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3:35 PM ET, June 20, 2023

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Source: Spotify plans a more expensive “Supremium” tier with HiFi audio, audiobooks, and more, launching outside the US later in 2023; Premium costs $9.99/month  —  Spotify Technology SA is planning a more expensive subscription option that's expected to include high-fidelity audio …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify signs Trevor Noah for a weekly podcast, available across multiple platforms, set to debut later in 2023, signaling continued interest in big-name talent  —  The weekly podcast will blend Noah's “signature humor and razor-sharp wit with his global perspective to deliver a unique …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify updates its desktop app with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” user interfaces, meant to align the experience with the company's mobile app  —  Spotify is updating its desktop experience with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” interfaces, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Report: Germany's Bild plans to replace a range of editorial jobs with AI as part of a €100M cost-cutting program expected to lead to hundreds of redundancies  —  Hundreds of redundancies expected as Axel Springer tells staff certain roles will ‘no longer exist as they do today’
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Gannett sues Google over its alleged ad tech monopoly, claiming that online readership has grown while online ad spending has decreased for publishers  —  - USA Today publisher Gannett is suing Google for allegedly illegally monopolizing the advertising technology market.
Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet:
Vimeo announces AI tools, coming on July 17, to automate parts of the video creation process: a script generator, a teleprompter, and a text-based video editor  —  Have you ever had a great video idea that you just never got to because of how much work was involved?
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrities, including aging star athletes, are signing deals to put AI duplicates of themselves into ad campaigns, helping brands de-age them, among other uses  —  Using AI-generated duplicates, brands also benefit, using stars in ways they never could before
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
Streams Charts: Twitch's new Partner Plus program, which offers a 70/30 revenue split, will benefit just ~1,066 Twitch partners, or ~2.5% of the 71,000+ total  —  Only a thousand people qualify for Twitch's Partner Plus program, which will give streamers 70% of subscription revenues, according to Streams Charts.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
After Elemental had the worst opening in Pixar's 30 year history, some argue Disney may have weakened the Pixar brand by using its films as “just Disney+ food”  —  The original animated film took in $29.5 million at the box office, by far the worst opening in Pixar's three-decade history.
Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune:
A look at Kick, a live streaming service launched in March 2023 with lax moderation and gambling company ties, that lets creators keep 95% of subscriber revenue  —  Video game streamer Tyler Blevins, known as “Ninja”  —  Video game streamers, who display their prowess in real time playing …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Internal presentation: ~70% of the Los Angeles Times' $232.5M projected 2023 revenue is coming from print, which executives used to explain plans to cut 70 jobs
 

 
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
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