Paramount and Canal+ unveil an updated deal under which Canal+ subscribers in France get Paramount+ at no additional cost (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer: Paramount and Canal+ unveil an updated deal under which Canal+ subscribers in France get Paramount+ at no additional cost (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Axios:

Source: Edgar Bronfman Jr. has raised $5.5B for a bid for National Amusements, and plans to submit a bid higher than his initial $4.3B offer in the coming days— - It would also draw out an already long and complicated sale process for Paramount. … - Paramount's special committee is expected to review the bid on Wednesday.
Discussion: Broadband TV News, Commercial Observer, Reuters, Front Office Sports, New York Post, AV Club, The Wrap, @sarafischer, Gordon Geist on LinkedIn, Financial Times, Deadline, The Guardian, The Streamable, The Media Leader, The Hill, Quartz, Ad Age, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Music Business Worldwide, The Desk, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal

Discussion:

Robert Briel /
Broadband TV News: Edgar Bronfman Jr increases last-minute bid for Paramount Global to $5.5 billion

Astaropoli /
Commercial Observer: Edgar Bronfman Jr. Challenges Skydance-Paramount Merger With $4.3B Bid

Eric Fisher /
Front Office Sports: New $4.3 Billion Paramount Bid Puts Future of CBS Sports in the Balance

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Bidding war erupts over Paramount as Edgar Bronfman submits $4.3B competing offer

Mary Kate Carr /
AV Club: A rogue billionaire enters the Paramount sale conversation

Tess Patton /
The Wrap: Paramount Shareholder Mario Gabelli Doesn't See a Negative in Granting Potential Bronfman Bid Extension

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Scoop: Edgar Bronfman Jr. has raised more $ for his @Paramount bid. Now has up to $5.5B raised —He's hoping to submit new bid if “go-shop” window extended —Money coming from indivs & fam offices like Fortress, BC Partners Advisors, others More on @axios https://www.axios.com/...

Gordon Geist /
Gordon Geist on LinkedIn: Read this to remind yourself that in the world of M&A there is good money and there is not so good money. …

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Edgar Bronfman Backers, More Details Emerge In Bid For Paramount That Seeks To Unseat Skydance

Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: Bronfman challenges Skydance for Paramount control

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Edgar Bronfman Jr. makes multi-billion dollar bid for Paramount

Rocio Fabbro /
Quartz: Edgar Bronfman wants to buy Paramount for $4.3 billion — and take it away from Skydance

Mandy Dalugdug /
Music Business Worldwide: Former Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. makes $4.3bn bid for Paramount

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Edgar Bronfman, Jr. submits bid for Paramount Global

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Edgar Bronfman Jr. Makes $4.3 Billion Bid to Take Control of Paramount Global in Challenge to Skydance Deal Wall Street Journal: Sources: former Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. has submitted a $4.3B offer for National Amusements and a minority stake in Paramount Global

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The Wrap:

Document: Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Paramount bid is backed by a group of 19 investors including Fortress, Brock Pierce, and producer Steven Paul— Kazakh investor Nurali Aliyev joins Fortress and producer Steven Paul in the last minute $4.3 billion bid — Cryptocurrency mogul Brock Pierce …

Discussion:
TVNewsCheck and Deadline

Editor and Publisher:

A draft plan circulating among California lawmakers and media leaders would create a Local News Fund with Google and state money, run by a board at UC Berkeley— Following years of legislative work, a draft deal between Google, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks …

Discussion:

Ashley Zavala /
KQCA-TV: Deal set to be announced on journalism and tech in California

Tyler Katzenberger /
Politico: AI initiatives would get $40M annually in draft California journalism bill agreement

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: California Lawmakers Set to Scrap Legislation Requiring Big Tech to Pay for News in $172.5 Million Google Settlement | Report @future_of_music: This could have been a bill that helped support local music communities by funding local music journalism. Instead, it's looking like more AI-fueled extraction.

Brian Merchant /
@bcmerchant: And to be clear this is not at all what any journalist involved wanted. At all. The opposite in fact — when the News Guild voted to support the original bill it had *nothing* to do with AI and everything to do with making big tech share the gains it made on journalists' backs.

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: Also I guess I should say out loud what everybody believes behind the scenes, which is that the biggest obstacle here to actual monopoly regulation isn't actually Google but Governor Gavin Newsom.

Steven Waldman /
@stevenwaldman: Google, California lawmakers in last-minute negotiations for local news fund | Editor and Publisher https://www.editorandpublisher.com/ ...

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: If I ran a government accountability newsroom and learned a backroom deal would send taxpayer dollars to Alden Global Capital during a budget crunch, I would have spent the weekend telling my reporters, not my business partners, to contact @BuffyWicks. https://www.politico.com/... [image]

Brian Merchant /
@bcmerchant: Utterly devastating for CA journalists. This bill was supposed to make big tech pay its fair share after usurping advertising from news publishers and profiting from their work—instead it's *rewarding* their market dominance by turning journos into content trainers for AI systems

Brian Merchant /
@bcmerchant: This will be framed as a win—but it's only a win for Google. In exchange for gutting the CA journalism law, which would have put a durable mechanism into place to share ad revenue from stories on its platform, it's a paltry payout—and *AI initiatives* rammed down our throats. [image]

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: California's journalists did not ask for this.

Sarah Kay Wiley /
Sarah Kay Wiley on LinkedIn: That Google is essentially able to stop the legislative process with a $172.5M check (over five years mind you) is deeply disturbing …

Garry Tan /
@garrytan: We have to pay attention to how this money is allocated. If it goes to journos who systematically fail to honestly cover news like Mission Local, Oaklandside, 48 Hills, or even the Chronicle We will get far worse than Chesa Boudin We don't want activism disguised as journalism @econliberties: “This backroom deal is bad for journalists, publishers, and all Californians, which is why state lawmakers including @GavinNewsom should reject it.” Statement from @LeeHepner on Google's absurd deal to terminate the California Journalism Preservation Act. https://www.economicliberties.us/ ... [image] @researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host: #Google #California #media #advertising — ‘California leaders are expected to announce a truce has been reached between state lawmakers, tech and some journalism advocates on an effort to provide millions of dollars in funds to local newsrooms across the state.’ — https://www.kcra.com/...

Wired:

Condé Nast agrees a multiyear deal with OpenAI, letting ChatGPT and SearchGPT surface stories from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, and Wired— The media company joins The Atlantic, Axel Springer, Vox Media, and a host of other publishers who have partnered with OpenAI.

Discussion:
Press Gazette, Condé Nast, @nyguild, @knibbs, @claremalone, @knibbs, Neowin, Business Insider, @goodbyealma, @clarajeffery, @ednewtonrex, @bigblackjacobin, @acwardblueridge@threads.net, @claremalone, The Guardian, @kennysmith@mstdn.social, Engadget, The Wrap, TechCrunch and Katie Drummond on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Charlotte Tobitt /
Press Gazette: Who's suing AI and who's signing: Publisher deals vs lawsuits with generative AI companies @nyguild: STATEMENT from President @susandecarava on today's announcement that @CondeNast has entered into a deal with @OpenAI: ‘We expect Condé management to be transparent with us about how this technology will be used and the impact it may have on our work.’ More here... [image]

Clare Malone /
@claremalone: In the words of one of my esteemed fellow “content”- makers, did AI write this (very vague) email? From Roger Lynch re: a partnership between Conde and OpenAI. Presumably this refers to some sort of multi-year licensing deal where they can use our content. 1/ [image]

Pradeep Viswanathan /
Neowin: Condé Nast joins the growing list of OpenAI's content partners

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert /
Business Insider: OpenAI snaps up another media partnership, this time with Condé Nast

Alma ‘Union Hottie’ Avalle /
@goodbyealma: Condé vetoed every attempt at AI protections for workers during bargaining with our union, only offering members extra notice if their jobs are eliminated due to automation :)

Clara Jeffery /
@clarajeffery: Conde Nast just announced a deal it cut with OpenAI. Whereas @motherjones decided to sue them: https://www.motherjones.com/ ...

Ed Newton-Rex /
@ednewtonrex: @Knibbs The announcement doesn't seem to say what the deal covers - presumably training on Condé Nast's articles? Is that info public?

Edward Ongweso Jr /
@bigblackjacobin: this time will be different! last time, media companies inked deals for new revenue with tech firms that already ate their lunch. this time media companies are inking deals for new revenue with tech firms that hope to eat their lunch!!! https://www.wired.com/...

AC Ward /
@acwardblueridge@threads.net: Audiences are not asking for publishers to stop paying writers and to instead use AI. He just doesn't want to pay for talent.

Clare Malone /
@claremalone: I'm not so naive to think that media companies wouldn't go the pragmatic route—cutting deals with OpenAI. But companies might have thought to band together and set some sort of going rate, rather than letting OpenAI pick us off one at a time. Just a thought! 2/2

Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith@mstdn.social: Condé Nast: Let's let the silicon bros eat our lunch! — From: @Mediagazer — https://mstdn.social/...

Pranav Dixit /
Engadget: OpenAI will now use content from Wired, Vogue and The New Yorker in ChatGPT's responses

Benjamin Lindsay /
The Wrap: Condé Nast Partners With OpenAI to Let ChatGPT Surface Work From Vanity Fair, Vogue

Kyle Wiggers /
TechCrunch: OpenAI signs deal to train on Condé Nast content, surface stories in ChatGPT

Katie Drummond /
Katie Drummond on LinkedIn: Condé Nast, the publisher of my beloved WIRED and more than a dozen other brands, has finalized a deal with OpenAI. …

Variety:

Alex Cooper reaches a multiyear agreement with SiriusXM, replacing Spotify; source: the deal is for a little more than 3 years and is worth as much as $125M— Alex Cooper, host of the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast, reached a multiyear agreement with SiriusXM that encompasses exclusive programming …

Discussion:
Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, Sirius XM Holdings Inc., The Daily Beast, Tubefilter, @litcapital, Awful Announcing, Mike Wolber on LinkedIn, Natalie Wellens on LinkedIn, USA Today, Kerry Flynn on LinkedIn, RADIO ONLINE, @maxwelltani, Digital Music News, Billboard, Hollywood Life, Leigh Fulton on LinkedIn, CNN, The Information, The Hill, The Wrap, New York Daily News, The Verge, Barrett Media and Deadline

Discussion:

Kerry Flynn /
Axios: Alex Cooper signs with SiriusXM

James Hibberd /
The Hollywood Reporter: Alex Cooper Jumps From Spotify to SiriusXM in Multi-Year Deal

Ashley Carman /
Bloomberg: ‘Call Her Daddy’ Podcast Host Alex Cooper Signs $100 Million Deal With SiriusXM Sirius XM Holdings Inc.: SiriusXM Inks New Multi-Year Agreement with Alex Cooper, the World's Leading Female Podcaster; “Call Her Daddy” Finds a New Home

AJ McDougall /
The Daily Beast: ‘Call Her Daddy’ Host Alex Cooper Leaves Spotify for $125M SiriusXM Deal

Sam Gutelle /
Tubefilter: Who's your Daddy? SiriusXM could pay $125 million for exclusive Alex Cooper pact. @litcapital: Genuinely curious how Spotify or SiriusXM value Call Her Daddy at over $100 million [image]

Andrew Bucholtz /
Awful Announcing: ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast host Alex Cooper moves from Spotify to SiriusXM, brings her ‘The Unwell Network’

Mike Wolber /
Mike Wolber on LinkedIn: We are still in the early days of podcasting. — This is so cool. — “A source familiar with the agreement said the deal is valued at $100 million and lasts over three years.” …

Natalie Wellens /
Natalie Wellens on LinkedIn: Welcome to the SiriusXM family daddy gang! — Unwell Network's powerhouse lineup of Content including Alex Cooper's top-ranking Podcast …

Amaris Encinas /
USA Today: ‘Beyond excited’: Alex Cooper's ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast inks major deal with SiriusXM

Kerry Flynn /
Kerry Flynn on LinkedIn: 🎙️ BIG podcast deal news: “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper has signed with SiriusXM — * Another huge get for the audio giant …

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Good reminder to read the @semafor media newsletter where we had most of this back in June https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: SiriusXM Just Poached Spotify's Second Biggest Podcaster In a $100 Million-Plus Deal

Glenn Peoples /
Billboard: SiriusXM Signs ‘Call Her Daddy’ Host Alex Cooper in Deal Worth Reported $125M

Jessica Acosta /
Hollywood Life: ‘Call Her Daddy’ Host Alex Cooper Leaves Spotify and Joins Sirius XM in Multi-Million Dollar Deal

Leigh Fulton /
Leigh Fulton on LinkedIn: Girls just wanna have fun...with SiriusXM 👯 ♀️ — Welcome Alex Cooper & Alix Earle! — https://lnkd.in/...

Ramishah Maruf /
CNN: Alex Cooper's ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast is moving to SiriusXM for reportedly nine-figure sum

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: SiriusXM inks multiyear deal with ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcaster

Adam Chitwood /
The Wrap: Alex Cooper Sets Multiyear Deal With SiriusXM After Spotify Exit

Evan Rosen /
New York Daily News: Alex Cooper and ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast inks $125 million deal with SiriusXM

Music Business Worldwide:

The AGs of 10 states join the US DOJ's antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster; 39 states, plus DC, are now part of the lawsuit— The attorneys general of 10 states have joined the US Department of Justice (DoJ)'s antitrust lawsuit seeking to break off Live Nation …

Discussion:
US Department of Justice, @pgunigantiat, @future_of_music, @newyorkstateag, @tessaduvall, @baddcompani, @yahoofinance, @agtennessee, @paulhammelne, @moetkacik, @justiceatr, The Hill, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Music Ally, @edbott.com, 9to5Mac, Tennessee State Government, WOWT-TV, KOB.com, NOLA.com, KTIV-TV, The Verge, Quartz, Billboard, Rolling Stone and Reuters

Discussion:
US Department of Justice: Ten Additional States Join Justice Department's Suit Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for Monopolizing Markets Across the Live Concert Industry

Pallavi Guniganti /
@pgunigantiat: Reminder that it's totally possible to bring Section 1 and Section 2 claims in the same complaint.

@future_of_music:
Among other things, this demonstrates that taking on monopoly power is a bipartisan issue! The same is true of ticket market regulation: both Democratic and Republican controlled state legislatures have taken action this year to ban speculative tickets!

Ny Ag /
@newyorkstateag: 🚨Ring the alarm: As part of our lawsuit against @LiveNation and @Ticketmaster, my office, @TheJusticeDept, and our group of AGs are now seeking money for fans who were overcharged by these companies' illegal monopoly over the concert and live event industry.

Tessa Duvall /
@tessaduvall: Per the Tennessee Attorney General's Office, 10 more states have signed on to the lawsuit against Ticketmaster. With 41 plaintiffs, Kentucky is still not one of them. [image] @yahoofinance: Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont joined the DOJ's lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing the live concert industry. A total of 39 states, plus Washington D.C., are now suing the company. [image] @agtennessee: Case Update ‼️ Today, TN & the USDOJ welcomed ten additional states to our historic, bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation/Ticketmaster — bringing the total number of co-plaintiffs to 41. Read the amended complaint below: ➡️ https://www.tn.gov/... [image] @paulhammelne: Glad to see @mikehilgers NE's attorney general join the U.S. Dept of Justice's lawsuit against @Ticketmaster Anyone out there had a good experience with their fees or services?

Moe Tkacik /
@moetkacik: New tidbit from DOJ's amended complaint against Live Nation/Ticketmaster on ubiquitous mogul Irving “Poison Dwarf” Azoff's ongoing collusion w/ the monopoly: LN paid Azoff's Oak View “significant annual payments” & also “incentive payments” for agreeing to act as its “pimp” [image] @justiceatr: Ten Additional States Join Justice Department's Suit Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for Monopolizing Markets Across the Live Concert Industry 🔗: https://www.justice.gov/... [image]

Jessica Bursztynsky /
Fast Company: 10 new states join the monopoly suit against Ticketmaster

Amanda Silberling /
TechCrunch: Thirty-nine state AGs now support Live Nation-Ticketmaster lawsuit

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: 10 more states join Justice Department's Live Nation lawsuit

Ed Bott /
@edbott.com: If you live in one of the 11 states who haven't joined this lawsuit yet, write your AG. — We're looking at you, Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Montana, and North Dakota. [embedded post] Tennessee State Government: TN AG Welcomes Additional Ten States to Historic Bipartisan Lawsuit Against Ticketmaster

Jonathan Fjeld /
KOB.com: New Mexico joins Justice Department lawsuit against Ticketmaster

Julia Guilbeau /
NOLA.com: Louisiana joins massive US Ticketmaster lawsuit before Taylor Swift's New Orleans concerts

Gaby Del Valle /
The Verge: Ticketmaster's nontransferable ‘SafeTix’ are anticompetitive, DOJ suit claims

William Gavin /
Quartz: 10 more states just joined the DOJ's push to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster

Ethan Millman /
Rolling Stone: 10 More States Join DOJ's Live Nation Monopoly Lawsuit

Bloomberg:

How the end of a federal ban on sports gambling transformed the way sports media is funded and changed what kind of stories get covered and published— The $10 billion industry transformed how sports media is funded—and written. — Few journalists embody the gambling industry's capture …

Discussion:
@patrickhayes_13, @albertburneko, @travis_waldron, @tcraggs22, @ghaleonq, @kevinmdraper and Front Office Sports

Discussion:

Patrick Hayes /
@patrickhayes_13: This is an excellent albeit depressing piece by Tommy Craggs. This portion was extra gross though. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]

Albert Burneko /
@albertburneko: great blog https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]

Travis Waldron /
@travis_waldron: “How sports gambling came to be such a hulking, clanging presence in our life is the ultimate sports media story—which is funny, in a ghoulish sort of way, given there's not a lot of sports media left to tell it.” Always read @tcraggs22: https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Tommy Craggs /
@tcraggs22: I tried to explain why sports media in the gambling era just kinda sucks https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Quinton Klabon /
@ghaleonq: Something as corrupt as the Olympics still produces ecstasy about human excellence. Shouting at Tyrese Haliburton because his assists total affects your car payment does not, because it ceases to put athletics at the forefront. (I adore Haliburton for sneering at such behavior.) [image]

Kevin Draper /
@kevinmdraper: “Sports betting still existed in that crowded liminal space in American life, at once an illicit underground activity and a pastime enjoyed by many with total impunity, like cocaine or wage theft.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Margaret Fleming /
Front Office Sports: New Study Shows ‘Far-Reaching’ Financial Pain of Sports Gambling

The Hollywood Reporter:

Paramount and Canal+ unveil an updated deal under which Canal+ subscribers in France get Paramount+ at no additional cost— Under the updated deal, Canal+ subscribers can access Paramount+ at no additional cost, no matter which subscription plan they have.

Discussion:
Advanced Television, Broadband TV News and Engadget

Discussion:

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Paramount+ added to Canal+ packages

Lawrence Bonk /
Engadget: Paramount+ annual subscriptions are half off right now

Financial Times:

Ofcom says it has 460+ people working on enforcing the Online Safety Act and plans to grow that by 20% to 550+ by March 2025, or 33% of its 1,500 total staff— Online safety rules in the spotlight after violent unrest sparked by spread of misleading news on social media

Discussion:
@paulmarsha11 and @jakdaw09

Discussion:
@paulmarsha11: Some good news and hopefully real. UK media watchdog starts hiring spree amid pressure to curb misinformation https://www.ft.com/...

Jeff Kaye /
@jakdaw09: The Online Safety Act will not be in force for 2 years and even then will be weak against online disinformation https://www.ft.com/... @Ofcom needs massive change beyond staff numbers to protect UK against @elonmusk/other online protagonists. IT works far faster than Government.

The Media Leader:

Paramount says it will rebrand the UK's Channel 5 as just “5” and no longer merge My5 with Pluto TV, as part of plans to relaunch under one name by April 2025— Paramount is rebranding Channel 5 to just 5 as part of plans to relaunch the public-service broadcaster across linear …

Discussion:
The Desk, @sphilsmith, @scottygb, @thesimonc90, Broadcast, Cord Busters, Metro.co.uk, Broadband TV News, WORLD SCREEN, Advanced Television, TVNewsCheck and Deadline

Discussion:

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Paramount to rebrand Britain's Channel 5 to simply “5”

Phil /
@sphilsmith: I have quite simply lost track of the amount of times this channel has switched between the names ‘5’, ‘Channel 5’ and of course ‘Five’. And it also doesn't matter in the slightest.

Scott Bryan /
@scottygb: BBC iPlayer ITV Player > ITV Hub > ITVX 4OD > All4 > Channel 4 Channel 5 > five > Channel 5 > 5 Dave > U&Dave

Kristin Brzoznowski /
WORLD SCREEN: Channel 5 & My5 Streamer To Rebrand As 5

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: Channel 5, My5 relaunching as 5

Max Goldbart /
TVNewsCheck: Channel 5 & Streamer My5 To Become ... 5

Max Goldbart /
Deadline: Channel 5 & Streamer My5 To Become ... 5

Reuters:

Writers and journalists Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sue Anthropic, saying it misused their books and others' to train Claude— Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors …

Discussion:

Matt O'Brien /
Associated Press: Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement

Webb Wright /
The Drum: Writers' lawsuit against Anthropic highlights tensions between AI developers & artists

Sahil Patel /
The Information: Conde Nast Signs Multi-Year Deal with OpenAI

Winston Cho /
The Hollywood Reporter: New AI Lawsuit From Authors Against Anthropic Targets Growing Licensing Market for Copyrighted Content

Taylor Herzlich /
New York Post: Authors file lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic over copyright infringement

Jonathan Bailey /
Plagiarism Today: 3 Count: And Another One... Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

Andrew Albanese /
Publishers Weekly: Authors Sue AI Firm Anthropic for Copyright Infringement

Tampa Bay Times:

Bala Sundaramoorthy, ex-GM of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will become president and COO of Tampa Bay Times' parent on October 1, succeeding Joe DeLuca— Bala Sundaramoorthy, former general manager of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will serve as the company's president and chief operating officer.

Discussion:
Conan Gallaty on LinkedIn, Editor and Publisher and MediaPost

Discussion:

Conan Gallaty /