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State AGs' lawsuit alleges Google misled publishers and advertisers for years about ad pricing by deflating sales for some while increasing prices for buyers — Details show Google employees fretting its ad tech auctions were ‘untruthful’ and based in ‘insider information’
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Leah Nylen / Politico:
In court docs, state AGs allege that Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved a secret 2018 deal giving Facebook advantages in Google's ad auctions — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai personally approved a secret deal that gave the social network …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Sun's coverage of the Downing Street party scandal prompts scrutiny after revelations that its deputy EIC had a party during lockdown when he quit No. 10 — Leaving do claims prompt scrutiny of tabloid's coverage of Downing Street alleged lockdown-breaking events
Anita Zielina / Nieman Lab:
US journalism outlets are often deeply and blindly US-centric; a truly global outlet would be run from international hubs and have a clear target market — 2022 started off with some high-profile movement in the media entrepreneurship space, when Ben Smith, the media columnist for The New York Times …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
One year in, Biden's relationship with the press stands in stark contrast to Trump's, but press freedom advocates have concerns over FOIA, Assange, and more — President Joe Biden's approach to U.S. media is a stark contrast to Donald Trump's vicious rhetoric.
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Sports Business Journal:
Sources: Sinclair's Diamond Sports plans to charge over $20 per month for its streaming service; filings: it projects 975K paying subscribers by year end — In the best-case scenario that it presented to investors over the past several weeks, Sinclair's Diamond Sports Group projected …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix signs deals with PGA Tour, ATP, and WTA for golf and tennis docuseries, following the blueprint of its hit Formula 1 show, which grew the sport's fandom — Novak Djokovic's fight to get into the Australian Open could soon be featured in a Netflix Inc. TV show.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
The Republican National Committee says it will require candidates to pledge to not participate in debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates — The Republican National Committee says it will require candidates to pledge to not participate in debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal and RTL partner to cross-sell their “premium TV and digital inventory assets” in the US, Europe, and Asia — The arrangement will create opportunities for marketers across the U.S., Europe and Asia, the companies say.
Nieman Lab:
On top of the National Security Law, Hong Kong is using colonial-era sedition laws to charge reporters with “fake news” or inciting hatred of the government — Hong Kong's sedition laws were introduced in the early 20th century and had been unused since the 1970s.
Didem Atakan / Duvar English:
BBC Istanbul staff go on strike as salary negotiations falter: BBC's final offer was a 20% salary raise despite a 36% inflation rate and the lira's devaluation — BBC Istanbul employees on Jan. 14 went on strike after the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS) and BBC could not reach an agreement in collective bargaining talks.
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Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1:
Sources: Michelle Gotthelf is out as digital EIC of the NY Post after 20 years at the newspaper — Sources tell me that @msgotthelf is out as digital EIC @nypost after ~20 years at the paper. Hearing there is a lot of turmoil over there as of late.
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