A NYT reporter shared info from a WhatsApp group with a source and the info then spread on social media, leading to possible Australian anti-doxxing legislation (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer: A NYT reporter shared info from a WhatsApp group with a source and the info then spread on social media, leading to possible Australian anti-doxxing legislation (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

Top News:

Associated Press:

VP candidates Vance and Walz plan to debate on CBS on October 1, with Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderating; Vance says he wants to debate on CNN too— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents …
Discussion: @tim_walz, The Desk, @jdvance, HuffPost, Mediaite, Forbes, Black America Web, CBS News, The Daily Beast, CNN, The Hill, New York Post, CNBC, Breitbart, Politico, TVLine, New Republic, Missouri Independent, Showbiz411, The Wrap, TVNewsCheck, ABC7, UPI, New York Daily News, Daily Montanan, Fox News, Adweek, Minnesota Reformer, Deadline, Rolling Stone and Los Angeles Times

Discussion:

Tim Walz /
@tim_walz: See you on October 1, JD.

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: J.D. Vance, Tim Walz agree to VP debate on CBS News

JD Vance /
@jdvance: The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has challenged Kamala to three of them already. Not only do I accept the CBS debate on October 1st, I accept the CNN debate on September 18th as well. I look forward to seeing you at both!

Marita Vlachou /
HuffPost: JD Vance Agrees To 2 Debates Against Democratic Rival Tim Walz

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: JD Vance and Tim Walz Agree to Debate

Molly Bohannon /
Forbes: Harris Offers 2 Debates With Trump: ‘The Debate About Debates Is Over’

Nick Cottongim /
Black America Web: 2024 Vice Presidential Debate Set For October 1st

Lauren Sforza /
The Hill: 12:30 Report — VP nominees Walz, Vance set date to debate

Kevin Breuninger /
CNBC: JD Vance accepts VP debate with Tim Walz on Oct. 1, challenges him to accept another

Hannah Knudsen /
Breitbart: JD Vance Presses Tim Walz to Agree to Second Debate

Jared Mitovich /
Politico: Vance agrees to debate Walz in October

Rebecca Iannucci /
TVLine: Tim Walz, J.D. Vance Agree to October Vice Presidential Debate on CBS

Ariana Figueroa /
Missouri Independent: Walz agrees to Oct. 1 vice presidential debate on CBS

Roger Friedman /
Showbiz411: CBS Veep Debate with Tim Walz, JD Vance Set for October 1 in NYC: Will it Matter?

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: JD Vance Agrees to CBS News Debate With Tim Walz

Ted Johnson /
TVNewsCheck: VP Candidates Accept Oct. 1 CBS News Debate; Vance Says He'll Also Do Sept. 18 CNN Event

Dave Goldiner /
New York Daily News: JD Vance accepts Oct. 1 vice presidential debate with Tim Walz on CBS

Ariana Figueroa /
Daily Montanan: Walz agrees to Oct. 1 vice presidential debate on CBS Fox News: JD Vance says he wants a ‘real’ debate with opponent Tim Walz, not a ‘fake news media garbage’ one

Ethan Alter /
Adweek: CBS News Invites Tim Walz and J.D. Vance to a Veep Debate

Ariana Figueroa /
Minnesota Reformer: Walz agrees to Oct. 1 vice presidential debate on CBS

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: VP Candidates Accept Oct. 1 CBS News Debate; JD Vance Says He'll Also Do Sept. 18 CNN Event

Wall Street Journal:

A NYT reporter shared info from a WhatsApp group with a source and the info then spread on social media, leading to possible Australian anti-doxxing legislation— Members of a WhatsApp group for Jewish professionals were harassed after their chat thread fell into the hands of pro-Palestinian activists

Discussion:
Sarah E. Needleman K. on LinkedIn and @wsjbusiness

Discussion:

Sarah E. Needleman K. /
Sarah E. Needleman K. on LinkedIn: Excellent piece by my colleague Alexandra Bruell

Bloomberg:

A survey of 430 first-time US Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring under-16s to get parental consent to use social media and 85%+ oppose notification time limits— - Survey polled 430 first-time voters from across the US — Lawmakers have criticized Instagram, TikTok over child safety

Bloomberg:

Some publishers say they can't block the Googlebot crawler that covers AI Overviews without hampering their discoverability, as the crawler also covers Search— Publishers say blocking the company's AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search

Discussion:

Danny Goodwin /
Search Engine Land: Publishers report ‘negligible’ traffic impact of Google AI Overviews @metacurity@infosec.exchange: What was the motto again? Oh, yeah, don't be evil. — Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die — https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Julia Love /
Julia Love on LinkedIn: Google's AI Overviews come at steep cost to sites that users would otherwise visit. But publishers say they can't afford to block Google's AI …

Nitish Pahwa /
@pahwa_nitish: like, come on, this is just blatant monopolist behavior: “publishers face a choice between offering up their content for use by AI models that could make their sites obsolete and disappearing from Google search, a top source of traffic.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

CapRadio:

Jun Reina, the former manager of California public radio station CapRadio, received $460K in mysterious payments, per an unredacted consulting firm report— Ever since news broke late last year about CapRadio's financial troubles, audience members, staffers and employees of Sacramento State …

Discussion:
Mike Kessler on LinkedIn, @byrobinepley, Current, @davidfolkenflik and @omarsrashad

Discussion:

Mike Kessler /
Mike Kessler on LinkedIn: For all you public media nerds, this one is a big deal. Reporters at CapRadio reveal their former boss as an alleged key player in the station's recent financial crisis. …

Robin Epley /
@byrobinepley: it's pretty dope that one of the best sources of reporting on the CapRadio finances scandal has been... CapRadio. Kudos to all the journalists there, who have always been fantastic, and continue to be. They deserve/d so much better from their employers than what they got.

Julian Wyllie /
Current: Former CapRadio GM Jun Reina allegedly received more than $450,000 in unsupported payments, according to new report

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: This is an extraordinary story involving mismanagement and investigations of potential criminality at a mid-sized public radio station in Sacramento -kudos to reporters for following trail at own station https://www.capradio.org/...

Omar S. Rashad /
@omarsrashad: Wow, $460K went to the general manager of CapRadio?? That's most of the $760K in unsupported payments “that couldn't be backed up with an expense report or receipts.” This is deeply disturbing, and why can't Jun Reina find his cell phone all of a sudden?? https://www.capradio.org/... [image]

Deadline:

DLT Entertainment buys TV production company Juniper from BBC Chair Samir Shah, who was forced to step down from Juniper to avoid a conflict of interest— Financial terms of the deal weren't announced, but London-based DLT said the acquisition marked “a significant expansion of its portfolio in the factual programming space.”

Discussion:
Advanced Television

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: ex-Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. is preparing a bid for National Amusements and has talked with potential backers including Fortress and Roku— Potential bid could come in together in coming days, ahead of Aug. 21 end of ‘go-shop period’ — Media executive Edgar Bronfman Jr …

Discussion:
The Media Leader, Reuters, The Streamable, New York Post, The Desk, Deadline, TVNewsCheck, @tvgrimreaper, Bloomberg and @lucas_shaw

Discussion:

Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: Bronfman to challenge Skydance for Paramount

David Satin /
The Streamable: Former Warner Music Exec Reportedly Preparing Bid for Paramount Global

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Liquor scion reportedly preps bid for Paramount — days before Skydance merger is official

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Edgar Bronfman Jr. Preparing Bid For Paramount Global - Report

Nieman Lab:

Q&A with Ear Hustle's Earlonne Woods and Bruce Wallace on producing podcasts in prison, the expansion to a women's prison, creating a training program, and more— The studio, at the California Institution for Women, will bring more incarcerated women's voices to the podcast — and kickstart an ambitious training program.

Discussion:
@reportertracy

Discussion:

Tracy Simmons /
@reportertracy: Cool news from Ear Hustle fans with @antwanbankswil1 They're expanding and bringing more incarcerated women's voices to the podcast, empowering women to tell their own stories. Looking forward to these important perspectives! https://www.niemanlab.org/... #CriminalJusticeReform

Variety:

How David Zaslav's famously hard-nosed approach to negotiations has alienated contributors to WBD's cash flow, including advertisers, sports leagues, and more— In recent days, it's become clear that the pink glow from that box office juggernaut has long since faded.

Discussion:
@bristei, TVNewsCheck and Business Insider

Discussion:

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: ALL THAT ZAS: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO's tough tactics have many of the company's key partners — including advertisers, the NBA and Hollywood — zigging... https://variety.com/... via @variety

Talia Lakritz /
Business Insider: Here's what Barbie looked like the year you were born

CNN:

A look at the five-person Gen Z team running Kamala Harris' TikTok account @KamalaHQ, capitalizing on the VP's viral moments and averaging 6M views per post— Vice President Kamala Harris, quoting her mother, told a group of newly sworn-in commissioners for a White House initiative …

Discussion:

Mary Ziegler /
New York Times: Kamala Harris Needs to Seize the Narrative on Abortion

Sarafina Chitika /
@sarafinachitika: ...anyways if you want to read about a campaign that's actually good at being online (and using the internet to talk to real voters, not billionaires) here you go: @CNN on @KamalaHQ 👇🏾 https://www.cnn.com/...

Betsy Klein /
@betsy_klein: “A like on TikTok is basically seen as an endorsement. You can get 50M views on Tiktok, but if you only get 5,000 likes, then your video's low-key seen as a flop.” Since @BidenHQ became @KamalaHQ, the like-to-view ratio has increased from 10-15% to 15-25%. https://www.cnn.com/...

Matt Navarra /
@mattnavarra@threads.net: Inside the Gen-Z team powering Harris' online remix The Harris digital comms team has 175 staff Her TikTok account is run by a team of 5 Gen-Zer's @kamalahq's TikTok account has published 65 posts in 20 days They generated 385M views, averaging 6 million views per post That's more than double what  …

Makena Kelly /
Wired: Kamala Harris' Campaign Is a Windfall for Influencers @rightardia@mastodon.social: Inside the Gen-Z operation powering Harris' online remix — “For years as vice president, Harris has been quietly laying the digital groundwork behind the scenes — meeting with young voters, social media influencers and several grassroots organizations. …

The Hollywood Reporter:

A look at Tving, a streaming JV between three South Korean media firms, which has 30% market share, viewership growth up 6% YoY in H1 2024, and 4.2M subscribers— Tving's share of premium video viewership in Korea grew in the first half of 2024, while Netflix's slipped, even though the global giant remained the market leader.

Discussion:
Variety

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TechCrunch:

President Biden speaks at the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance— At the first ever White House Creator Economy Conference, the most popular man to drop by was not a TikTok superstar or a YouTube sensation.

Discussion:
New York Times, Fox News, Sky News, Bloomberg, The Information, Tubefilter, CNBC, Fox News, UPI, The Hill and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Sapna Maheshwari /
New York Times: Bowling, Selfies and the ‘Dougie’: Biden Woos Influencers at the White House

Jessica Karl /
Bloomberg: Could Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida Join the Creator Economy?

James Hale /
Tubefilter: Biden addresses creators at first-ever White House summit: “They listen to all of you”

Rebecca Picciotto /
CNBC: Biden hosts first Creator Economy Conference for influencers to talk AI, privacy and more

Julia Shapero /
The Hill: White House holds creator conference

Ted Johnson /