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Anja Karadeglija / National Post:
Meta will remove news content from Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the country's Senate passed the Online News Act, which goes for Royal Assent — With Bill C-18 on the verge of becoming law, Canadians could soon see news removed from their Facebook pages and Google searches
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board defended itself for publishing Samuel Alito's op-ed “scooping” a ProPublica story about his ties to a billionaire — The Wall Street Journal is dismissing criticism it is facing for publishing an Op-Ed from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito …
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Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley:
[Thread] US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito uses a Wall Street Journal op-ed to respond to ProPublica questions for a report, instead of issuing a statement
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery is negotiating to sell around half of Warner studio's film and TV music-publishing assets for ~$500M, likely to a major label — While it is unclear exactly which assets are on the table, one source says that the rights to “slightly less than half” of the catalog …
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New York Times:
Sources: a group of buyers, including Fortress, plans to acquire Vice Media out of bankruptcy for $225M; of all the bids, only Fortress' was deemed “qualified” — The company was part of a group of bidders that offered $225 million to acquire the bankrupt media company.
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CNN:
A Russian court denies Evan Gershkovich's appeal against the extension of his pre-trial detention; in May, Gershkovich's detention was extended to August 30 — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost his appeal against the extension of pre-trial detention in Moscow on Thursday on spying charges, which he denies.
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Kate Dwyer / New York Times:
Bookforum, a literary criticism magazine that closed in December 2022, plans to return in August 2023 with The Nation as its publishing partner — The literary magazine will be back in print in August, with a new publishing partner: The Nation. — Bookforum, a literary criticism magazine …
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bookforum.com, The Nation and @yoloethics
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Zenia Mucha, who spent two decades as Disney's top spokesperson before leaving in 2021, joins TikTok in the new role of chief brand and communications officer — Zenia Mucha, who spent two decades as Disney's top spokesperson before leaving the company in 2021, has been hired at TikTok.
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Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
As Spotify's podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its attention to selling ads — The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes?
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@idoubtit@mstdn.social, @assemblycall, @michellemanafy, @jason_kint, @askhalid and Inside Radio, more at Techmeme »
Maria Streshinsky / Wired:
Q&A with Christopher Nolan, the director of Oppenheimer, on AI improving images in filmmaking, the parallels between nuclear weapon development and AI, and more — The Oppenheimer director says AI is not the bomb. His new movie might still scare you shitless.
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Screen Rant, The Playlist, @metaplexmovies, Comic Book, Variety, The Wrap and Boing Boing
Mia Gingerich / Media Matters for America:
Fox News' website is altering AP and Reuters articles to replace “gender-affirming care” with “sex change” or “sex reassignment”, including in a direct quote — “Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles
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@dubrie@mastodon.green, @KimSJ@mastodon.social, @aridrennen and @aridrennen
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Months after Barry Diller's IAC began exploring a Daily Beast sale, sources say talks are still active; Tina Brown: “I am not even sure he will end up selling” — Owner Barry Diller “has always had a very strong soft spot for the Beast,” says founding editor Tina Brown.
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Hasbro cuts around 20% of the workforce at Entertainment One, the Toronto-based studio it bought in 2019; Hasbro announced plans to sell eOne in November 2022 — The cost-cutting is part of “ongoing transformational changes” at parent company Hasbro, which is fielding offers for the studio.
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