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Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the media's evolving coverage of sexual assault allegations against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner shows the need for sensitive, patient reporting — In Me Too coverage, timing is everything. — Back in April, Susie Banikarim wrote for CJR about Cheyenne Hunt …
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Peter White / Deadline:
HBO Max received 122 Emmy nominations, Netflix landed 111, Disney received 111 overall, Apple scored 87, its most-ever, and Amazon landed 39 for Prime and MGM+ — HBO Max had another stellar morning at the Emmy nominations as huge hauls for Hacks and The Pitt helped it pip Netflix to the top spot.
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The Wrap, Variety, Variety, Deadline, The Indian Express, Reuters, TVLine, NBC News, Bossip, /Film, The Hollywood Reporter, BBC, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, CBC News, @walteriv.bsky.social, Twyla Huang-DiSimone on LinkedIn, Deadline, Associated Press, Katie Couric Media, MovieWeb, New York Times, The Wrap, The A.V. Club, FemaleFirst, Bloomberg, Gold Derby and r/popculturechat
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Q&A with Joe Kahn about NYT's push into video amidst a “race against time” to compete with AI-generated slop and influencer-generated non-original journalism — Remember pivot to video? — For those of you who weren't paying attention to the media industry a decade ago …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
A federal judge orders that E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M plus interest for damages from a verdict holding President Trump civilly liable for sexually abusing her — A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered that E. Jean Carroll be paid $5 million plus interest for damages …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CAA calls out Meta over Muse Image and Muse Video's opt-out policy, which lets users generate new content from public Instagram profiles that don't opt out — “No one's name, image, likeness, voice, or creative work should be used by any third party, including AI models, without clear …
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The Wrap, Deadline and Kyle Shank on LinkedIn
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount-WBD is set to emerge with ~$80B in debt, with net debt projected to equal ~6.5 times annual EBITDA, a level analysts consider high for a media company — Paramount CEO has promised not to sell off assets or cut content spending — When Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison unveiled …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Prince Harry and six other prominent figures face an up to £50M legal bill after losing their phone-hacking case against Daily Mail owner Associated Newspapers — High court dismisses claims by group including Duke of Sussex that Mail publisher used unlawful methods to source stories about them
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre calls Prince Harry's phone hacking case a “conspiracy” to destroy the Mail and the verdict is a “vindication” of its journalism
Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre calls Prince Harry's phone hacking case a “conspiracy” to destroy the Mail and the verdict is a “vindication” of its journalism
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The Guardian, Eva Simpson on LinkedIn, Cele|bitchy, @danwootton, BBC, Telegraph, The Standard and Daily Mail
Anna Washenko / Engadget:
DuckDuckGo updates its browser for iOS, Windows, and macOS to block video ads by default, particularly those on YouTube, based on uBlockOrigin's filter lists — An unsubtle shot at Chrome. — DuckDuckGo announced that it can now block most video ads, particularly those on YouTube, when a video is playing in its browser.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Nexstar appeals a district court judge's injunction blocking its Tegna acquisition while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds and calls the injunction “overbroad” — “Plaintiffs have no answer to the question this appeal presents: how can a locality-based theory of harm justify a nationwide preliminary injunction?”
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The Wrap, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Cord Cutters News
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Hill launches The Hill Insider, costing $5.99 per month for exclusive content and $9.99 for an ad-free experience, Nexstar's first major DTC subscription — The new service, The Hill Insider, is Nexstar's first major foray into direct-to-consumer subscription offerings.
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Forbes, Barrett Media, Cherie Grzech on LinkedIn, The Wrap, TVNewsCheck, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Variety and Crooks and Liars
Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Kaon AI, which builds personalized story worlds using its AI-based FlowGPT and Emochi tools, raised $60M from B Capital and others, and says Emochi has 2M DAUs — Kaon AI, a start-up focused on building personalized story worlds powered by generative AI for its users through its products FlowGPT and Emochi …
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GamesBeat and SiliconANGLE
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Daily Wire sells its Jeremy's Razors and Jeremy's Chocolates consumer brands to Boreing Media, a new company led by ex-Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing — The Scoop — The right-leaning digital media company The Daily Wire is selling a piece of its business to its former CEO.
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@maxwelltani, @justinbaragona.bsky.social and Barrett Media
