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11:05 PM ET, June 29, 2023

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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 three weeks at Twitter; sources say NBCUniversal's noncompete clause, which prevents ad deal negotiations, hindered her work  —  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
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 …
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Unionized G/O media staffers blast the company, which owns The Onion, Quartz, The Root, Deadspin, and more, over its plans to test AI-created content next week  —  “Cease [your] plans to litter our websites with AI-generated content,” unionized editorial employees at The Onion, Deadspin and The Root say
Dan Primack / Axios:
Federal authorities charge three men with insider trading, alleging they used information about the planned DWAC-Trump Media merger to make $22M+ in profits  —  Federal authorities on Thursday arrested and charged three men with insider trading, related to a blank-check company's planned merger …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Design platform Canva strikes deals with Warner Music Group and Merlin to let users add song clips to visual designs; music labels and artists get royalties  —  Canva, the software company that hosts an “all-in-one visual communication platform,” announced partnerships with Warner Music Group …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
WBD's Max begins rolling out fixes to film and TV credits, listing specific credits for writers, directors, and others instead of grouping them under “Creators”  —  Jesse Armstrong and Danny McBride will have some individual independence to celebrate this holiday weekend.
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Sources: Nexstar's WOOD-TV fires two news managers over a memo that urged “both sides” coverage of Pride Month; two others were fired for leaks about the memo  —  Nexstar also dismisses Amy Fox, the writer of the memo, and two producers suspected of leaking information to the press.
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.
John Koblin / New York Times:
While other TV mainstays are falling by the wayside, game shows are inexpensive to produce and among the most-watched programs as they appeal to people over 60  —  “Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy!” and “Family Feud” continue to attract big audiences even as streaming upends viewing habits.
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Two US authors file a lawsuit in federal court against OpenAI, claiming in a proposed class action that the company misused their works to train ChatGPT  —  Courts are wrestling with the legality of using copyrighted works to train AI systems.  —  Another lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI …
 
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera says he has quit Fox News because he was fired from The Five, and he will have more to say on Fox and Friends on Friday
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
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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
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
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
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer CTO Matt Boggie about refreshing the paper's print infrastructure, deriving significant revenue from print, and more
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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