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Jon Porter / The Verge:
The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply — The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that …
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Nic Newman / Reuters Institute:
Reuters' 2023 Digital News Report: despite social media fragmentation, users' dependence on platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook drops and TikTok grows — This year's report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world.
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Maria Ressa says she resigned in 2022 from RISJ's advisory board due to concerns about how it compiles its Digital News Report, particularly in the global south — Exclusive: methodology used by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism risks undermining media in global south, says Ressa
CNN:
How CNN broke Donald Trump's arraignment news after electronics were banned in the courthouse, including hiring local school students as production assistants — The operation was devised on the eve of the arraignment. — The judge presiding over the Miami federal courtroom …
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
A group of Insider employees confronted EIC Nicholas Carlson on a Brooklyn street as he pulled down pro-union flyers from lampposts; some flyers showed his face — The top editor of the Insider news site was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters as a labor strike dragged into its second week.
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Disney plans to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea to focus on DTC streaming — Disney is to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode — / ‘More is needed for Reddit to act.’ — Moderators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely.
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Reddit's API pricing changes stem from LLMs driving up the value of the site's data, an upcoming IPO, and third-party apps generating no revenue for the company
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
TalkTV issues an apology and pays “substantial damages” to a UK migrant rights charity after a presenter called the organization's members “human traffickers” — TalkTV has issued an apology and paid “substantial damages” to a migrants' rights charity over defamatory claims …
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Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
The data-based political journalism that Nate Silver has represented can be flawed but is still preferable to the Beltway-gossip model that preceded it — Silver, a former professional poker player, was in the business of measuring probabilities. Many readers mistook him for an oracle.
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Jessie Pang / Reuters:
Versions of the Glory to Hong Kong protest song were unavailable on iTunes, Spotify, and Instagram Reels in Hong Kong, after the government sought an injunction — Various versions of the pro-democracy protest anthem “Glory to Hong Kong” were unavailable on Apple's iTunes Store, Spotify …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall says Phillip Schofield's relationship with a young colleague was “deeply inappropriate” and confirms internal rumors about the situation — Carolyn McCall told a British parliamentary committee about a review into how it handled the case of Phillip Schofield …
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Ted Rohrlich / LAist:
Memo: Southern California Public Radio says it plans to cut 10%+ of staff in response to a revenue shortfall primarily due to a fall in Hollywood studio ads — Support your source for local news! — The local news you read here every day is crafted for you, but right now, we need your help to keep it going.
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Ben Collins / Nieman Lab:
In a memo to judges of the Walter Cronkite Awards, NBC News reporter Ben Collins urges American media to “not give an inch to lies and the liars who tell them” — “Triumphs of the truth are not accidents. They are times the American media — including and especially those outside …
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