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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
SEC filing: Elon Musk notified Twitter he wants to terminate the merger agreement, claiming that Twitter didn't provide the relevant business info he requested — Billionaire Elon Musk wants to end his deal to buy Twitter, according to a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf to the company's chief legal officer Friday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WWE's Vince McMahon agreed to pay $12M+ over the past 16 years to four women formerly affiliated with WWE, over sexual misconduct and infidelity claims — The longtime chief of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. secured nondisclosure agreements to keep secret allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity
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Agence France-Presse:
Rappler says Maria Ressa has lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel but the news website says it would “avail of all legal remedies available” — Peace prize winner and veteran journalist faces lengthy jail sentence — Philippines' Nobel peace prize winner …
Courtney C. Radsch / Center for International Media Assistance:
An analysis of government policies aimed at making Big Tech pay for news content and the implications for independent news outlets in low-income countries — KEY FINDINGS — As policymakers around the world consider how to rebalance the relationship between Big Tech and the news industry …
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
An interview with Phoebe Connelly, director of The Washington Post's Next Generation Audiences, which was launched to acquire younger and more diverse audiences — The job is to not only figure out how to reach new audiences now, but in the future when there could be platforms that haven't even been invented yet.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
The NFL's Roger Goodell confirms that streaming service NFL+ will launch this season and says the league will pick a Sunday Ticket streaming partner by the fall — It could arrive in time for next season — The NFL is working on its own direct-to-consumer streaming service, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told CNBC in an interview.
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Alissa Wilkinson / Vox:
A Q&A with author Erich Schwartzel on the role China's market played in Marvel's rise, how Chinese censorship turned into Hollywood self-censorship, and more — Big Hollywood movies are being made with Chinese audiences in mind. — The big Hollywood movies you've seen on the big screen …
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@alissamarie, Weekly Pills, @beijingpalmer, @beijingpalmer, @erichschwartzel and The Terminal
Chelsea Curtis / Arizona Republic:
Arizona makes it illegal for people within 8 feet of law enforcement activity to record police, except for those involved; Gannett and others opposed the bill — People will no longer be allowed to take close-range recordings of Arizona police under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday.
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Holly Rosewood / The Objective:
Q&A with The Objective co-founder Gabe Schneider on starting its newsroom, his introduction to journalism, defining objectivity, media criticism, and more — Two years ago, we released our first newsletter. Since then, we've interviewed dozens of journalists (and non-journalists) to share their advice for improving the industry.
Vulture:
Showrunners for Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, Paramount+, and Prime Video discuss the lack of metrics transparency and compare their experiences with linear TV — For decades, television creators had a pretty good way of finding out if their show was a hit: They could look at the Nielsen ratings …
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Haya Abushkhaidem / Reuters Institute …:
How Israel has attacked Palestinian journalists: since 2000, the IDF has killed 30+ journalists, per RSF, and MADA has documented 368 Israeli violations in 2021 — “This was not a one-time incident. Palestinian journalists have long been subjected to arrests and attacks," Haya Abushkhaidem writes
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Thoughts Into Words, @habushkhaidem, Al Jazeera and The Intercept
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Cinedigm announces Cineverse, an AVOD service with 15+ free ad-supported linear streaming channels and 46K+ VOD films and TV episodes, launching in late August — Matchpoint Blueprint 2.0 uses AI and machine learning to enhance viewing experience — Cinedigm said it will use an enhanced version …
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