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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC plans a game show based on the NYT's Wordle, hosted by Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie; NYT and Jimmy Fallon will be production partners — The word puzzle published by The New York Times is the inspiration for a game show that will begin airing next year. Jimmy Fallon is a producer.
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Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: some WaPo staff question Adam O'Neal's and Jeff Bezos' effort to embrace video for WaPo's opinion offerings, including $80K in new video equipment — On Monday, as The Washington Post celebrated its two Pulitzer Prize wins, the newspaper found itself scrambling to bring …
Michelle Cyca / @michellecyca.com:
The NYT says it wrongly used an AI-generated summary of a Canadian politician's views as his quote in an article, potentially violating its AI use policy — personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CEO Andrew Morse steps down after a three-and-a-half-year tenure, to be succeeded by Cox Media executive Paul Curran — Andrew Morse had helped usher ABC, Bloomberg and CNN into the digital age. In January 2023, he turned his sights on Atlanta …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro: the FCC's Democratic commissioner Anna Gomez says ABC has been a victim of a “coordinated campaign of censorship and control” — In letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, Commissioner Anna Gomez criticizes agency for trying to curtail press freedom
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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
ABC's claim that the FCC is trying to chill speech marks a new approach from ABC and Disney, which had been largely compliant with Trump administration demands
ABC's claim that the FCC is trying to chill speech marks a new approach from ABC and Disney, which had been largely compliant with Trump administration demands
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Frank DiGiacomo / The Hollywood Reporter:
Former staffers at Gawker, which shut down 10 years ago this August, describe the site's legacy of irreverent, humorous reporting and writing — Their weaponized wit made enemies, minted stars and helped define the internet as we know it. A decade after Peter Thiel engineered …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sony Music Group, via its JV with Singapore's wealth fund GIC, agrees to buy Recognition Music Group's catalogue of 45K+ songs from Blackstone in a ~$4B deal — Acquiring Recognition Music Group catalogue hands Sony collection of 45,000 songs including Leonard Cohen's ‘Hallelujah’
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Kathryn Lundstrom / Adweek:
Amazon unveils Dynamic TV Creative, which lets Prime Video advertisers automatically tailor their ads based on the viewer's previous exposure to the brand — Amazon is expanding its creative tools for advertisers … Amazon's Prime Video advertisers can now automatically tailor …
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Sean Keach / The Sun:
TikTok is rolling out TikTok Ad-Free, a £3.99-per-month subscription for UK accounts aged 18 or older “over the coming months”, after testing the option in 2023 — - Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) — Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
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Rebecca Tauber / The Athletic:
President Trump criticizes the NFL's media distribution model, saying that the cost of watching the league could “ruin the game”, amid a US DOJ investigation — President Donald Trump criticized the NFL's media deal in an interview on “Full Measure” on Sunday …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at the turmoil inside Kevin Hart's media company Hartbeat, once worth $650M, as some staff see his Authentic Brands deal as the beginning of the end — A new deal with Authentic Brands is seen by some employees as the beginning of the end — When Kevin Hart announced in January …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
How The Daily Wire's relevance to the right may have irrevocably collapsed, as it faces intense competition, falling traffic, layoffs, and ideological battles — The Daily Wire was once ascendant in right-wing media. Now, the “anti-woke” company faces contentious layoffs, ideological battles and dwindling relevance online.
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