Snap debuts a tool to let creators generate AI videos from text prompts and, soon, from image prompts, powered by Snap's own foundational video models (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer: Snap debuts a tool to let creators generate AI videos from text prompts and, soon, from image prompts, powered by Snap's own foundational video models (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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The Verge:

Snapchat gets a redesign that pares down five tabs to three, including a new unified For You feed of full-screen videos from publishers and creators— Snapchat is undergoing its biggest redesign in years by simplifying from five to three tabs: one for messages and Stories with friends …
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Aisha Malik /
TechCrunch: Snapchat launches video comments and tools for creators seeking brand deals

Maxwell Zeff /
TechCrunch: Snapchat tests ‘simple’ version of the app without Snap Map or Stories tab

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Snap is redesigning Snapchat and adding new AI powers

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Snapchat is getting redesigned, plus new AI lens displays an old-aged you

Abner Li /
9to5Google: Fitbit app redesigns Heart Rate stats page

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TechCrunch:

Snap debuts a tool to let creators generate AI videos from text prompts and, soon, from image prompts, powered by Snap's own foundational video models— At its annual Snap Partner Summit on Tuesday, Snapchat announced that it's introducing a new AI video generation tool for creators.

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The Guardian:

Guardian Media Group announces talks to sell The Observer, acquired in 1993, to Tortoise Media, which would invest £25M in The Observer over the next five years— Guardian Media Group announces it is in negotiations with Tortoise Media over world's oldest Sunday newspaper

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Sky News, Tortoise, Axios, Bloomberg, New York Times, Financial Times, London Evening Standard, Reuters, The Times, @jamesrbuk, @martinsfp@threads.net, @charlesarthur, @hadleyfreeman, The Media Leader, @jamesrbuk, Sky News on YouTube, @meiriontweets, @markkleinmansky, Irish Independent, @psythor, @josiahmortimer and @robertlargan

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Sara Fischer /
Axios: The Guardian in talks to sell The Observer

Michael J. de la Merced /
New York Times: The Guardian in Talks to Sell U.K.'s Oldest Sunday Newspaper to Digital Start-Up

Anna Wise /
London Evening Standard: Guardian Media Group in talks to sell Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: The Scott Trust has a specific duty to protect the *Guardian* in perpetuity. It used to own Manchester Evening News, AutoTrader and others. Observer now the last one. It's an obvious potential source of tension when one title is by mandate raised above others. @martinsfp@threads.net: Whaaaaaaat?! This is wild. Guardian Media Group is in talks to sell The Observer, an institution among British newspapers, to news startup Tortoise Media.

Charles Arthur /
@charlesarthur: Two ways this could go: Tortoise buys Obs, struggles to make the paper version worth it, whole lot gets folded back into Guardian Media Group; or Tortoise buys Obs which sputters out as a physical product and the journalists work for Tortoise as a digital product.

Hadley Freeman /
@hadleyfreeman: Shocking. The Obs is an invaluable part of The Guardian brand - Nigel Slater, OFM, fantastic arts and political coverage.... This wd be such a loss to The G. Sending love to all Obs writers and editors who I'm sure are feeling extremely anxious now thru no fault of their own xxx

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: Wow. The Obs is a very different paper from the Guardian, but has always suffered online from not having its own distinct identity. This could be a real opportunity for it - but is a fairly huge shift.

Meirion Jones /
@meiriontweets: If the @guardian is selling Observer to @tortoise does this bring forward decision to stop print edition of Guardian leaving 7-day online presence?

Mark Kleinman /
@markkleinmansky: EXCLUSIVE: Staff on The Observer are being briefed now on talks to sell the 233 year-old Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media, which was founded by former Times editor James Harding in 2019 and which is promising to invest £25m in the title over five years. https://news.sky.com/...

Mark Kleinman /
@markkleinmansky: EXCLUSIVE: Guardian Media Group is in exclusive talks to sell The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a news start-up founded five years ago, in a deal which would further reshape the British national newspaper market. Full story on @SkyNews soon.

Anna Wise /
Irish Independent: Guardian Media Group in talks to sell Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media

James O'Malley /
@psythor: So... are they just not going to update the Guardian website on a Sunday?

Josiah Mortimer /
@josiahmortimer: Speaking as an Observer subscriber (obvs), & someone who likes Tortoise, I am very intrigued to see how this works and what might change I imagine many of the Observer's current buyers are off the back of the (massive) Guardian news site, and Guardian/Obvs joint subs packages...

Robert Largan /
@robertlargan: Another takeover by a shell company.

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Press Gazette:
The Guardian reports revenue down 2.5% YoY to £257.8M for the year to March 31, 2024, ad revenue down 13% to £62.2M, and digital reader revenue up 8% to £88.2M

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The Guardian

New York Times:

Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default— The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …

Discussion:
Meta, TechCrunch, @mosseri@threads.net, Android Central, Fortune, Australian Financial Review, TTC Labs, Axios, The Atlantic, The Guardian, New York Post, The Sun, New York Daily News, @katienotopoulos@threads.net, London Evening Standard, The Information, The Independent, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Telegraph, Financial Times, Engadget, Washington Post, RTÉ, Yahoo News, Metro.co.uk, The i Paper, Android Central, ABC News, BBC, Business Insider, Daily Mail, Fast Company, New York Times, @_andyburrows, Bradford Telegraph and Argus, KFF Health News, Platformer, London Evening Standard, @metanewsroom, @zamaan_qureshi, @ttp_updates, @zuck@threads.net, @mollyroseorg, @ttp_updates, TheJournal.ie, @ttp_updates, @naominixwrites@threads.net, The Verge, @sarafischer, @crumbler@threads.net, Le Monde.fr and @zsk, more at Techmeme »

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Meta: Introducing Instagram Teen Accounts: Built-In Protections for Teens, Peace of Mind for Parents

Adam Mosseri /
@mosseri@threads.net: We're introducing Teen Accounts to give teens automatic safe protections and parents more peace of mind. Designed based on parents' biggest concerns, Teen Accounts will automatically apply our strictest settings around who can contact teens and the content they see. …

Jerry Hildenbrand /
Android Central: Instagram Teen Accounts are more parental controls your kid can probably bypass whenever they like

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: Meta gives parents power to block their teenagers from using Instagram

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Instagram overhauls teen accounts with sweeping privacy, age-verification changes

Kaitlyn Tiffany /
The Atlantic: The Biggest Change to Instagram in Years

The Guardian:
Meta to introduce ‘teen accounts’ to Instagram as governments consider social media age limits

Thomas Barrabi /
New York Post: Instagram revamps safety features for teens as congressional pressure mounts — here's all the changes social media giant is making

Jamie Harris /
The Sun: Instagram makes major change to tens of millions of accounts with content and messaging restrictions

Muri Assunção /
New York Daily News: Instagram launches ‘teen accounts’ dramatically limiting young users' use

Katie Notopoulos /
@katienotopoulos@threads.net: Instagram is turning accounts for teens into “Teen Accounts”, which have the strictest settings by default (no strangers messaging them, no sensitive content suggested, etc). This comes after Nick Clegg just said that they knows that parents simply don't use the parental controls — they're effectively turning them on by default now. …

Saqib Shah /
London Evening Standard: What are Instagram teen accounts? Meta to shield youths with strict rules and sleep curfew

Paris Martineau /
The Information: Instagram Debuts ‘Teen Accounts’ To Quell Child Safety Concerns

Andrew Griffin /
The Independent: Instagram launches huge changes to young people's accounts after claims it is not safe

Julie Jargon /
Wall Street Journal: Instagram Is Restricting Teen Accounts—and Blocking Sneaky Workarounds

Angela Yang /
NBC News: Instagram to automatically put teens into private accounts with increased restrictions and parental controls

Matthew Field /
Telegraph: Instagram to let parents see who their children are messaging

Hannah Murphy /
Financial Times: Instagram to make teenagers' profiles private by default

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Instagram ‘teen accounts’ with parental controls will be mandatory for kids under 16

Brian O'Donovan /
RTÉ: Instagram launches new ‘teen accounts’ for younger users

Jen Mills /
Metro.co.uk: Instagram launches default parental control for under-16s - how does it work?

Christian Oliver /
The i Paper: What are Instagram Teen Accounts? Changes to social media platform for under-16s

Katie Kindelan /
ABC News: Instagram introduces mandatory ‘Teen Accounts’ with built-in limits, parental controls

Katie Notopoulos /
Business Insider: Instagram is rolling out Teen Accounts by default. It's about time.

Wiliam Hunter /
Daily Mail: Instagram introduces stricter rules for teenage users as the Meta-owned app launches new policy for under-16s

Issie Lapowsky /
Fast Company: Instagram launches ‘teen accounts’ as child safety laws loom

Natasha Singer /
New York Times: Instagram's New ‘Teen Accounts’: What Parents and Kids Need to Know

Andy Burrows /
@_andyburrows: Instagram's announcement is another PR-driven attempt to get ahead of what regulation will soon require - & while welcome, with no upfront age assurance & lots of previously announced measures is far less than the sum of its parts ⁦@mollyroseorg⁩ https://www.bbc.com/...

Emilia Kettle /
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Instagram makes huge change as it launches new default parental control

Casey Newton /
Platformer: Instagram makes teen accounts private by default

Martyn Landi /
London Evening Standard: Instagram launches parental control for under-16 accounts by default @metanewsroom: We're introducing @instagram Teen Accounts to automatically place teens in built-in protections and reassure parents that teens are having safe experiences. https://about.fb.com/...

Zamaan Qureshi /
@zamaan_qureshi: On the eve of a crucial House markup, Instagram decided to implement baseline safeguards it should've undertaken a decade ago. Timing of this is nothing but convenient. We cannot keep waiting for these companies' better angels to decide to act, we need laws that compel them to. [image] @ttp_updates: Once again, Meta has proven it will only build safety features when lawmakers threaten it with serious regulation. Mark Zuckerberg has spent years shutting down the policy changes that Instagram just launched. [image]

Mark Zuckerberg /
@zuck@threads.net: We're introducing Instagram Teen Accounts, so teens get built-in protections that limit who they're messaging and what content they see. These are big changes to give parents confidence their teens are having safe experiences online. @mollyroseorg: Transparency, as ever is required if civil society is to judge effectiveness. https://mollyrosefoundation.org/ ...

@ttp_updates:
Unfortunately, these safety features fall incredibly short, and there's no way to verify if they work. Meta still has no plans to allow independent researchers to actually study its platforms, beyond a very limited partnership with the Center for Open Science. [image]

Lauren Boland /
TheJournal.ie: Teenagers on Instagram to have automatic restrictions applied under new ‘Teen Accounts’

@ttp_updates:
Participating researchers must play by Meta's rules. Researchers will be unable to conduct in-platform surveys like Arturo Bejar's Bad Emotional Experience Feedback (BEEF) questionnaire, which revealed widespread child safety risks on Instagram. https://thehill.com/...

Naomi Nix /
@naominixwrites@threads.net: So Instagram launched new “teen accounts” with stricter safety defaults for younger users. The company is forcing 13-16 year olds to enable parental supervision if they want to change their initial settings. There are plenty of unanswered questions about how this is going or not going to work out: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Naomi Nix /
@naominixwrites@threads.net: Will this reliably prompt more parents to supervise their teens' experiences on Instagram? Remember, social media apps — including Instagram — have had historically poor adoption rates for parental control tools. For Instagram it's been in the single digits, as we reported back in January. …

Emma Roth /
The Verge: Instagram is putting every teen into a more private and restrictive new account

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @instagram is overhauling teen accounts with sweeping privacy, age-verification changes — Worldwide, over 100 million accounts will likely be impacted — My interview with Instagram head @adammosseri below for @axios https://www.axios.com/...

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Instagram is making teen accounts private by default. It's a sea change in the conversation about child safety on social networks — but it may not stop the wave of legislation that seeks to push things even further. https://www.platformer.news/ ...

Morgane Tual /
Le Monde.fr: Meta launches ‘teen accounts’ for minors on Instagram

Zoe Kleinman /
@zsk: Instagram already claims to have more than 50 tools aimed at keeping teenagers safe on its platform - and today it is introducing even more. It's not unreasonable to question why despite this large number of protections, young people are still exposed to harmful content on the

NBC News:

Meta bans Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies— U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.

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Mediaite, Reuters, CNN, Washington Post, MEDIANAMA, Engadget, RTÉ, The Information, New York Times, @mediaevan, @yashar, CBS News, Associated Press, TVNewsCheck, @brian.fishman.5@threads.net, Al Jazeera, @shannonpareil@threads.net, @vivalavoices.bsky.social, Engadget, 9to5Mac, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @alex.stamos@threads.net, @crumbler@threads.net, @ashzade_@threads.net, @alex.stamos@threads.net and CTV News, more at Techmeme »

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Alex Griffing /
Mediaite: ‘Nuclear Option’: Russian State Media Banned From Facebook And Instagram As More ‘Interference Activities’ Uncovered

Katie Paul /
Reuters: Meta bans RT and other Russian state media networks

Niha Masih /
Washington Post: Meta bans Russian state media outlet RT for acts of ‘foreign interference’

Kamya Pandey /
MEDIANAMA: Meta Bans Russian State Media Worldwide, Citing Covert Influence Operations

Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: This is a global ban, RT was already banned from most Meta platforms in the EU. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

Yashar Ali /
@yashar: BREAKING META, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has banned RT and other Russian state media outlets from its platforms. “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and [image]

Brian Fishman /
@brian.fishman.5@threads.net: This is interesting for many reasons, but particularly so in the wake of the charges related to Russian espionage. Meta would likely not simply rely on accusations made in a charging document to inform this sort of decision (unless related sanctions change the legal calculus). …

Shannon Bond /
@shannonpareil@threads.net: Meta is banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya, and affiliated entities from all its platforms, days after the US govt accused the state broadcaster as operating as an arm of Russian intelligence. Meta spox: “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. … @vivalavoices.bsky.social: I thought Zuckerberg said Facebook wasn't aiding or abetting Russia spy agencies & Putin?

Mariella Moon /
Engadget: Meta bans Russian state media outlets on Facebook and Instagram

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: FB just nuked RT. https://www.reuters.com/...

Alex Stamos /
@alex.stamos@threads.net: This will also anger some of the world's most wrong Substackers and a certain Moscow resident, to which I can only say...

Alex Stamos /
@alex.stamos@threads.net: Yes, I think the people who drove this decision did so because they believe that RT is an agent of a foreign power that is actively messing with our elections and the reason this is a brave move is that the election is a toss up at the moment.

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Your move, YouTube

Alex Stamos /
@alex.stamos@threads.net: I know who drove this decision from start to finish and it was not Mark Zuckerberg. CTV News: Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, bans Russia Today and other Russian state media networks

The Guardian:

Australia's ABC removes a 2022 video of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, admitting it was “incorrectly edited” after accusations ABC had added gunshot sounds— News director Justin Stevens confirms in Melbourne Press Club speech broadcaster has removed the clip and is ‘looking into how this happened’

Discussion:
theaustralian, news.com.au, Daily Mail, @3awneilmitchell, @hestonrussell, Daily Mail, theaustralian, dailytelegraph, 7NEWS, dailytelegraph, @benfordhamlive, Sydney Morning Herald, @hestonrussell, 7NEWS, @joneshowdareyou, @7newsmelbourne, Herald Sun, theaustralian, @sophieelsworth, @hestonrussell, Sky News Australia on YouTube, 7 News Spotlight on YouTube, @meadea, @hestonrussell, @7newsadelaide, Sky News Australia on YouTube and @mattjcan

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Sophie Elsworth /
theaustralian: ABC removes footage, including audio of Australian soldier, and claims they were shooting at unarmed Afghan civilians

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer /
news.com.au: ‘Huge questions to answer for’: ABC lashed over allegations it doctored footage recorded by Australian soldier

Padraig Collins /
Daily Mail: Bombshell video emerges after ABC loses war crimes defamation case against high-profile Australian soldier Heston Russell

Neil Mitchell /
@3awneilmitchell: These allegations of the ABC doctoring Afghanistan video are most disturbing. If true, heads must roll.

Heston Russell /
@hestonrussell: The ABC's utterly shameful campaign against our soldiers https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ ...

David Southwell /
Daily Mail: Furious backlash grows against the ABC after fake gunshots were added to a story about serious war crime allegations by Australian soldiers

Sophie Elsworth /
theaustralian: ABC news boss Justin Stevens says altered audio in a news report on war crimes 'shouldn't have occurred'

Kaitlyn Hudson-O'Farrell /
dailytelegraph: A video of an Australian soldier shooting at men from a helicopter in Afghanistan has been removed from the ABC's website after claims the clip was altered … @benfordhamlive: The ABC is embroiled in a fresh scandal involving Heston Russell. They've been caught manipulating a controversial video. In the original footage, an Aussies soldier can be seen firing one shot. But in the ABC's version there are 5 extra gunshots added. Listen to Ben's [image]

Calum Jaspan /
Sydney Morning Herald: ABC news boss derides agenda-driven ‘bullying’ of broadcaster's staff

Heston Russell /
@hestonrussell: Heston Russell accuses ABC of doctoring more footage from discredited 7:30 coverage of alleged Afghanistan war crimes https://www.skynews.com.au/... via @SkyNewsAust

Rob McKnight /
7NEWS: Inside Media: Kyle and Jackie O in trouble in Melbourne as ABC investigates Heston Russell story and Big Brother returns @joneshowdareyou: Oh dear. 🙄 Waa, waa, waa ... “Activists on X, for example, rarely go a day without piling on the ABC's respected national political lead and Insiders host David Speers. “David's track record and work over decades is exemplary.” Ffs. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @7newsmelbourne: The ABC is in damage control launching an investigation into its own reporting and deleting an online video that depicted Australian soldiers firing on unarmed Afghan civilians. @Channel7's Spotlight revealed the clip's audio was doctored with extra gunshots added in. @rob7scott [video]

Ellie Dudley /
theaustralian: Heston Russell demands meeting with Kim Williams amid doctored footage allegations

Sophie Elsworth /
@sophieelsworth: ABC news boss Justin Stevens will not say whether the broadcaster will apologise to former soldier Heston Russell after it published doctored audio depicting an Australian soldier firing six shots at unarmed civilians in Afghanistan, @australian. LISTEN. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ ...

Heston Russell /
@hestonrussell: Tune in to finally see the shocking truth of how far some within @abcnews went in their campaign to make-up a war crime story... it's time for real accountability. @7NewsSpotlight @7NewsAustralia #Spotlight #Shocking #Exclusive #Media #HestonRussell #Accountability #Veterans [video] Sky News Australia on YouTube: Heston Russell's fight against ABC an ‘astonishing case of media treachery’ 7 News Spotlight on YouTube: War hero or war criminal? From Afghanistan to the Australian Federal Court | Full documentary

Amanda Meade /
@meadea: New: ABC admits video of Australian soldiers firing from helicopter in Afghanistan was ‘incorrectly edited’ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Heston Russell /
@hestonrussell: Heston Russell hits out at ABC after network forced to remove footage with doctored gunshot audio https://www.skynews.com.au/... via @SkyNewsAust @7newsadelaide:

The ABC is in damage control launching an investigation into its own reporting and deleting an online video that depicted Australian soldiers firing on unarmed Afghan civilians. @Channel7's Spotlight revealed the clip's audio was doctored with extra gunshots added in. @rob7scott [video]

Financial Times:

How Netflix staged a remarkable recovery since its 2022 stock crash, adding 45M+ subscribers via a password crackdown and gaining an edge over Hollywood rivals— The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals

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@rasmus_kleis, @jnthnhndrckx, @simondowens@threads.net and @1br0wn

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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen /
@rasmus_kleis: Netlix “also discovered that its subscriptions kept growing during the strikes, even without much fresh programming. ..."They ... were still doing fine while the traditional TV businesses were really struggling,"" Jamie Lumley, analyst at Third Point, says https://www.ft.com/...

Jonathan Hendrickx /
@jnthnhndrckx: “Competition remains fierce not just within the category of subscription streaming, but also against the broader category as a whole (...) YouTube already accounts for over 20 per cent more TV usage than Netflix and is growing at a faster rate.” https://www.ft.com/... [image]

Simon Owens /
@simondowens@threads.net: It's kind of amazing that Netflix not only triggered a market correction that cratered the stock prices of all its competitors, but that it also regained its footing and returned to growth as all of those same competitors floundered. It was basically a one-two punch that strengthened its grip on the entertainment industry. …

New York Times:

Changing studio economics have made it almost impossible for young people to become movie producers and even leave accomplished producers struggling financially— Corporate consolidation and technology have upended many jobs in recent decades. But few arcs are more surprising than that of the Hollywood producer.

Discussion:
@simondowens@threads.net

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Simon Owens /
@simondowens@threads.net: It's amazing how much Hollywood production resembles the venture capital industry — a producer makes lots of bets on various projects, and then only a small portion of those end up being made into actual films and TV shows, with an even smaller portion of those turning into actual hits. …

The Desk:

Gray Media forms a new regional sports broadcast network that will reach 4M homes and air games of New Orleans Pelicans in LA, MS, and AL for free, from October— Nearly a dozen stations in Lousiana, Mississippi and Alabama will carry games through the newly-formed Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network.

Discussion:

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: Gray Creates A Sports Network Grounded By Pelicans

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: Gray Forms Gulf Coast Network To Broadcast Pelicans NBA Games

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Another NBA Team Ditches RSNs For OTA TV After Strong OTA TV Ratings @graytelevision: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 Today, Gray Media, in partnership with the New Orleans @PelicansNBA, announces a transformative media rights deal to bring every non-national Pelicans [image]

John Finn /
Streaming Better: Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network To Launch As Free TV Home Of New Orleans Pelicans

Lyle Swithenbank /
@lyleswithenbank: I'm actually really proud of the team. Of course there commercial benefits to the Pelicans, but if it allows access in the local and surrounding markets then I'm all for it. Keep building the fan base. A new channel to have more Pels (and other sport) content. I love it.

Reuters:

The German cartel office says RTL and Paramount have withdrawn their bid to merge their respective kid-focused TV networks, Super RTL and Nickelodeon— German broadcaster RTL and Paramount (PARA.O) have withdrawn their bid to merge Super RTL, a children's television network, with Nickelodeon, the German cartel office said on Tuesday.

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Advanced Television and Broadband TV News

The Hollywood Reporter:

Nielsen: the Emmys averaged 6.87M viewers on ABC, up 54% from the delayed 2023 Emmys on Fox that aired in January 2024, which was an all-time low for the awards— ABC's telecast of the 76th awards improves by more than 2 million viewers. … Sunday's show, hosted by Eugene and Dan Levy on ABC …

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Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Axios, @tvmojoe, @tvgrimreaper, Adweek, The Wrap, Variety, Adweek, New York Times, TV Insider, TVLine, Deadline and Reuters

Discussion:

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: 76th Emmy Awards ratings surge to 6.87 million viewers, best since 2021

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Emmy Awards sees ratings rebound with 6.8 million viewers @tvmojoe: Mixed Nielsen bag for Sunday's Emmy Awards: The show notched 6.9M viewers, which is better than the 5.9M the last September show in 2022 (it aired on a Monday) but below the 7.4M the show did in 2021—its last telecast on a Sunday in September.

Selome Hailu /
Variety: Emmys Viewership Jumps by 54% to 6.9 Million Viewers After Record-Low Ceremony in January

John Koblin /
New York Times: Emmy Viewership Rises to 6.9 Million Viewers

Matt Webb Mitovich /
TVLine: Emmys Ratings Hit a 3-Year High, Up 54% From January Telecast

Katie Campione /
Deadline: Emmys Viewership Up 60% To Show's Largest Audience In 3 Years

Lisa Richwine /
Reuters: Emmys audience on ABC nears 6.9 million, highest in three years

New York Times:

In the final weeks of the campaign, Kamala Harris' team promises a series of media appearances, with a strong focus on local TV and radio in battleground states— The vice president, who has granted few interviews as the Democratic nominee, is now ramping things up.

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