Disney and DirectTV Offer $30 Credits Amid Dispute, Right-Wing YouTubers Claim Victimhood and BO Set to Avoid Fall Slump

Plus: ‘Rust’ judge rules against {NAME} prosecutor, Barry Diller and James Murdoch among leaders endorsing Kamala Harris and Annapurna President Nathan Gary steps dow [Hulu + Live TV]( [Disney Offers $30 Credits for Hulu + Live TV Plans Amid DirecTV Carriage Dispute]( By Lucas Manfredi As DirecTV’s carriage dispute with the Walt Disney Company enters its sixth day, the two parties are offering the satellite TV giant’s more than 11 million subscribers $30 credits to Sling TV, Fubo and Hulu with Live TV to make up for the ongoing programming blackout. “As the leaves turn each fall, you can be sure of two things – football season will be in full swing, and Disney will do everything it can to keep you from watching your favorite team unless they offer it to you exclusively,” DirecTV wrote in a blog post on Friday. “Unfortunately, Disney is back at it again, this time targeting DirecTV customers. That’s why we’re giving you more ways to watch this weekend’s college football games, Monday Night Football and the U.S. Open – on us.” [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dave Rubin, Tim Pool and Benny Johnson]( [Right-Wing Influencers Claim Victimhood in Alleged Russian Interference Scheme]( By Natalie Korach Right-wing influencers — including Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson — are asserting that they are “victims,” duped into an alleged Russian interference operation after the U.S. Department of Justice exposed the scheme in an indictment. On Wednesday, the DOJ revealed an indictment alleging that Russian funding had been secretly behind an American right-wing media company, in an effort to advance content aligned with the Kremlin’s political motives in the U.S. While the company was not named directly in the indictment, it has become clear that the organization is Tenet Media, a conservative media company founded by Lauren Chen and Liam Donovan. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [2024-fall-box-office]( [At Long Last, the Box Office Should Have a Slump-Free Fall]( By Jeremy Fuster For the past two years, movie theaters have struggled through deep droughts in September and October as they waited for end-of-year tentpoles like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and surprises like “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” to rescue them. They won’t have to worry about that in 2024. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [US actor Alec {NAME} participates in a pretrial hearing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 8, 2024. {NAME} is facing a single charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a cinematographer. In October 2021, on the New Mexico set of his low-budget Western "Rust," a gun pointed by {NAME} discharged a live round, killing the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding its director.]( [‘Rust’ Judge Rules Against Alec {NAME} Prosecutor for Exceeding 10-Page Filing Limit]( [kamala-harris-dnc]( [Barry Diller, James Murdoch Among 88 Business Leaders Endorsing Kamala Harris in Open Letter]( [Annapurna]( [Annapurna President Nathan Gary Steps Down]( [DO NOT USE-MAGAZINE ONLY-Ali Abbasi, Holy Spider]( [Up Late With ‘The Apprentice’ Director Ali Abbasi: Censorship, ‘Toothless’ Hollywood and Donald Trump | Exclusive]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WrapPRO logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](