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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian announces a global ban on gambling advertising, arguing that taking money from services that can lead to addiction is unethical — Ban will apply worldwide to all of media group's online and print outlets, including the Guardian, Observer, and Guardian Weekly
CNBC:
Christine McCarthy, Disney's CFO since 2015, is stepping down; Kevin Lansberry, finance chief for parks business, will work as interim CFO starting July 1 — - Christine McCarthy will step down as Disney's chief financial officer. — She is taking family medical leave and will advise the company as it seeks a successor.
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Insider EIC Nich Carlson tells staff that traffic and subscribers are down, the outlet plans to return its focus to business, the economy, and tech, and more — Insider EIC @nichcarlson addresses the newsroom post-strike, says “after a few years of drift,” the media company is returning to its core focus of business, economy, and tech coverage and becoming “the next-gen WSJ” [image]
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Jules Roscoe / VICE:
Invidious, an open-source “alternative front-end” for YouTube that removes tracking and ads, says YouTube sent a cease-and-desist letter over API violations — Invidious lets users browse YouTube without being tracked. Its developers say they won't make changes until they have to.
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Sources: Disney+, which hasn't made an original content commission in Canada yet, pauses commissioning work in the country through 2023 and possibly into 2024 — Sources indicate that the Mouse House has put a pin in local programming from across its brands in Canada, and isn't actively commissioning.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: News Corp's HarperCollins and private-equity giant KKR are among the bidders for Simon & Schuster; second-round bids are due in mid-July — Simon & Schuster is pursuing a sale once again after the U.S. government blocked its attempted merger with Penguin Random House
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
How a local news site founder and an ex-Microsoft engineer created an AI to listen to meetings and write usable summary articles, and how human nuance gets lost — “Is it ready for primetime, ready to be released to the masses? Absolutely not...But can it be done?
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Kari Paul / The Guardian:
The CCDH estimates Google made $10M in two years from anti-abortion organizations' ads misdirecting users to “pregnancy crisis centers” that do not provide care — Study finds the search giant has profited since Roe was overturned from anti-abortion groups buying misleading search terms
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Post launches an iOS app and says 440K+ users have joined the news-focused social network that lets users make micropayments for news from various publishers — One of many buzzy apps competing to be “the next Twitter,” Post launched its iOS app on Thursday.
Nina Lakhani / Associated Press:
Judges in Guatemala sentence journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in prison for money laundering in what is regarded as a politically motivated trial — José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up
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@rosental, @jczamora, @whaasstsecty, Al Jazeera, Committee to Protect …, Reuters, Associated Press and NPR
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitch launches a Partner Plus tier, offering a 70/30 revenue sharing split to creators who have 350+ recurring paid subscriptions for three consecutive months — Twitch is introducing a new “Partner Plus” program that will give streamers an increased 70 percent of the share of their subscription revenues …
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Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
Soap2Day, one of the world's most popular pirate streaming sites, unexpectedly shuts down with no explanation — Soap2Day, one of the world's most popular pirate streaming sites, has unexpectedly shut down. Via numerous domains, many put in place to avoid site-blocking measures …
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