Update README.md with clearer deprecation info

README.md

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-# ExoPlayer <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/google/ExoPlayer.svg?label=latest"/>
+# ExoPlayer
 
-ExoPlayer is an application level media player for Android. The latest version
-is published as part of [AndroidX Media][] under a new package name and all
-future development will be in that project.
+**This GitHub project is deprecated.**  The latest version of ExoPlayer is
+published as part of [AndroidX Media3][].
 
-[AndroidX Media]: https://github.com/androidx/media
-
-## Deprecation
-
-**This project is deprecated.** All users should migrate to AndroidX Media3.
-Please refer to our [migration guide and script][] to move your codebase to the
-Media3 package names.
+All users should migrate to AndroidX Media3. Please refer to our [migration
+guide and script][] to move your codebase to the Media3 package names.
 
 *   As of 2024-04-03 we have stopped pushing commits to the `dev-v2` branch in
     this repository. New ExoPlayer code is available in the AndroidX Media
     GitHub repository: https://github.com/androidx/media
 *   `exoplayer:2.19.1` was the last artifact released from this project, we
     don't plan to release any more.
 
+[AndroidX Media3]: https://github.com/androidx/media
 [migration guide and script]: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media3/getting-started/migration-guide