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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK judge rules against businessman Arron Banks' libel case over a Ted Talk from Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who used a public interest defense — Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has won her libel battle against Brexit donor Arron Banks. — Brexit donor Banks sued Cadwalladr …
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Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
The Sydney Morning Herald removed a column on Australian actor Rebel Wilson that forced her to come out; author Andrew Hornery apologized for reporting mistakes — SMH columnist admits mistakes after complaining about being gazumped on story about Wilson's new girlfriend Ramona Agruma
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Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Viacom18, a joint venture between Reliance, Paramount, and Bodhi Tree, won Indian Premier League cricket streaming rights from 2023 to 2027 for $2.6B — Acquiring the rights to the most popular sport in the world's second-most populous nation positions the company for a big subscriber gain in the streaming business.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Disney won the TV broadcast rights for Indian Premier League cricket matches for the next five years, from 2023 until 2027, in a deal worth around $3B — Viacom18 secures online broadcast rights for Indian Premier League matches — Disney has won the television broadcast rights …
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Alphabet offered to let rival ad intermediaries place YouTube ads, hoping to end an EU antitrust probe and avert a fine of up to 10% of global turnover — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place advertisements on YouTube to address …
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Wall Street Journal:
Study: some streaming devices keep playing content when TVs are off, leading to ~17% of ads being shown when users can't see them, costing brands $1B+ per year — Lack of communication between TV sets and streaming devices causes estimated waste of over $1 billion in ad dollars
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Jason Koebler / VICE:
The Texas DPS seeks to block Motherboard's request for the public release of Uvalde shooting bodycam footage, claiming it may expose police response weaknesses — The Texas Department of Public Safety asked the state's Attorney General to prevent the public release of body camera footage …
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Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
The pandemic closed more mills, worsening the US local journalism crisis via a 30%+ rise in newsprint prices over the past two years, leading to more cutbacks — Everyone is affected by the rising cost of necessities. It's even worse when you're already on the edge of bankruptcy.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News covered the second day of the January 6 hearings live, starting at 10am ET on Monday, after not airing the first day during its primetime opinion shows — New York (CNN Business)The next hearing by the House's Jan. 6 committee will not be in prime time, but it will be widely televised and streamed.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail owner DMGT launches fashion and beauty outlet Eliza for millennial women after debuting the brand on Instagram in January 2022 and TikTok in May 2022 — Mail and Metro publisher DMGT is targeting millennial women with a new fashion and beauty brand, Eliza.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Wall Street Journal debuts Buy Side, a free website with reviews for consumer and personal finance products, run by a team separate from the WSJ's newsroom — The Wall Street Journal on Monday will unveil a brand new commerce website called “Buy Side from WSJ,” featuring hundreds …
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New York Times:
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone wants to run properties like Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, and TechCrunch as individual products that could be spun out with their own IPOs — It's the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York's first legal role since he was fired by Donald Trump in 2017.
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