A look at the court battle in Nevada to determine Rupert Murdoch's succession, as he tries to amend his trust to hand off full control to Lachlan Murdoch (David Folkenflik/NPR)

Mediagazer: A look at the court battle in Nevada to determine Rupert Murdoch's succession, as he tries to amend his trust to hand off full control to Lachlan Murdoch (David Folkenflik/NPR)

Top News:

The Guardian:

The Jewish Chronicle removes a series of sensational articles relating to the Gaza war after claims that they were fabricated by freelance journalist Elon Perry— Newspaper's due diligence is under scrutiny amid growing misgivings over its ownership and the role of its editor
Discussion:

Matthew Weaver /
The Guardian: Columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over Gaza stories based on ‘fabrications’

Jonathan Freedland /
@freedland: I have today told the editor of the Jewish Chronicle that I can no longer continue my relationship with the paper. Here is my letter to him [image]

Jamin Hübner /
Jamin Hübner on LinkedIn: Journalists at Jewish Chronicle just woke up to the (rather old and uncontroversial) reality that the IDF habitually lies to its own citizens and to the world …

Rachel Fink /
Haaretz: Columnists Quit Jewish Chronicle as Troubled Paper Severs Ties With ‘Journalist’ Over Debunked Hamas Story

Danielle Bett /
@daniellebett: A principled & brave stance from @Freedland This isn't just a single mistake, but part of a larger series of issues. The refusal to be transparent coupled by the apparent use of Netanyahu propaganda has brought shame on this paper that an apology won't fix.

Jay Rayner /
@jayrayner1: I have watched with dismay the collapse in integrity and standards of the Jewish Chronicle. It's been a disaster for the Jewish community. As he explains, @Freedland has been pushing behind the scenes for change. Rightly, he's had enough. I applaud his decision.

Caroline Frost /
Deadline: Four Prominent Columnists Quit Jewish Chronicle Over Gaza Stories Based On “Fabrications”

William Dalrymple /
@dalrymplewill: Surprise, surprise! @BBCNews fails to note that man who led the far-rightwards pro-Netanyahu turn of the JC is Robbie Gibb BBC director who also stands accused of censoring BBC reports on Palestine Columnists quit Jewish Chronicle in Gaza articles row https://www.bbc.com/...

Sayeeda Warsi /
@sayeedawarsi: This from @DalrympleWill is really important The BBC and Jewish Chronicle connection is really concerning and even more so in light of recent false reporting and resignations. Although worth noting that the Jewish Chronicle has reportedly had over 30 breaches of the Editors Code

Helen Lewis /
@helenlewis: This story about the Jewish Chronicle is genuinely shocking, and now I see two journalists I admire hugely — @Freedland and @HadleyFreeman — have resigned. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Jack Sommers /
@jack_sommers: I still admire ex colleagues at the Jewish Chronicle - and my words might sound sour grapes given I was made redundant as part of the takeover. But the Elon Perry affair is spectacularly awful and can't be explained away with short statements about maintaining standards

Dimi Reider /
@reider: The Sunday Times publishes the most extensive interview with Elon Perry since the Jewish Chronicle implosion. It's a gem. [image]

William Dalrymple /
@dalrymplewill: Just to put this out there with clarity: Robbie Gibb, who is responsible for turning the disgraced JC into a right-wing Pro-Netanyahu propaganda rag, is one of five people - including the Director General - on the @BBCNews editorial guidelines and standards committee. It's on

Stephanie Kaloi /
The Wrap: 4 Columnists Quit Jewish Chronicle After Colleague Accused of Fabricating Stories About War in Gaza

Matt Hodgkinson /
@mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz: “The world's oldest Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Chronicle, has removed a series of sensational articles relating to the Gaza war after claims that the material was fabricated by a “freelance journalist” who had also misrepresented his résumé.” — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... …

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Press Gazette:

Four columnists quit the Jewish Chronicle after questions about its standards and ownership secrecy; one columnist said it has become “in-step with Netanyahu”— Four columnists have quit the Jewish Chronicle amid a crisis over its political direction, standards and ownership secrecy.

Discussion:
BBC, @daaronovitch, @hadleyfreeman, @hamza_a96, @grantfeller, @samuraiapology, @andrewfeinstein, @mr_considerate, @stephenpaton134, @denismacshane, @thatadityaiyer, @keithkahnharris, @brightonpsc, @sorcererlazaro, @dorianlynskey, @miqdaad, @mcneilwillson, @mshafiquk, @sanders4health, @josephwillits, @henrytudorstan, @solhugheswriter, @crucibleofwords, @doylech, @ayokhalil8, @briancathcart, @jonahcmusic, @jimwaterson, @rmsalih, @arusbridger, @iainoverton, @tom___scott, @adilray, @michaelrosenyes, @lowkey0nline, @asawinstanley, @zillrah7, @jewdas, @hamza_a96, @rmsalih, @anshelpfeffer, @joshglancy and London Evening Standard

Discussion:

Noor Nanji /
BBC: Columnists quit Jewish Chronicle in Gaza articles row

David Aaronovitch /
@daaronovitch: I have done the same

Hadley Freeman /
@hadleyfreeman: To whoever is interested in such things, I've resigned as a columnist from @JewishChron. I'm immensely grateful for all the support I've had from the editors during my time there, and enjoyed writing for it enormously. But recent events have made it impossible for me to stay.

Hamza Yusuf /
@hamza_a96: I too am ending my relationship with the Jewish Chronicle but will continue writing unsubstantiated bile. Just elsewhere 🙏🏼

Grant Feller /
@grantfeller: A community, especially one so small, needs a newspaper to bring it together. I worked with @Freedland and know precisely what he means when he says so many of us no longer recognise the Jewish Chronicle under its divisive polemicist editor and mysterious owner

Hippo King Archibald Phd /
@samuraiapology: sorry what actually is the “scandal” at the jewish chronicle? they've been caught printing fanciful pro-israel propaganda? but that's what they've been doing non-stop for years? what's different this time?

Andrew Feinstein /
@andrewfeinstein: The Jewish Chronicle is a mendacious rag that in a functioning democracy would lose its right to exist after countless & continual publication of lies & fabrications

Elvis Buñuelo /
@mr_considerate: Wouldn't be too sure about this. Both Hadley and Jonny now get to masquerade as people of principle, despite both having spent eleven months explicitly defending Israel against charges of genocide on the narrowest legalistic basis. [image]

Steph Paton /
@stephenpaton134: While some have been quick to congratulate the now former Jewish Chronicle writers for resigning over the papers most recent scandal, let's not forget everything else they were happy to overlook in the preceding years.

Denis MacShane /
@denismacshane: Looks like rightwing anti-European Sir R Gibb BBC influencer who owns Jewish Chronicle paper is losing paper's best columnists. JC was a fine weekly. Of course pro Israel but with wide range of views. Very sad. @stephenpollard Hope BBC reports this

Aditya Iyer /
@thatadityaiyer: Funny how Freedland didn't react like this when the editor of the Jewish Chronicle got a white supremacist to write “Average members of the SS and other killing units of Hitler's were rarely proud of their average days' work” in December to demonise pro-Palestinian supporters.

Keith Kahn-Harris /
@keithkahnharris: I am really glad that, at long last, the Jewish Chronicle is starting to lose the validation it gets from liberally-minded writers. But let's not forget that one of the most problematic elements of the JC in recent years goes beyond shoddy journalism and shoddy politics 1/ @brightonpsc: Looks like @JakeWSimons editor of @JewishChron has seriously fcked up. Just the latest in its history of fabrications & shoddy journalism https://www.theguardian.com/ ... [image] @sorcererlazaro: Wish I could take more pleasure from watching the Jewish Chronicle burn but let's face it, the damage has already been done. For too long it was allowed to poison public discourse and smear good people for ideological gain; all cheered on by the worst wankers around.

Dorian Lynskey /
@dorianlynskey: It's mindboggling that the identity of the owner of the Jewish Chronicle - and therefore the context for its lurch to the right - can be kept secret. It feels instinctively necessary that every publication should have to disclose its ownership.

Miqdaad Versi /
@miqdaad: The Jewish Chronicle is clearly an awful news outlet under Jake Wallis-Simons & it's good to see columnists abandon the sinking ship But let's not forget how its vile attitude to Muslims has been a consistent feature & was very present under Pollard 👇🏾 https://x.com/...

Richard McNeil-Willson /
@mcneilwillson: Aside from everything else, the Jewish Chronicle has happily platformed a journalist quoted by a neo-Nazi mass murderer to justify the murder of 77 (many children), in his 2011 manifesto. Absolutely wild that only *now* journalists are attempting to distance themselves.

Mohammed Shafiq /
@mshafiquk: The #JewishChronicle has engaged in Islamophobia and rampant anti Muslim coverage. They've tried doing hit jobs on prominent British Muslims to silence us for our support for Palestine. They attacked me for daring to speak for Gaza and it's sad this abuse was ignored by the

Larry Sanders /
@sanders4health: It is a disaster for British Jews that official leaders (Board of Deputies, Chief Rabbi and Jewish Chronicle) support the Israeli government in their massacre of Palestinians. I hope that the backlash against them has an effect.

Joseph Willits /
@josephwillits: Is @rburgessbbc still appearing on this Jewish Chronicle panel? A disgraced, discredited and fraudulent organisation, hosting known anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racists, whose relationship with the BBC via Robbie Gibb is of serious concern https://x.com/... @henrytudorstan: So let me get this straight: Jake Wallis Simons salivates for 10 months at the thought of Palestinians being butchered and those at the Jewish Chronicle are chill with this? But making up fake stories is where they *really* draw the line? Arab children don't matter do they?

Solomon Hughes /
@solhugheswriter: The Jewish Chronicle printing stories so fake + propagandistic that even the IDF objected is pretty wild , but it's a v. late “Last straw” - the idea that Jake Wallis Simons is an wild extremist but Stephen Pollard , with all his IPSO rulings , a moderate sensible guy is tosh. @crucibleofwords: Literally everyone who has worked with the Jewish Chronicle for the last couple of decades is beyond redeemable. Just a collection of some of the most vile and dishonest racists you are ever likely to meet. There's a reason that rag has had to issue so many corrections

Chris Doyle /
@doylech: Serious questions about all those connected to the Jewish Chronicle. Jake Wallis-Simons, if he had any dignity, should resign. Falsification of news stories appalling but in fact it's editorial lines were actually even more disgraceful.

Ayo /
@ayokhalil8: Jewish Chronicle writers behaving as if they themselves were not part of the long-standing disinformation, fake news and smears peddled by JC is comical considering how many receipts there are. Now these tactics have come back to bite them. It was only a matter of time.

Brian Cathcart /
@briancathcart: As people wake up to the appalling conduct of the Jewish Chronicle and its total desertion of ethical standards, we should not overlook the disgraceful enabling role played by @ipsonews (the Independent Press Standards Organisation) the sham UK press ‘regulator’. 1/4

Jonah Corren /
@jonahcmusic: The Jewish Chronicle, under the stewardship of Jake Wallis-Simons, has been a crucial actor in manufacturing consent amongst the British jewry for Israel's genocidal acts in Gaza. I can see this happening with members of my family. I hope it eventually faces justice.

Jim Waterson /
@jimwaterson: Amid the coverage of the Jewish Chronicle this weekend there's been a lot of focus on the role of Robbie Gibb who has been the only shareholder and sole director of the business since 2020. (Although seemingly not the person funding the outlet.) 🧵This is no longer the case:

Roshan M Salih /
@rmsalih: A few days after October 7, 2023, The Jewish Chronicle editor Jake Wallis Simons appeared on BBC Question Time. He told the millions of watching that children had been beheaded and women and babies had been raped. The beheading and raping of children has been comprehensively [video]

Alan Rusbridger /
@arusbridger: If only we knew who really owned the @JewishChron The only person who can be held accountable is surely BBC Director Sir Robbie Gibb since he constructed the smoke and mirrors around the purchase

Dr Iain Overton /
@iainoverton: It is deeply troubling that the @bbc's director Robbie Gibb won't reveal who is bankrolling the Jewish Chronicle. How can the BBC demand transparency from others when its own Director is tight-lipped on something as important as this? https://archive.ph/... @tom___scott: It's very clear from the Jewish Chronicle debacle that Robbie Gibb is in no way a fit & proper person to be on the BBC board. He won't resign voluntarily but other BBC board members should be calling for him to do so. His presence there brings the BBC into disrepute. @adilray: Surely the most serious question about The Jewish Chronicle is who owns it? Who funds it? Nothing else matters until that is answered. Until then, it lacks any credibility. @michaelrosenyes: Why has it proved so hard to find the owner(s) of the Jewish Chronicle? Are they hiding? Or are they just very shy people? @lowkey0nline: I did a Fire in the Booth on BBC Radio 1 in 2017 in which I used the words “cosa nostra.” The Jewish Chronicle lied that I used the phrase “kosher nostra” and then lobbied the BBC relentlessly on the issue. Eventually the JC withdrew the lie from the headline and article.

Asa Winstanley /
@asawinstanley: The crisis at The Jewish Chronicle has been decades in the making. It's not about a single bad hire. The JC — under successive editors — has been pumping out anti-Palestinian fabrications for years. Here's some of what my book says about it: [image]

Zillur Rahman /
@zillrah7: Those now distancing themselves from the ragtag Jewish Chronicle, it wasn't enough for them that the paper ran false, dangerous and Islamophobic pieces like this by the deranged Melanie Phillips? [image]

Hamza Yusuf /
@hamza_a96: The Jewish Chronicle was found to have breached the IPSO Editors' Code of Practise 33 times in 3 years. That was back in 2022. Let's not pretend that rag made just one uncharacteristic error overnight. It specialises in gutter journalism and nothing else.

Roshan M Salih /
@rmsalih: Anyone remember this Jewish Chronicle piece smearing Jeremy Corbyn? They basically called the most “unracist” politician of the modern era a racist simply because he believed in justice for the Palestinians. And the mainstream media amplified this false narrative to prevent [image]

Anshel Pfeffer /
@anshelpfeffer: Since some people asked, I can't leave the Jewish Chronicle as I already ended my 16-year association with the paper at the end of July when I took up a full-time position with The Economist. I of course fully support my colleagues who have done so today and share their concerns.

Josh Glancy /
@joshglancy: I grew up reading Jonathan Freedland in the Jewish Chronicle and wanting to write a column in our community paper, just like him. This is a grave loss to a vital community institution, but not a hugely surprising one given all that's transpired.

Financial Times:

Sources: Mathias Döpfner and KKR near a deal to split up Axel Springer, valuing the company at €13.5B; KKR would get control of the €10B+ classifieds business— Agreement to be discussed next week could cement Mathias Döpfner's control over media outlets Politico and Bild

Discussion:
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @hrreisen, The Hill, Bloomberg and Reuters

Discussion:

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: It's bizarro Schibsted. The Scandinavian company just executed a similar split to leave the news in the hands of a foundation. This split leaves Springer's news in the hands of the miniMurdoch, Döpfner. — I also wonder whether this sets up Döpfner to buy the MurdochJournal if that family feud ends up in a split. … @hrreisen: “A deal would enable #Döpfner, who has served as CEO since 2002, to cement his control over the company's media outlets.” Will Döpfner turn #Bild and #Welt even wilder? https://www.ft.com/...

Lauren Irwin /
The Hill: Axel Springer, KKR near $13.5 billion break-up deal

Susanne Barton /
Bloomberg: Axel Springer, KKR Near Deal on €13.5 Billion Breakup, FT Says

Semafor:

As NYT's tech staff guild, which has never secured a contract, threatens to strike, NYT says those staffers average ~$190K/year, $40K more than NYT journalists— The News — Leaders at The New York Times are concerned that protracted contract negotiations with the paper's unionized tech employees …

Discussion:
@Bellison22@mastodon.social: Good- — Leaders at The New York Times are concerned that protracted contract negotiations with the paper's unionized tech employees could disrupt its election coverage. — https://www.semafor.com/... @nytguildtech: TICK TOCK: Management came to bargaining yesterday with the same counters and disrespect we've seen before. This week, we voted by 95% to authorize a strike. There's a limit to our patience, @nytimes and Election Day is just a few weeks away. [image]

Benjamin Harnett /
@benharnett.bsky.social: LOL so after our strike threat, NYT management went running to the wingnut Washington Times to smear our tech union. Classy.

Vaughn Cockayne /
Washington Times: New York Times tech workers union votes to authorize strike

Variety:

A UK judge hands former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards a six month suspended prison sentence over making indecent images of children, meaning he will avoid jail— Huw Edwards has been handed a suspended prison sentence of six months after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children.

Discussion:

Daniel Boffey /
The Guardian: Huw Edwards given suspended sentence after admitting accessing indecent images of children

Catherine Nicholls /
CNN: Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards gets suspended prison sentence for having indecent images of children

Scarlet Howes /
The Sun: Huw Edwards is a manipulative paedo - if The Sun hadn't exposed pattern of behaviour he would have remained undetected

Hannah Roberts /
London Evening Standard: Huw Edwards: The fall from grace of one of TV's most recognisable faces Associated Press: Former prominent BBC news anchor Huw Edwards gets suspended sentenced for indecent images of children on phone

Lily Ford /
The Hollywood Reporter: Disgraced Ex-BBC Anchor Huw Edwards Handed 6-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Over Child Sex Abuse Images

Tristan Kirk /
London Evening Standard: Huw Edwards spared jail: Disgraced ex-BBC News anchor gets suspended sentence over child sex abuse images

Jake Kanter /
Deadline: Huw Edwards Apologizes As Former BBC News Anchor Gets Suspended Prison Sentence For Accessing Child Abuse Images

Sonia Sodha /
@soniasodha: Doesn't always have to be custodial - there are other forms of punishment. But child sex offenders need to be appropriately punished, 6 month suspended sentence for viewing worst category of child abuse image does not seem right. Lab shld look at this in their sentencing review.

Sonia Sodha /
@soniasodha: I'm not someone who thinks we should be ratcheting up sentencing across the board... but I really do think we need to look at sentencing for viewing child abuse imagery online. These are real crimes with real - child - victims. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Kate /
@katebevan: I've now read the sentencing remarks and despite the mitigating factors, I still feel that anyone who has anything to do with images of child sex abuse should be in prison, tbh https://www.judiciary.uk/... @real_shirelass: 🚨Huw Edwards arrives at the magistrates court this morning only to be greeted by protesters shouting that justice needs to be served for the innocent children. Protesters are holding up posters with some reading the BBC covered up and protected paedophiles. [video]

Lewis /
@lewismac_: Huw Edwards given a 6 MONTH SUSPENDED sentence after admitting to grooming & sexting children. But god forbid you wanna watch a game of footie without giving the corporations their wedge cause then you get 5.5 years! The justice system is well and truly broken. I hate it here. [image]

George Monbiot /
@georgemonbiot: So Huw Edwards gets a suspended sentence for buying and making pornographic images of children, while peaceful environmental defenders seeking to prevent social catastrophe get 3, 4 and 5 years. Some justice, this.

Sarah Grisham /
@xerophile@union.place: @Mediagazer Abhorrently lenient.

NPR:

A look at the court battle in Nevada to determine Rupert Murdoch's succession, as he tries to amend his trust to hand off full control to Lachlan Murdoch— The future of Fox News — one of the most influential players in television and conservative politics — appears likely to be determined …

Discussion:
The Guardian, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, @blmohr, @ericgarland, @katie_robertson, @farhip, @davidfolkenflik, Crikey, New York Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Newser, The Wrap, Adweek and Fortune

Discussion:

Edward Helmore /
The Guardian: Murdoch family fights to keep succession battle secret as Nevada hearings loom

Dawn Chmielewski /
Reuters: Murdoch succession drama plays out in closed court

Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: The Murdoch family's legal battle over a media empire: What you need to know

Dawn Chmielewski /
Reuters: Rupert Murdoch succession drama plays out in closed court in Nevada @blmohr: Murdoch family fights to keep succession battle secret as Nevada hearings loom https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Eric Garland /
@ericgarland: Rupert Murdoch's daughters with Wendi Deng are the ones challenging the future of his business empire tomorrow in Nevada. https://www.smh.com.au/... [image]

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: Great rundown on the Murdoch trust fight from the legendary @jimrutenberg https://www.nytimes.com/...

Paul Farhi /
@farhip: Rupert Murdoch was once known as “the Dirty Digger” for his tabloids' invasive reporting. But when it comes to his family-succession drama, it's no press allowed. ⁦@Hadas_Gold⁩: https://www.cnn.com/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Rupert Murdoch set to face his kids in court, with the fate of Fox News in the balance my story for NPR https://www.npr.org/...

Daanyal Saeed /
Crikey: The Murdoch succession drama kicks off this week. Here's everything you need to know

Jim Rutenberg /
New York Times: Future of Murdoch Empire Comes Down to a Court in Nevada

Jim Rutenberg /
Sydney Morning Herald: The future of the Murdoch empire comes down to a court in Nevada

Jenn Gidman /
Newser: Murdoch Wins Victory Over Media Groups' Fight for Access

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Rupert Murdoch's Fox, News Corp. Succession Family Drama Is Headed to Court

CNBC:

Disney and DirecTV reach an agreement that will bring Disney's ESPN and other channels back to the pay-tv provider's customers after a roughly two week blackout— DirecTV and Disney have reached a deal that will bring Disney's ESPN and other channels back to the pay-tv provider's customers after a roughly two week blackout.

Discussion:

Pranshu Verma /
Washington Post: Disney, DirecTV strike deal, ending dispute and restoring access to ESPN

Katina Arnold /
ESPN Press Room U.S.: DIRECTV and The Walt Disney Company Reach Agreement in Principle for Distribution of Disney's Linear Networks and Direct-to-Consumer Services

Andrew J. Campa /
Los Angeles Times: The mouse returns to satellite: DirecTV and Disney strike a deal to end blackout

Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: Satellite TV Is in Trouble. DirecTV's Dispute With Disney Shows Why.

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: DirecTV won't say whether its tentative deal with Disney includes an agreement that DirecTV will no longer describe Disney's bundling arrangements as anticompetitive. Executives had previously criticized that proposal. https://thedesk.net/... $DIS $T

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: The deal is done. ABC and ESPN have returned to DirecTV and U-Verse.

John Ourand /
@ourand_puck: Official DirecTV-Disney release just went out. Disney nets will be back up on the service for the first kickoff today.

John Ourand /
@ourand_puck: Importantly: DirecTV will distribute ESPN flagship direct-to-consumer service when it launches “at no additional cost to DirecTV customers.”

John Ourand /
@ourand_puck: Deal points listed in the release: * ABC, ESPN networks, Disney channels, Freeform, FX networks and NatGeo channels will return to DirecTV. * DirecTV will offer “multiple” skinny bundles: sports, entertainment, kids & family, plus Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: Disney, DirecTV reach in-principle deal to end TV blackout day before @abc slated to host Emmys — Deal gives DirecTV customers access to Disney's streaming services — DirecTV gets rights to distribute Disney's upcoming ESPN DTC service Flagship https://www.axios.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: News: Disney and DirecTV have reached a deal. Our long national nightmare is over

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Disney, DirecTV reach deal to end TV blackout

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Tentative deal brings Disney-owned ABC, ESPN back to DirecTV

Anthony Crupi /
Sportico: DirecTV, Disney Reach Carriage Deal, End 2-Week Blackout

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Disney, DirecTV Reach Deal Ending Two-Week Blackout of ESPN, ABC; Agreement Encompasses New Streaming Options

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Bloomberg:
Sources: DirecTV is in talks with Dish for a merger, which could create the largest pay-TV provider in the US with about 20M subscribers

Discussion:

Brian Oliger /
@brianoliger: Nothing but rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking ship, hoping against hope it'll delay the inevitable. Linear OTA TV is dying, cable is dying faster, and satellite is dying fastest of all. DTV and Dish both know this and are hoping to squeeze every buck before they die.

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: DIRECTV & Dish Merging May Be the Only Way They Can Avoid Shutting Down

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: Report: DirecTV, DISH merger talks

Anirban Sen /
Reuters: US satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in talks to merge again, source says

Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: Disney and DirecTV Reach Deal, Ending ESPN Blackout

Michelle F. Davis /
@michellef_davis: friday night scoop: AT&T and TPG are in talks to combine their DirecTV service with Dish, sources say, in a long-talked-about deal that could create the largest pay-TV provider in the US. $SATS $T $TPG they say deals always come back around... https://www.bloomberg.com/... @bsdtectr.bsky.social: Dish is still around? — Didn't they talk about doing this some years ago? Didn't. [embedded post]

Financial Times:

A look at GB News, whose losses exceed £100M, as it tried to foment an “anti-woke” crusade and stretched UK impartiality rules during a tumultuous summer— How Britain's insurgent right-wing broadcaster scrambled to cover a tumultuous summer

Columbia Journalism Review:

A profile of and interview with Cuban journalist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, who was forced into exile in the US in June 2024, on Cuba's independent press crackdown— In 2021, Cuban journalist and opposition activist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca was arrested on charges …

Discussion:
@kaedotcom and @ltr_zh

Discussion:

Kim Andrew Elliott /
@kaedotcom: CJR: “Cuba accuses some independent journalists in Cuba of being political activists paid to file reports for American government-funded outlets such as Radio Marti, considered hostile, counter-revolutionary platforms by the Cuban government.”

Simon Willison's Weblog:

A leaked onboarding document gives a detailed look into the strategies and culture of MrBeast's operation, focusing on YouTube virality over production quality— How to succeed in MrBeast production (leaked PDF). Whether or not you enjoy MrBeast's format of YouTube videos …

Discussion:

Brian Dailey /
Brian Dailey on LinkedIn: Management advice from... Mr. Beast? I found this summary of the leaked Mr. Beast employee onboarding PDF by Simon Willison to be absolutely fascinating. https://lnkd.in/... …

Matt Round /
@mattround@crispsandwi.ch: If you've worked on a lot of stuff like viral/marketing content then there won't really be many surprises/insights in the Mr Beast doc, but it's an interesting summary https://simonwillison.net/...

Greg Isenberg /
@gregisenberg: page 2 i find it fascinating that this “rulebook” for a billion dollar empire is written so casually. he even calls out there will be grammar issues. you feel like he is writing to you. Pretty powerful way to begin. more companies should do this. founder mode? here we go. [image]

Patrick McKenzie /
@patio11: The Mr. Beast memo doing the rounds is fascinating in a lot of ways, even as someone who has never watched any of his work. In startup-land I think one of the most useful takeaways is “What in here would we consider and then definitely not do?”

Jacob Rintamaki /
@jacobrintamaki: The alpha in this is overwhelming. Frankly might need to nail it to the Dwarkesh office wall and highlight everything. (Well, some of it is kind of toxic in a bad way but most of it just sounds like an Elon company.) Particularly this section [image]

Simon Willison /
@simonw: My fave little tip from the document: > Since we are on the topic of communication, written communication also does not constitute communication unless they confirm they read it.

Sebastian Mellen /
@sebmellen: @thepatwalls “You can't track the “wow factor” but I can describe it. Anything that no other youtuber can do.” True for any business, just replace “youtuber”. Great doc.

Matt Clifford /
@matthewclifford: Great write up of a fascinating document: “So, if you read this book and pass a quiz I'll give you $1,000"* *for avoidance of doubt, *I'm* not making this offer...

Simon Willison /
@simonw: This is a legitimately fascinating leaked document, it appears to be the onboarding guide for new employees of the MrBeast YouTube production company It's 36 pages long so I published my own notes on it here https://simonwillison.net/...

Pat Walls /
@thepatwalls: I know MrBeast kinda got canceled for this document, but it's an amazing read and insight into why he is so successful. MUST READ for anyone creating content, on any platform. [image]

Michael Girdley /
@girdley: From the Mr Beast “how to work here” guide. Interesting how this mindset towards consultants is radically different than how Gen X/Boomers see them. [image]

Daniel /
@nearlydaniel: The mindset of “you must push energy and attention into the project until it is fully past the finish line” is such a critical lesson. It's kinda nuanced and hard to teach, and easy to think you're doing it even when you're not (guilty of this) but deeply ingraining it in [image]

Bloomberg:

Disney+ to gain four channels in 2024: Real Life, Throwbacks, Hallowstream, which is seasonal, and Hits and Heroes, action stories from Marvel, Stars Wars, more— Dana Walden shares Disney's playbook to build the second global — and profitable — streaming service.

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@lucas_shaw

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Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: For this week's newsletter, I spoke with Disney's Dana Walden about dominating the Emmys, going dark on Charter and DirecTV and catching up with Netflix in streaming. Some newsy nuggets, including 4 new channels coming to Disney+ later this year. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Variety:

Disney's FX won 36 awards at the 76th Emmy's, the first time that HBO or Netflix didn't get the top spot in 15 years; Netflix received 24 awards and HBO/Max 14— FX claimed the title of most wins by a network at the Emmy Awards, thanks in large part to the night's biggest winners, “Shogun” and “The Bear”

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Variety, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, The Sun, The Guardian, Block Club Chicago, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, New York Times, Associated Press, Media Play News, New York Times, The Wrap, Screen Rant, The Wrap, WHAS-TV, Next TV, The Wrap, Deadline, The Playlist, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Reuters, The Wrap, Deadline, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter, @lucas_shaw, Deadline and Fast Company

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Jordan Moreau /
Variety: Emmy Awards 2024: Winners List (Updating Live)

Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: John Leguizamo Gives Impassioned Emmys Speech Celebrating 2024's Historic Latinx Nominees: ‘Our Industry Is Making Progress’

Hana Carter /
The Sun: Reality stars accused of ‘storming out’ of Emmy Awards after rival show The Traitors bags win

Benjamin Lee /
The Guardian: Shōgun makes Emmys history as Hacks, The Bear and Baby Reindeer triumph

Kimberly Nordyke /
The Hollywood Reporter: Emmy Awards: Winners List

Matt Stevens /
New York Times: Emmys 2024: ‘Baby Reindeer’ Wins Best Limited Series

John Latchem /
Media Play News: ‘Shogun,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘Hacks’ Top Winners List at 76th Primetime Emmys

John Koblin /
New York Times: Emmy Awards Live Updates: ‘Shogun,’ Off to Blazing Start, Eyes Foreign-Language Breakthrough

Greg MacArthur /
Screen Rant: Emmys September 2024: 10 Biggest Snubs & Surprises (& Which Ones Should Have Won)

Andrew Dalton /
WHAS-TV: ‘Shogun’ and ‘Hacks’ win top series Emmy Awards and ‘The Bear’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ take 4 apiece

R. Thomas Umstead /
Next TV: Emmys: FX Has Big Emmys Night With Multiple Wins for ‘The Bear,’ ‘Shōgun’

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: 2024 Emmys by Network: Disney's FX Dominates With 36 Total Wins

Dominic Patten /
Deadline: Emmys TV Review: Smoothly Executed Reunion-Rich Ceremony Lacks Spark With Few Surprises

Gregory Ellwood /
The Playlist: ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Hacks’ & ‘Baby Reindeer’ Triumph At 2024 Emmy Awards

Jazz Tangcay /
Variety: ‘Shogun’ Shatters Emmy Record With 18 Wins in One Season

Michael Schneider /
Variety: ‘The Bear’ Wins 11 Emmys, Breaking Its Own Record for Most Comedy Wins in a Single Year

Danielle Broadway /
Reuters: Full list of winners at the 76th Emmy Awards

Missy Schwartz /
The Wrap: 7 Biggest Emmys Surprises, From ‘Hacks’ to ‘Slow Horses’ Deadline: ‘Joy Luck Club’ Sequel: Rosalind Chao Shares “I Cried When I Read The Script” - Emmys Red Carpet

Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: ‘Shōgun’ Caps Record Emmy Run With Win No. 18 For Outstanding Drama Series As Star Hiroyuki Sanada Pays Homage To Samurai Period Dramas

Patrick Brzeski /
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Shogun’ Makes History with Record 18 Emmy Wins

9to5Google:

Google TV rolls out Freeplay as a new home for its free, ad-supported TV channels, which grew to 150, up from 80 in early 2023— After adding a few more new channels recently, Google TV has started rolling out “Freeplay” as a new home for its free, ad-supported TV channels.

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Cord Cutters News, Neowin, Android Police, Gizchina.com, SamMobile, Android Authority, TechRadar, The Verge and BGR

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Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Google TV Expands Free Content Reach, Integrates The Roku Channel into Recommendations

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar /
Neowin: The free, ad supported ‘Fast’ TV channels on your Google TV are now called ‘Freeplay’

Karandeep Singh Oberoi /
Android Police: Google TV's FAST channels finally have a proper name

Abid Ahsan Shanto /
Gizchina.com: Google TV Expands Free Channel Offerings with FreePlay

Abid Iqbal Shaik /
SamMobile: Samsung TV Plus competitor from Google is now called Google TV Freeplay

Mark Wilson /
TechRadar: Google TV hits new mark of 150 free channels as the TV Streamer prepares for lift-off

Jacob Siegal /
BGR: Google TV Freeplay now offers over 150 live TV channels for free

Politico:

The US State Department says Russia's RT is operating a military procurement network to supply Russian forces and is growing global covert influence operations— The state-backed media outlet has been sending weapons to Russian units, including sniper rifles and suppressors, body armor …

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CNN: Biden administration expected to unveil new evidence of RT's key role in Russian intelligence operations globally @rt_com: Blinken: ‘RT possesses cyber capabilities’ Cyber capabilities in question: MEMES Follow us to enjoy the full range of our capabilities! [video]

Peter Jukes /
@peterjukes: 👀A key finding from the new US intelligence is that, for more than a year, the Russian government has quietly embedded an intelligence-gathering unit within RT that is focused on influence operations globally 👀 https://www.cnn.com/... @tatatfender: Biden admin is to announce a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT & expose russian state media network's key role in the Kremlin's global intel & influence ops https://www.cnn.com/...

Joseph Gedeon /
@jgedeon1: RT has evolved from a Kremlin-linked outlet to secretly supplying Russian forces in Ukraine with weapons - including sniper rifles, body armor, and drones - using a crowdfunding platform + now has a cyber apparatus, according to the State Department https://www.politico.com/...

Dave Troy /
@davetroy: Folks really need to understand that the Russian state uses any tools available to project power into the West, and the rest of the world.

Julia Davis /
@juliadavisnews: The State Department will reveal declassified US intelligence findings that suggest RT is fully integrated into Russia's intelligence operations around the world. https://www.cnn.com/...

Zach Edwards /
@thezedwards: There are over 1k accountIDs in the RT ads.txt file — and while ~300 of these have already seen their corresponding sellers.json records removed, dozens of major ad tech brands still partner with RT and are sending them money that supports these intelligence operations. 🛑🛑🛑💸

Julia Davis /
@juliadavisnews: For more than a year, the Russian government has quietly embedded an intelligence-gathering unit within RT that is focused on influence operations globally. The activity goes beyond propaganda and covert influence operations. https://x.com/...

Rob Fardon /
@robfardon: No one interested in this issue could be surprised by this in general, but (i), this will help spread awareness, and, (ii), the details always matter

Nina Lloyd /
London Evening Standard: UK joins US in accusing Russian state media of ‘covert’ interference @erosalie@infosec.exchange: Biden administration unveils new evidence of RT's key role in Russian intelligence operations globally. Declassified US intel shows RT is integrated into Russia's global spy operations. — https://www.cnn.com/... 1/6 @rvps2001@mastodon.social: 🇺🇲 🇷🇺 The Biden administration is expected on Friday to announce a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT and expose what it says is the Russian state media network's key role in the Kremlin's global intelligence and influence operations. — https://www.cnn.com/... …

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Associated Press:
The US State Department announces new sanctions on Russian state media and their leaders, including RT parent TV-Novosti and a related group, Rossiya Segodnya

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Dan De Luce /
NBC News: Biden admin says RT and Russian state media are waging covert information warfare around the world

Catherine Belton /
Washington Post: U.S. says Russian state media outlet runs intelligence operations @sputnikint: Margarita Simonyan responded to new US sanctions against RT, saying she hasn't lived in vain. The US State department complained that “one of the reasons Ukraine doesn't have as much support in other countries is because of RT,” said the editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, [image]

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: State Department imposes more sanctions tied to Russia's RT

Caitlin Doornbos /
New York Post: Russian propaganda outlet RT behind crowdfunding campaign for Moscow's troops in Ukraine: State Department

Chuck Darwin /
@cdarwin@c.im: The U.S. State Department announced new #sanctions on #Russian #state #media Friday, — accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running #fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine. … @markmetz@sfba.social: “RT has also created websites posing as legitimate news sites to spread disinformation and propaganda in Europe, Africa and elsewhere, officials said. They say the outlet has also expanded its use of cyber operations with a new unit with ties to Russian intelligence.” — https://apnews.com/...

Jason Weisberger /