called Telos — We have a special announcement: Status is launching a limited-edition First Amendment tee—and opening our very own store.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: WaPo has begun speaking with several candidates to become the editor of its rebooted opinion section, including Reason EIC Katherine Mangu-Ward — THE SCOOP — The Washington Post is inching closer to finding an editor for its rebooted opinion section.
Michael Idov / New York Times:
A look at Votvot, a streamer that provides uncensored content to counter Kremlin propaganda, as its ~$2M annual budget is cut as part of Trump's RFE/RL cuts — The Trump administration's decision to take a hammer to the funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty might be legally dubious …
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CBS News
New York Times:
Sources: Sewell Chan's departure from CJR comes as the magazine has been running under tight budgetary constraints and was beginning a fundraising campaign — Sewell Chan, who started as executive editor of the publication in September, said his firing after several staff complaints was “baffling.”
Discussion:
Mediaite, PR Daily, Poynter, Media Nation and @ryangrim
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Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr:
[Thread] Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, Columbia Journalism Review editor since June 2024; Betsy Morais will serve as interim director
Sewell Chan / Sewell Chan on LinkedIn:
Sewell Chan says the decision to fire him is “quite frankly baffling” and it came after “I had three pointed conversations with staff members in recent weeks”
Discussion:
@gary_weiss, @unrealdmgold, @cduhigg, @ericnewcomer, @colligan.bsky.social, @froomkin.bsky.social and The Wrap
Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit $700M in ticket sales globally this weekend, signals Hollywood's breakthrough in adapting video games into films — While superhero franchises flag, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ shows the industry has finally cracked the formula for translating popular games into films
Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, @grimes_ce, Variety, Daily Mail, TechCrunch, Deadline, Christopher Grimes on LinkedIn, Media Play News, RTÉ and The Sun, more at Techmeme »
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, as he builds a live events business; sources: Emanuel is in talks to buy the Miami and Madrid Open tennis tournaments for $1B+ — The talent agent is buying sports events, and music and art festivals — “I'm the juice.”
Discussion:
@brianstelter, @jbflint, @jbflint and @ccadelago
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
UK law enforcement is targeting gangs, rather than consumers, to tackle the boom in “broken” Fire sticks, used to stream sports and other content illegally — Enforcement resources directed at gangs at the top rather than consumers who flout law
Discussion:
Sam Sadi on LinkedIn
Julian Wyllie / Current:
A look at the public media projects at risk due to DOGE-driven NEH grant cuts, including three American Masters films and a Ken Burns-produced documentary — A forthcoming docuseries on the criminal justice system and three American Masters films are among the public media projects targeted …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge declines the AP challenge to the WH eliminating wire service pool slots, calling the policy “neutral” as it does not punish the AP specifically — A federal judge who ruled that the Trump White House's ban on the Associated Press was a violation …
Discussion:
Daily Camera, New York Post, @mediaevan, @jakemrosen, The Hill, Techdirt, One America News Network, Washington Times, ABA Journal, Bloomberg, The Hill and Deadline
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
How YouTube is adapting to the AI era; a VP expects that in five years, every video uploaded to YouTube could be dubbed automatically into every spoken language — The video giant, turning 20, tries to keep the content spigot flowing while appeasing its army of broadcasters and copyright holders.
Discussion:
Fortune, @airbagmoments.bsky.social, Mirror, The Guardian, Mark Bergen on LinkedIn, Barrett Media, Elle and Beyond Search, more at Techmeme »
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