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4:10 PM ET, June 29, 2023

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Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Advertisers demand significant refunds from YouTube after an Adalytics report found millions of ads served via YouTube's TrueView system are hidden from users  —  Study shows millions of ads are hidden away in violation of Google-owned group's policies  —  Advertising industry figures …
Kent Walker / Google:
Google tells Canada's government it will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close Google News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect  —  President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 …
New York Times:
A look at Linda Yaccarino's first weeks at Twitter; sources say her work has been hindered by NBCU's noncompete clause, which prevents ad deal negotiations  —  Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to add full-screen, sound-on video ads to Twitter's short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hopes of selling more ads  —  CEO hits ground running with plans for new advertisement offering while telling staff to ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: several news and magazine publishers, including The NYT, News Corp, IAC, and Axel Springer, are discussing forming a coalition to address AI's impact  —  New York Times, Wall Street Journal parent News Corp and Dotdash Meredith owner IAC are among companies discussing forming a coalition
Jules Roscoe / VICE:
Amazon's Kindle Unlimited YA romance bestseller list featured dozens of AI-generated books of nonsense on June 26 and 27, until Amazon took action on June 28  —  Amazon's Kindle Unlimited bestseller list was full of books with titles like “Apricot bar code architecture” and “Jessica's Attention” earlier this week.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Streaming company Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, representing over 20% of staff, citing the impact of the global ad market downturn  —  Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, a figure that represents more than 20 percent of the company's staff, according to a Slack message from CEO Keith Valory obtained by The Verge.
Max Kim / Los Angeles Times:
South Koreans are increasingly questioning how Netflix pays them; writers generally get no residuals and production workers cite exploitative labor practices  —  In 2019, South Korean writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk pitched Netflix a script for a dystopian thriller about society's outcasts competing …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
YouTube is running a test globally that limits ad block users to three videos, giving them the option to turn off ad blockers or subscribe to YouTube Premium  —  YouTube is currently running what it describes as a “small experiment globally,” warning users to toggle off their ad blockers …
Eric Kohn / IndieWire:
The Gotham Film and Media Institute lays off two key staffers responsible for managing the Project Market for indie films, which will not take place in 2023  —  The Gotham Film and Media Institute laid off two key staffers this week after canceling the Project Market, where seminal indie breakouts from …
Discussion: @erickohn
Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
Q&A with Chris Morrow, the new head of audio at Plan B, about the company's partnership with Audible, producing “risky, out-of-the-box” audio fiction, and more  —  Hope everyone is gearing up for the dog days of summer.  Today's issue includes a Q&A I did with Chris Morrow …
Discussion: @beverlyabcd
 
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Clara Aberneithie / Press Gazette:
Data shows the Titan sub generated a peak of 35K articles on June 22 while the sinking of a fishing boat packed with migrants peaked at 5K articles per day
Reuters:
DAZN urges Italy to speed up plans for tougher rules on online TV piracy for sports content, citing a FAPAV report that put the cost of piracy at €290M per year
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Turner Classic Movies executive Charles Tabesh, a 25-year veteran of the network, will remain in his post, a reversal after backlash to WBD downsizing
Rocio Fabbro / The Messenger:
Staff writers at Disney's National Geographic say the outlet is laying off all remaining writers and will rely on freelancers and people with outside funding
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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