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5:30 PM ET, June 28, 2023

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD plans to add live CNN programming to Max outside the US later in 2023 and is weighing different approaches for the US  —  Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is planning to add live programming from CNN to the Max streaming service later this year, according to people familiar with the matter …
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  —  Several staff writers announced their layoffs over Twitter  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Analysis: BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram with 25.7M followers, adding 7.4M since 2021; only three of the 10 biggest accounts are broadcasters  —  BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram, while Healthline Media is the fastest-growing.  —  Once largely shunned for news …
Discussion: @pressgazette
Angie Drobnic Holan / Poynter:
Discussion: @poynter
Rachel Shin / Fortune:
An interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner about journalism's key jobs as AI gets deployed, layoffs at Bild, negotiating with big platforms, and more  —  Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, the largest periodical publisher in Europe—and an increasingly major presence in American media …
Discussion: The Wrap and @ajs
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Alden's The Boston Herald and The Denver Post plan to end reader comments on July 1; Herald says it wants to speed up its site and Post cites uncivil comments  —  At least two daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group will end reader comments on July 1.
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at Substack in the wake of the pandemic's “rocket ship growth”, amid fresh competition from WordPress, Beehiiv, and Ghost, a lingering Twitter feud, more  —  The six-year-old self-publishing platform is still a magnet for writers, but WordPress and Beehiiv are vying for market share.
Emma Ross-Thomas / Bloomberg:
OPEC cancels Bloomberg, Reuters and WSJ reporters' accreditation to cover its Vienna conference, the second time they are excluded from its meetings since May  —  OPEC has canceled accreditation for reporters from three major news organizations to cover a conference in Vienna that will feature …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Multimedia Music, which specializes in acquiring the rights to music featured in film and TV, buys a 50% stake in the music catalog of Steven Spielberg's Amblin  —  Multimedia Music, a company that specializes in acquiring the rights to music featured in film and TV productions …
Diana Bossio / Nieman Lab:
Research on Australia's News Media Bargaining Code offers lessons for Canada: issues like lack of transparency, platforms picking winners and losers, and more  —  “Our interviews showed that platforms were able to push for individual deals that aligned with their own business priorities.”
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A report on Canadian tax incentives for local journalism finds they aren't a cure-all and explores lessons the US can learn as some states debut related bills
 
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Netflix and Amazon executives say the UK's Media Bill could make Ofcom “something of a global policeman” and create “perverse incentives” for smaller streamers
Discussion: The Desk and The Desk
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
TikTok admits to funding the TikTok creators' lawsuit in Montana that is challenging the state's ban of the app, but says the company is not paying the creators
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Adalytics: ~80% of Google's video ad placements on third-party sites violated the company's promised standards between 2020 and 2023; Google disputes the claims
Josh Rubin / Hamilton Spectator:
Postmedia Network, publisher of the National Post and Toronto Sun, and Nordstar Capital, owner of the Toronto Star and Metroland Media, are in talks to merge
Daniel Spielberger / Study Hall:
Source: Brian Calle, CEO and publisher of The Village Voice and L.A. Weekly, purchases Paper Magazine and plans to resurrect it, contacting some former staffers
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Roku and CBS Sports buy US media rights for Formula E; Roku plans to stream 11 races per season on the Roku Channel, its first foray into live sports