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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sue Triller, alleging the short-form video app owes them $28M+ after acquiring live-streaming music series Verzuz and missing payments — Triller bought music series Verzuz for an undisclosed sum in January 2021. Now its creators say they're still owed money.
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Ofcom: in the UK, those aged 15-24 spent 57 minutes/day on TikTok in 2021, compared to 53 minutes/day watching TV; those 65 or over spent six hours watching TV — Ofcom survey points to challenges for traditional broadcasters in keeping pace with digital and streaming trends
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Ofcom's annual Media Nations report shows the UK streaming sector made £2.7B profit in 2021, up 27% YoY; 5.2M UK homes subscribe to Netflix, Prime, and Disney+ — The streaming sector in the U.K. made profits of £2.7 billion ($3.3 billion) in 2021 - a year-on-year increase of 27% …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Video streaming options increasingly resemble the bloated cable industry they sought to replace, as companies launch ad-supported tiers and bundle services — Facing saturation in the U.S., most major streamers are launching cheaper ad-supported streaming tiers, and are beginning to bundle …
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AAP:
Australia's high court says Google is not a publisher, reversing a lower court decision that said Google was liable for a defamatory article in search results — Judgement rules ‘a hyperlink is merely a tool’ in case between search engine and Melbourne lawyer George Defteros
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@emilyhwoods, Mumbrella and Sydney Morning Herald, more at Techmeme »
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
VidMob, which offers tools for marketers to create digital ads, raised a $110M Series D led by Shamrock, source says at a $500M valuation, up from $290M in 2021 — The Series D funding round led by Shamrock Capital will help the company expand its platform for data-led creativity in advertising and other brand work
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US government backs Lynn Goldsmith's legal claim that Andy Warhol infringed her copyright on a photo of Prince; the Supreme Court hears the case in October — The U.S. government urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to rule that a photographer can pursue a copyright lawsuit …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta updates its political ads policy before the US midterms, including banning edits for political, social, and electoral ads running one week prior — - Ads that present new claims in the final days of an election may be difficult to contest or fact-check in time.
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Bevin Fletcher / Fierce Video:
The Roku Channel adds NBC local news channels for San Diego, Boston, and the Bay Area, plus NBCUniversal's LX News, six Scripps channels, BBC Kids, and more — The Roku Channel is beefing up its Live TV Guide with 14 new linear channels, including the addition of three more featuring NBC local news and six channels from Scripps.
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The Streamable, TVNewsCheck and TechCrunch
David Schuman / CBS News:
Linda Tirado, who received a $600K settlement from Minneapolis after being blinded in one eye while covering 2020 protests, is giving 20% to people in the city — MINNEAPOLIS - A permanent injury from the 2020 riots landed a journalist with a big payment from the city of Minneapolis, but she's not keeping the settlement for herself.
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@monroegallery and @david_schuman
Alex Ritman / The Hollywood Reporter:
ITV and the NFL sign a three-year deal to broadcast NFL games in the UK, including the Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023, replacing the BBC after seven years — ITV has struck a three-year free-to-air deal and will begin coverage in September for the start of the 2022 NFL season.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Analysis: over the past year, top pay TV providers had a net loss of ~5.425M subscribers; Q2 marked the second consecutive quarter with over 1.9M in net losses — Comcast, Charter, Cox, Altice, DirecTV, Dish, Verizon and Hulu's live TV tier all lost subscribers this past quarter.
Jesse Brown / CANADALAND:
Sources: Bell Media's VP of News Michael Melling fired CTV's Lisa LaFlamme for pushing back against his ideas; Melling also interfered with CTV's news coverage — “He doesn't like it when women push back.” — Lisa LaFlamme, chief anchor of CTV National News, was unceremoniously …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canadian broadcaster CTV's chief news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she has been forced out of the network; CTV parent Bell Media cites “changing viewer habits”
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