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David Satin / The Streamable:
Report: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants a single streaming service for in-market games, but faces hurdles like getting all 30 team owners to approve — Anyone who has been watching MLB's relationship with Diamond Sports Group (DSG) deteriorate over the past few months knows that the sport's future …
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Rural Llano County officials in Texas backed away from library closures and book bans, after feeling pressure from national media exposing censorship efforts — It isn't every day that the ruminations of local bureaucrats in a small rural Texas county become national news.
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Publishers Weekly:
Scholastic apologizes for asking a children's book author to cut language in an author's note about ongoing racism after saying the note might lessen readership — Concerns about censorship at Scholastic's Rising Voices Library, a diversity-focused provider of educational materials …
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Parlement Technologies sells Parler to digital media company Starboard, which plans to temporarily shut down the right-wing social network ahead of a relaunch — Social network popular with conservatives will be sold for an undisclosed amount and overhauled for a relaunch
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Montana lawmakers approve a first-of-its-kind bill that bans TikTok and bars app stores from offering the app within the state, starting on January 1, 2024 — Supporters of the first-of-its-kind-bill expect legal challenges if the governor signs the legislation
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New York Times:
In Africa, pro-Russian content has increasingly been surfacing on news outlets and social media platforms, presenting a distorted version of the war in Ukraine — Pro-Russian content presenting a distorted version of the war in Ukraine and promoting Russia's interests in Africa is gaining an audience on the continent.
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Pete Pachal / CoinDesk:
CoinDesk plans to stop using generative AI images and spells out its rules for AI use in different contexts, requiring disclosure for articles but not headlines — Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are changing the way we work - especially the media. Here are the rules of the road for CoinDesk.
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Al Jazeera:
El Salvador's El Faro moves most operations, except its newsroom, to Costa Rica and registers as a non-profit, saying it faced Bukele government attacks — The Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says the Bukele government has attacked the country's press and eroded rule of law.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Instagram updates Reels with a section for trending audio and hashtags, expands gifts to more countries, enhances its editing tools, adds new metrics, and more — As governments around the world express growing concerns about TikTok, its rival Instagram Reels is getting a series of new updates aimed at creators.
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P R Sanjai / Bloomberg:
Indian streaming service JioCinema plans to add 100+ films and TV shows and charge for content; an IPL cricket match on April 12 drew 22M viewers on JioCinema — Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's streaming service will add more than 100 films and TV series to its platform, building on the popularity …
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
Noonoo TV, a South Korean movie and TV show piracy platform, shuts down, blaming high bandwidth charges and “pressure”, likely from a new anti-piracy coalition — Smash hit movies and TV shows such as Parasite and Squid Game, coupled with the unprecedented success of boy band BTS …
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Since cutting Taboola and open-market programmatic ads, Bloomberg has replaced those advertisers with in-house promos worth ~$7.4M over the past few months — Spring cleaning came early for Bloomberg Media. Last fall, the publisher said it would cut ties with the programmatic open marketplace …
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