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1:05 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 …
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  —  About 80% of Google's video ad placements on third-party sites violated promised standards, new research shows; Google disputes claims
Angie Drobnic Holan / Poynter:
Discussion: @poynter
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 …
Discussion: @magdaborowik
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
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  —  The popular video service had deflected questions about its involvement in the creators' lawsuit for more than a month.
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters plans to buy UK-based digital content management company Imagen, which owns the Screenocean video distribution service, for an undisclosed price  —  Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) will buy Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed price …
Discussion: Press Gazette and Castext
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 …
Discussion: Deadline and @ashleyrcarman
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  —  NordStar, Postmedia would have 50% voting stake in a new company that would control most of the combined assets of both.
Daniel Tilles / Notes From Poland:
Private media outlets in Poland issue a statement in defense of independent media, after reports the government sought to influence the two largest news sites  —  The editors of most of Poland's main private media outlets have issued a joint statement in defence of independent journalism.
Discussion: @j_jaraczewski and Variety
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach launches its first metered paywall, albeit only on the app and not the website, for the Manchester Evening News, alongside a premium membership  —  Reach may “explore premium options” with more of its biggest newsbrands if the trial is successful.
 
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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
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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
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Ryan Seacrest will succeed Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune” as Sony hopes to avoid the succession fiasco it faced with “Jeopardy!”
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Internal memo: SiriusXM plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app on August 29 and move subscribers to its flagship SXM app, where podcasts will include ads
Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson will be the subject of two upcoming books: “Tucker” by Chadwick Moore, out on July 18, and “Hated by All the Right People” by Jason Zengerle
Discussion: HuffPost
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