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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 …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Netflix for allegedly spying on consumers by collecting their data without consent, and designing its platform to be addictive — Netflix (NFLX.O) was sued on Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused the streaming company of spying on consumers …
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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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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Alison Weissbrot / Adweek:
WPP US president Michael Houston will step down and transition to a new role as senior adviser; WPP will not backfill Houston's role — WPP U.S. president Michael Houston will step down from his role, according to an internal memo obtained by ADWEEK. Houston, a 24-year veteran of the holding company …
Stephanie Kaloi / The Wrap:
Don Lemon's Lemon Media Network is expanding its newsroom and operations teams after surpassing 10M followers, with half of its growth in the past year alone — The Lemon Media Network has surpassed 10 million subscribers across multiple social platforms — Don Lemon announced Sunday …
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Peacock launches two unscripted microdramas made by Bravo, the first time that a major US streaming platform has added microdramas — It's about time that the microdrama trend has gone mainstream. — As microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox quietly rake in billions …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Mediahuis joins the SPUR coalition, which includes the FT, The Telegraph, The Guardian, the BBC, and Sky News, to establish shared AI licensing standards — Mediahuis has joined the SPUR coalition of major news organisations aiming to develop shared AI licensing standards for the industry.
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Irish Independent and Journalism.co.uk
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Some high-profile publications have migrated from Substack to rivals like Ghost and Beehiiv citing Substack's high fees and increased focus on social features — Substack, the once buzzy newsletter platform, is losing a new swath of writers to rival platforms most people haven't heard of.
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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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