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David Ingram / Reuters:
Facebook says it will change ToS in May for 1.5B users outside EU, US, Canada to be governed by US instead of Ireland ToS, limiting GDPR impact to 400M users — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people's online data went into effect tomorrow …
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Ahead of GDPR, Facebook debuts enhanced privacy controls for all users globally, starting in EU, with more choices about ads, allowing face recognition, more — In recent weeks we've announced several steps to give people more control over their privacy and explain how we use data.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Harper's Magazine Editor James Marcus says he was fired after a story by Katie Roiphe was assigned over his objections; he says he refused severance tied to NDA — James Marcus wants the world to know that he was fired from his job as the editor of Harper's Magazine.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Model Karen McDougal settles lawsuit against American Media, giving her right to discuss alleged affair with Trump and allowing AMI to avoid pretrial discovery — The tabloid news company American Media Inc. agreed to let a former Playboy model out of a contract that had kept her from talking freely …
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Eugene Kim / CNBC:
Jeff Bezos says Prime has 100M+ members worldwide, sharing for the first time Prime membership numbers via his annual shareholder letter — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has released his latest annual shareholder letter. — In the letter, Bezos stressed the importance of having higher standards in running a business.
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Ashley Gurbal Kritzer / Tampa Bay Business Journal:
The Tampa Bay Times is cutting about 50 jobs across departments; spokeswoman says the cuts are a direct response to rising costs from newsprint tariffs — The Tampa Bay Times is cutting “approximately” 50 jobs after new tariffs sent the price of newsprint skyrocketing.
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David Sims / The Atlantic:
The standoff between Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival reflects disagreement that will be hard to resolve over the importance of theatrical movie experiences — The ongoing publicity battle between one of cinema's hoariest institutions (the Cannes Film Festival) and its loudest new …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sports-focused streaming service fuboTV raises $75M Series D with AMC Networks as a new investor and 21st Century Fox, Sky, and more participating — Days after Disney-owned ESPN launched its new streaming service, ESPN+, a three-year old streaming TV service for sports fans, fuboTV …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube introduces new monetization tools for creators and announces expansion of sponsorships, as it faces backlash from smaller creators — YouTube says it's rolling out more tools to help its creators make money from their videos. The changes are meant to address creators' complaints …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Ad-blocking browser Brave and Dow Jones partner to give free access to Barrons.com or a premium newsletter and to test blockchain-based tech to pay publishers — It looks like at least one major news publisher is on-board with Brave, the ad-blocking web browser founded by former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich.
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CNNMoney:
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes testifies in antitrust trial that his company needs to merge with AT&T to better compete for ads with Google, Facebook, and Amazon — Why the AT&T-Time Warner trial matters — Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes made the case for his company to be acquired by AT&T …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
After nearly 15 years, The Hill is ending its annual 50 Most Beautiful List that generated controversy and was even featured on HBO's “Veep” — After nearly 15 years, The Hill is bidding a beautiful bye-bye to its annual 50 Most Beautiful list.
Wall Street Journal:
Regulatory filing confirms 21st Century Fox rejected Comcast offer largely due to antitrust risks, even though bid was 16% higher per share than Disney's offer — Fox agreed instead to sell entertainment assets to Disney in $52 billion deal — 21st Century Fox Inc. FOX -.73% rejected …
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