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Brian Fung / CNN:
Meta threatens to remove news from its platforms if Congress passes the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act as part of the annual defense bill — Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers …
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Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Latvia revokes the broadcasting license of Russian independent TV channel Dozhd, aka TV Rain, in exile since February, citing “threats to national security” — An unscripted comment by a news host has cost a major independent TV outlet its license in Latvia and put a focus on the public role of Russian exiles in the war.
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Meduza.io:
Q&A with Dozhd CEO Natalia Sindeeva on cable accounting for ~20% of revenue, regretting firing a journalist expressing support for Russian troops, and more — On the morning of December 6, Latvian authorities revoked the broadcast license of the independent Russian TV channel Dozhd (TV Rain).
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NewsGuard:
Analysis: the US had 1,202 partisan-backed news sites masquerading as local news outlets as of November 2022, vs. 1,230 daily newspapers left in the country — NewsGuard has now identified 1,202 “pink slime” sites masquerading as local news publishers at a time when there are only 1,230 daily local newspapers left in the U.S.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO Max returns to Amazon's Prime Video Channels in the US, after being pulled in September 2021 and losing around 5M subscribers as a result — Under a new deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon that extends at least through the end of 2024, customers who subscribe …
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CNBC:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery executives are close to picking “Max” as the name of the joint HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming service launching in spring 2023
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Washington Post:
Filing: Rupert Murdoch will be deposed remotely next week as part of Dominion's $1.6B defamation lawsuit against Fox News; Lachlan was deposed on Monday — The Fox Corp chairman is the highest-profile individual to be questioned in the case, which hinges on Fox's coverage of the 2020 presidential election.
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: EU privacy regulators rule that Meta's TOS should not require that users agree to personalized ads based on their online activity; Meta can appeal — EU privacy regulators say Facebook, Instagram shouldn't use their terms of service to require users to accept ads based on their digital activity
Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Orange Coast magazines are acquired by Engine Vision Media, founded by LA lawyers Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas, source says for $6M+ — The sale was for more than $6 million in cash, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Snapchat partners with Adidas to launch a Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users a limited time to buy an item they can only acquire with Snap Tokens, a first — Snapchat announced today that it's partnering with Adidas to launch a new Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users access to exclusive merchandise.
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: AMC Networks names chairman James Dolan as interim executive chairman until a new CEO is named or until March 6, 2023; Dolan will receive no pay bump — The Knicks owner, who is currently chairman of the media company, will get no pay bump and is expected to fill the post until a new CEO is shortly named.
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@benmullin, @maryswraith, The Wrap, Next TV, Variety, SEC.gov and Deadline
Harriet Fitch Little / Financial Times:
A look at Spiracle, an audiobook subscription service with an emphasis on indie titles, launched in October 2022 as a web app for £12 per month or £120 per year — The new web app is working with small publishers to bring their works to listeners' ears
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@jotdavies, @spiraclehq, @michellemanafy and @joseph_fasano_
Sara Fischer / Axios:
General Electric buys 22 full-page and five partial-page color ads in The New York Times, the first time one advertiser has taken over its entire print edition — The New York Times on Tuesday unveiled a unique version of its weekday print paper featuring more than two dozen ads from just one advertiser — General Electric.
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