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2:45 AM ET, July 30, 2023

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A US district judge dismisses Trump's defamation suit against CNN for using the term “Big Lie”; Trump's lawyers said the phrase linked him with Adolf Hitler  —  A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, litigation centered on references …
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
NASA plans to launch the free streaming service NASA+ later this year on the web, iOS, Android, and streaming media devices, with ad-free original content  —  The agency is also working on a consolidated web experience.  —  NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sky wins a High Court order that will force UK ISPs to block piracy services from illegally streaming football games, TV shows, and other linear channel content  —  Directive is designed to protect a broader range of content  —  Sky has won a High Court order that will force internet service providers …
Neeta Lal / Nikkei Asia:
Some Indian broadcasters are using lifelike AI anchors to deliver news, weather reports, and more, raising job loss fears and questions about media credibility  —  Virtual anchors mean no ‘ego hassles’ in newsrooms, but will they kill jobs?  —  A screenshot from Odisha TV's YouTube channel shows Lisa …
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
Internal Meta emails: Facebook removed content about COVID-19 under pressure from the Biden administration, including posts claiming the virus was man-made  —  Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing pandemic to man-made virus
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A Florida judge rejects Disney's motion to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to assert state control over future development of Disney's Orlando theme parks  —  Disney lost a bid on Friday to throw out a state court lawsuit that seeks to assert state control over future development of its Orlando theme parks.
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech  —  Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists.
Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
Profile of Theo Baker, a college student who grew up in a family of journalists and whose reporting contributed to the resignation of Stanford's president  —  College journalist Theo Baker's reporting paved the way for Marc Tessier-Lavigne's resignation  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On Christmas Day …
Financial Times:
Maoyan: cinemas in China increased showings of Barbie from 9,673 on July 21 to ~36,000 on July 27, in a market dominated by patriotic and male-led action films  —  Cinemas increase showings of Greta Gerwig blockbuster in market dominated by action films and patriotic tales
Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter/X reinstates Kanye West's account, suspended in December 2022, and says he won't be eligible to monetize it, and ads won't appear next to his posts  —  West won't be eligible to monetize his account, and ads won't appear next to his posts  —  X, the social-media platform formerly known …
Alissa Quart / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the “journalism of privilege” in real estate and food, which can at times replace reporting on ordinary people's experiences of essential human needs  —  Celebrity-owned $25,000 glass-door fridges; hotel owners “writing off San Francisco” as the market drops …
 
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
A Hong Kong judge rejects a government bid to ban the online dissemination of pro-democracy song Glory to Hong Kong on Google and other sites
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitter/X officially rolls out its ads revenue sharing program for eligible users globally, after giving some creators payouts earlier this month
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sony indefinitely delays the release of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and shuffles dates for Kraven and other movies as Hollywood strikes continue
@edyong209:
[Thread] Pulitzer-winning science writer Ed Yong is leaving The Atlantic after eight years and says he'll be writing a third book and working on other projects
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Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A profile of Simon Ateba, owner and White House correspondent of the website Today News Africa, who has cultivated a brand of being a disruptor by defying norms
Variety:
Sources: vendors for the Emmys have been told the ceremony will not air on September 18, as the Hollywood strikes drag on; the event was last postponed in 2001
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Jeff Zucker's spokesperson asks Variety to retract a post on Zucker and CNN, and Puck and The Atlantic reporters refute some of its claims; Variety stands by it
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users

Ramish Zafar / Wccftech:
AMD says it will lay off ~4% of its global staff to align “resources with our largest growth opportunities”; SEC filing: AMD had 26,000 employees at 2023's end

Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch a new AI agent codenamed Operator, which can use a computer to take actions on a person's behalf, in January
 
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