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9:50 AM ET, June 30, 2023

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Kent Walker / Google:
Google tells Canada's government the company will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close 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 …
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
Reuters:
Burkina Faso suspends LCI, saying the French TV news channel's April report on an insurgency lacked objectivity, the latest in a crackdown on foreign media  —  Burkina Faso's military government has suspended a French television news channel for a report on a jihadist insurgency …
Discussion: The Guardian
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
An Indian court dismisses Twitter's lawsuit against the government's content rules and fines the company ~$61K for failing to explain its delayed compliance  —  An Indian court has dismissed Twitter's lawsuit against the federal government that sought to challenge New Delhi's block orders on tweets and accounts.
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  —  “After 23 years tomorrow Fox and Friends could be my last appearance,” he wrote alongside a video of him boating.
Casey Hall / Reuters:
Chinese livestream shopping shifts from big discounts, as Apple and other brands seek control over a process made costly by a fragmenting market and superhosts  —  When tech giant Apple (AAPL.O) joined China's livestreaming frenzy, a major driving force of the e-commerce boom …
Discussion: 9to5Mac
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
Canada may think Bill C-18 still has more room for negotiation, based on Meta's 2021 deal with Australia, but tech platforms no longer view news as valuable  —  On June 22, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act.  The new law, according to a government news release …
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.
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.
 
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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
YouTube is running a test globally that limits ad blocker users to three videos, giving them the option to turn off their tool or subscribe to YouTube Premium
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU is launching 48 FAST channels on Amazon Freevee and Xumo Play with Network Entertainment Channels, Sports, Telemundo, and more
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snap announces that Snapchat+, which lets users access experimental and pre-released features for $3.99 per month, reached 4M paid subscribers in its first year
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
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
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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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
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