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Sources: Apple plans to spend $1B/year to produce movies for large-scale theatrical release, a big increase from years past, seeking to grow awareness of TV+ — Apple Inc. plans to spend $1 billion a year to produce movies that will be released in theaters, according to people familiar …
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Giles Turner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple considers bidding for the streaming rights to a range of English soccer games, including showing Premier League games in the UK, following Amazon — Apple Inc. is considering bidding for the streaming rights to a range of English football games, according to people familiar …
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Cory Doctorow says he's selling a third audiobook via Kickstarter after refusing to consent to Amazon's DRM for Audible, which gets 90% of genre audiobook sales — Red Team Blues is my next novel, a post-cyberpunk anti-finance finance thriller; it's a major title for my publishers Tor Books …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Fox Corp's lawyers argue executives, including the Murdochs, had no direct involvement in Fox News content, so Fox Corp shouldn't be liable in the Dominion case — Lawyers for the company, which faces a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, are pushing for a judge to rule in their favor before a trial.
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Gretchen A. Peck / Editor and Publisher:
A look at local news publishers' views on grants and government funding: one skeptic views tech company grants as “business-building projects”, not philanthropy — Publishers report revenue diversification, philanthropy and public funding key to sustainability
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The FTC proposes a ban on difficult-to-cancel subscriptions, with new “click to cancel” rules requiring companies to make canceling as simple as subscribing — The US Federal Trade Commission is proposing a formal ban on subscriptions that are simple to start but difficult to stop.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Center for Cooperative Media Research Director Sarah Stonbely residents' top needs from local news outlets, especially calendars of municipal meetings — Blairstown, Paterson, and Trenton are three very different communities in New Jersey, but when Sarah Stonbely …
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Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
A look at arguments presented by the Internet Archive and the major publishers in a NY court; publishers claim millions in lost revenue from IA's book lending — A federal judge will soon decide if digital lending violates copyright laws. — Today, the Internet Archive (IA) …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Ofcom sets out rules for the BBC's new operating license, which requires adherence to 70+ quotas and fully regulates the BBC's online services, from April 1 — U.K. media regulator Ofcom has laid out the rules for the BBC's new operating license, which comes into effect from April 1.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
MoffettNathanson predicts less spending on streaming TV shows and movies in 2023, especially by Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, and NBCUniversal — The number of new, original scripted series may start to shrink this year or next after hitting a record high in 2022, analysts warn.
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Celeste Katz Marston / Nieman Reports:
A look at the exiled journalists and outlets from South Sudan, Eritrea, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Mexico, Belarus, and Russia covering their countries — As press freedoms around the globe erode, journalists are building networks outside their home countries to continue reporting
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: at News Media Alliance meetings in recent weeks, publishing executives discussed their content being used to train AI and how they might be compensated — Media executives want compensation for use of their content in ChatGPT, Bing and Bard — Bing With AI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Why Search Is Changed Forever
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