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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Court filing: Donald Trump sues CNN for defamation, seeking $475M in damages and accusing the network smeared him to undermine a potential run for re-election — Former President Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation, claiming the cable news network has escalated a campaign of libel and slander …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
The US Supreme Court agrees to hear two Section 230-related cases involving terrorist content, Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, and rule by July 2023 — The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued for hosting and recommending terrorist content …
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@schneider_cm, USA Today, SCOTUSblog, @matthewstoller, CNBC, @swiftstories, @eriqgardner, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, @mjs_dc, Next TV, Reclaim The Net, Ars Technica, @arctictony, @imillhiser, Axios, @anupamchander, @evelyndouek, @schneider_cm, @evelyndouek, @kimberlyrobinsn, @rakeshlobster, The Week, Reason, @cagoldberglaw, @modestproposal1, @isaiahporitz, @scotusblog, Politico, The Verge, The Hill and Deadline, more at Techmeme »
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Disney announces a Dish “handshake deal” to temporarily restore its cable networks to Dish Network and Sling TV, ending a two-day blackout as the two negotiate — Disney and Dish have taken a major step towards a new carriage agreement after their dispute led to the Disney networks …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
How Dateline, NBC's 30-year-old true crime TV show, successfully expanded into several original podcast series, as well as podcasts from repurposed TV segments — The true crime storytelling that has done so well for so long on television seems to have met a moment in an entirely new medium.
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@harrymccracken, Podnews, @dominiquenbc, @jaycaruso, @koblin, @datelinenbc and The Week
Timothy McLaughlin / The Atlantic:
A profile of trade publisher IPVM, which became a principal source of investigative reporting on China's surveillance state, working with major US news outlets — How did a trade publisher in Pennsylvania become a principal source of investigative journalism on the repressive apparatus Beijing uses against the Uyghurs?
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@uyghurproject, @tmclaughlin3, @dahlialpeterson, @marykissel, @editorbtb and @m_johnston1
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Fandom acquires TV Guide, GameSpot, Metacritic, and other outlets from Red Ventures, sources say for ~$55M in cash, growing its monthly users from 300M to ~350M — The entertainment company's deal follows a wave of consolidation in the publishing world — Entertainment company Fandom Inc …
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AdExchanger, MediaPost, Variety, @saraheneedleman, The Desk, Forbes, The Wrap, Media Play News, @henereyg, The Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch and Deadline
The Citizen Lab:
Research: Mexican activists and reporters were hit by zero-click Pegasus attacks from 2019 to 2021, after Mexico's president said the country dumped the spyware — Key Takeaways — Mexican digital rights organization R3D (Red en los Defensa de los Derechos Digitales) …
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Committee to Protect …, @jsrailton, 9to5Mac, @sarafischer, @accessnow, @risj_oxford and @diazbriseno
Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Mark Pedowitz, the chairman and CEO of The CW for 11 years, plans to leave as Nexstar completes its acquisition of a 75% controlling stake in the network — Mark Pedowitz, who has served as chairman and CEO of The CW for the past 11 years, will be exiting the network as Nexstar completes …
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Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Media Play News, @jbflint, The Hollywood Reporter, TVNewsCheck, Adweek, TVLine, Next TV, IndieWire, Variety and MediaPost
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Filings: TikTok's European business reported $990M+ in 2021 revenue, up from $172M in 2020, and a $896M loss due to increased spending on its 4,396 staff — Social media platform records revenues of more than $990mn but losses also jump after recruiting thousands more staff
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@glenngabe, @cristinacriddle, TechCrunch, Engadget and Digital Music News, more at Techmeme »
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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Sources: TikTok plans to launch live shopping in the US with LA-based partner TalkShopLive; TikTok's in-house e-commerce experiments in the UK didn't take off
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Tubefilter, Insider, Engadget, New York Magazine, Adweek, TechCrunch, Billboard, MediaPost, YouGov, The Split, CNET and The Verge
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Staff at UK left-wing news site The Canary say they have “overthrown” management and now run the publisher as a co-operative, after finding “gross inequalities” — Staff at The Canary say they have “overthrown” the left-wing news site's management and are now running the publisher as a co-operative.
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@abeaujon, @pressgazette, @pressgazette and @mrtopple
Kalley Huang / New York Times:
A look at the backlash Instagram faces from creators who relied on the platform to share photos, comics, and other still images, as the site emphasizes video — Photographers and illustrators who once eagerly shared images of their work on Instagram are moving away from the site as it emphasizes video.
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@jdebbiel, @maddymue_ and @jdebbiel
Financial Times:
Bertelsmann cancels its auction of French broadcaster M6 despite several “attractive” bids, saying the timetable is unrealistic due to M6's 2023 license renewal — German group says licensing demands have made timetable unrealistic despite bids backed by billionaires
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@labboudles, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at Lachlan Murdoch's lawsuit against Australia-based Crikey, the irreverent, left-leaning outlet founded in 2000 to hold “the Murdoch empire to account” — As the Murdoch family contends with billion-dollar defamation suits tied to the 2020 election …
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@jimrutenberg, @vanityfair, @gpaddymanning, @mlcalderone and @thetowncrier
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
MSNBC's president says Rachel Maddow plans to launch a podcast, her first project “in the expanding Rachel universe”, on October 10, under her NBCUniversal deal — Rachel Maddow is launching another new podcast series with MSNBC, this time examining the history of an 80-year-old plot to undermine democracy.
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Rolling Stone, MSNBC.com and Adweek
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