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Bobby Caina Calvan / Associated Press:
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize medal sold for a record $103.5M on Monday night at an auction to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees — NEW YORK (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov was auctioning off to raise money …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
News Corp says “legal issues” led to removing the Times' Boris Johnson article; the case highlights the proximity of government and Tory media owners — What happened to a story published in The Times of London that was critical of Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
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PoliticsHome:
The UK's Number 10 confirms that Boris Johnson's team intervened before a Times story about his wife was pulled, but denies the Prime Minister was involved
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The Guardian:
The Times withdrew a story about Boris Johnson and his wife after printing it in some editions; MailOnline and aggregators removed a rewrite
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
As Paramount+ launches in the UK and Ireland, a Q&A with Paramount CEO of streaming Tom Ryan about its global rollout, 100M subscribers goal by 2024, and more — Elsewhere in Europe, Paramount+ has set firm dates to launch its standalone streaming offer in Italy in September …
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Katie Collins / CNET:
EU says TikTok agreed to curb undisclosed ads by altering its branded content policy and ad reporting options and to ban promotion of “inappropriate products” — After complaints that TikTok was breaching EU consumer rules, the company has worked with the European Commission to update its branded-content policy.
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John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sinclair plans to soft launch its local sports streaming service Bally Sports+ in five markets on June 23, ahead of a full launch still scheduled for the fall — Sinclair will soft launch its local sports streaming service in five markets on June 23, with a full launch still scheduled for the fall.
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
Pride Media, owner of Out Magazine and The Advocate, has been acquired by Equal Entertainment and plans to rebrand as Equal Pride — The acquisition puts the country's largest LGBTQ+ media company — home to Out and The Advocate's print and digital arms — under queer ownership for the first time.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta settles its housing discrimination lawsuit with the DOJ, agreeing to alter its ad targeting methods and pay a $115K fine — HUD had accused Meta of engaging in housing discrimination by letting advertisers restrict who could see housing ads on Facebook based on characteristics like race, religion and national origin.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Ankler Media, an entertainment news outlet, raises a $1.5M seed round at a $20M valuation; CEO Janice Min says it has 22K subscriptions and is profitable — Ankler Media, an entertainment news company, has raised a $1.5 million seed round at a $20 million valuation, its CEO and editor-in-chief Janice Min tells Axios.
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Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
France's antitrust watchdog declines to levy more fines against Google over paying publishers, as Google's commitments now address its concerns and are binding — Google brought an end to a dispute with publishers and avoided further fines after winning regulatory approval for pledges …
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
A look at the AP's decision last week to name Tom Verdin as Democracy News Editor for managing coverage of voting rights, election processes, and related areas — New York CNN Business — Last week, the Associated Press announced the creation of an unusual new position: a democracy editor.
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Rob Hastings / The i Paper:
Profile of BBC's Eastern Europe Correspondent Sarah Rainsford, who was kicked out of Russia in August 2021 and is now covering the Russian invasion from Ukraine — When Russian troops retreated from the towns around Kyiv, abandoning their attempts to capture Ukraine's capital - for now, at least - journalists quickly moved in.
Peter White / Deadline:
Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground signs a first-look deal with Amazon's Audible and is leaving Spotify — President Barack Obama & Michelle Obama's Higher Ground has found a new podcast home. — The company, which is behind audio series such as Renegades …
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ProPublica:
Analysis: despite claiming to reject gun ads, Google accepted ads from the 15 top US firearms sellers between March 9 and June 6, generating 120M+ impressions — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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