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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news websites to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and China, targeting the US and Czechia — Russia set up a sprawling and sophisticated network of websites impersonating mainstream media outlets, which it used …
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Press Gazette:
John Witherow plans to step down as editor of The Times after nearly a decade, moving to chairman of Times Newspapers; a successor will be named on Wednesday — John Witherow is to step down as editor of The Times after nearly a decade in the role. He has been appointed chairman of Times Newspapers.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports streaming service DAZN pauses its IPO plans to focus on profitability and agrees to acquire UK-based Eleven Group's global sports media businesses — DAZN, an international sports streaming company, has put its IPO plans on hold to focus on profitability and expansion, particularly in Europe …
New York Magazine:
On her new podcast, Kara Swisher interviews Chris Cuomo about his upcoming show on Nexstar's NewsNation, rebuilding trust, interviewing Andrew Cuomo, and more — Kara Swisher has a long, frank talk with the former CNN anchor. — Chris Cuomo is attempting a comeback — or at least, he's …
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Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap:
SEC sues two former MoviePass CEOs, charging them with misleading investors about profit potential, data operations, studio relationships, and revenue sources — The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against two former CEOs of MoviePass, charging them with misleading investors …
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Medill:
McCormick Foundation announces $7.5M in grants to Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, Injustice Watch, and Medill to launch a local news accelerator — CHICAGO — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation today announced investments in Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, Injustice Watch …
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Block Club Chicago, Capitolnewsillinois.com and Chicago Business
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
A New York-based artist received copyright registration on their comic featuring artwork by Midjourney, the first known US copyright for latent diffusion AI art — Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. — In what might be a first …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Oprah Winfrey's non-exclusive deal with Apple ends after four years; a source says both sides agreed to continue to work together on a project-by-project basis — Oprah Winfrey and Apple TV+ have concluded their mega overall deal, first announced in 2018. Both sides have confirmed the evolution, but declined to comment.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
AOP and Deloitte report on 12 UK digital publishers: revenue grew 12.3% YoY to £154.8M in Q2 2022, driven by recruitment classifieds, which grew 70.3% to £6.3M — Digital publishing revenue in the UK was up by an average of 12.3% year on year in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the year before.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Memo: Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and Mail Online will collaborate more on stories to avoid unnecessary duplication and free up resources for more original work — There will be more collaboration between the Daily Mail and Mail Online to allow the brands to “fully harness …
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Leila Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Guatemalan officials are using a femicide law to target journalists, often alleging “psychological violence” against the family members of corrupt officials — It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence …
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International Center …, Committee to Protect … and Reporters Without Borders
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
OpenAP says advertisers can now buy linear TV and digital video commercials programmatically using OpenID, whose audiences have been integrated into three SSPs — FreeWheel, Magnite, Xandr enable buyers — starting with GroupM — to transact on linear, digital inventory
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