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The Daily Beast:
Trump sues NYT, three of its reporters, and his niece, Mary Trump, claiming they hatched a plot to obtain his private records for a story about his tax history — The ex-president claims there was an “insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records.”
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Netflix says it has agreed to acquire the entire Roald Dahl Story Company catalog, expanding on a three-year deal to make animated shows, for an undisclosed sum — Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company and will expand their existing deal to create a universe spanning several formats.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook says Apple's ATT changes will continue to cause headwinds in Q3 and reveals it under-reported iOS web conversions by 15% on average — Facebook said Wednesday that changes to Apple's new privacy terms will continue to cause headwinds for its ads business in the third quarter.
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Mark Savage / BBC:
UK government asks its competition watchdog to review Sony, Warner, and Universal Music and weigh YouTube's streaming dominance, amid poor returns for musicians — The UK's major record labels could face an inquiry into whether their practices are distorting the music market.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
WaPo expands its Zeus Prime ad network, adding Ad Council, Dallas Morning News, and soon Graham Media Group; non-targeted ads will cost $9 per thousand views — The Washington Post on Tuesday launched an ad network as part of its Zeus advertising technology business, executives told Axios.
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Financial Times:
Sony Pictures India agrees to invest $1.6B in a merger with Zee Entertainment, which would create one of India's biggest media conglomerates — Non-binding deal comes as India's biggest listed media group faces shareholder revolt — Sony Pictures Networks India has proposed a deal …
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
NewsGuild says it is investigating the workplace culture at Gannett, starting with the issue of unpaid overtime work — New York (CNN Business)The NewsGuild, a labor union that represents thousands of journalists, is investigating the workplace culture of US newspaper conglomerate Gannett …
Corin Faife / The Markup:
Analysis: Facebook appears to be adding code to interfere with automated data collection of News Feed posts by journalists and researchers — The tweak, which targets the code in accessibility features for visually impaired users, drew ire from researchers and those who monitor the platform
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ViacomCBS bundles Paramount+ and Showtime for a promotional price of $10/month with ads and $13/month without — ViacomCBS has officially begun marketing Paramount+ and Showtime's streaming service as a combined offering, with an initial promotion starting at $10 a month.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
StreamElements, which builds production and analytics tools for streamers, raises $100M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and says 1.1M people use its services — Video is at the heart of how people use the internet today, and creators are at the heart of what is being made and watched on video.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
When Politico announced a new feature, Congress Minutes, someone else bought CongressMinutes.com the same day, pointing to rival Punchbowl News — On Monday, Adweek received a tip that a new Politico initiative, Congress Minutes, has been the subject of a mysterious act of cyber sabotage.
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Viaplay, the streaming service owned by Scandinavia's NENT Group, says it plans to launch in the UK in 2022 and expand to 16 countries by end of 2023 — The fast-growing streaming service, owned by NENT Group, aims to be available in 16 countries by the end of 2023.
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