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Reuters:
Meta begins the process to end news access on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, in response to a law forcing some companies to negotiate deals to pay publishers — Meta Platforms (META.O) has begun the process to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada …
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Pluto TV plans to launch in Australia on August 31 with over 50 FAST channels, as a branded area within Paramount Australian and New Zealand's 10 Play — Comprising more than 50 free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, Pluto TV will be sold as a dedicated branded area within Paramount Australian …
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Mumbrella, Paramount ANZ and Cord Cutters News
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The BBC launches social.bbc, an “experimental” Mastodon server with posts from a handful of BBC accounts, and plans to try out the server for six months — The BBC has launched its own “experimental” Mastodon server, marking one of the first major news outlets to establish an instance on the Twitter alternative.
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BBC R&D, TechCrunch, @davemolloy, @1br0wn, @Lats@aus.social, @john_fisherman@mastodon …, @adrianpolglase@mastodon …, @BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social, @hrefna@hachyderm.io, @renwillis@mstdn.social, @BBCRadio4@social.bbc, @BBC5Live@social.bbc, @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc, @hamatti@mastodon.world, @BBCRD@social.bbc, @BBCRD@social.bbc and @BBCTaster@social.bbc
The Daily Beast:
Current and former Los Angeles magazine staff claim the new owners blur the lines between editorial and advertising and pay freelancers late or not at all — In this week's edition of Confider, we reveal how new ownership at Los Angeles has been accused of neutering the punchy mag and stiffing writers.
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@zacestrada and @mediaevan
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at news avoidance, a real threat to the news business, as many once-loyal readers and viewers say some news topics have become relentlessly toxic — The news was a lifelong habit for Claudia Caplan. It surrounded her like a blanket. Two newspapers in the morning, read nearly in full.
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@jonathanstray, @melissafleming, @dabeard, @lauranissen, @kncukier and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: some top ad agency executives plan to commit at least 10% to 20% more with YouTube this fall than in 2022; traditional TV ad commitments are down 15% — The Hollywood labor strikes have proven a boon for YouTube, with Google's video-streaming service luring television ad buyers …
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@carnage4life@mas.to, @aagave and @theinformation, more at Techmeme »
Manuela Lazic / The Guardian:
How film criticism has deteriorated as studios invite influencers to screenings, critics seek to promote cinema, and expertise and writing are devalued — A shift from knowledgable writers to those simply in search of free tickets devalues cinema - and audience experience
Brian Conway / Nieman Lab:
A look at the decline of Pittsburgh news site The Incline, launched in 2016 by Jim Brady with a $2.6M investment from Gannett, as its last journalist leaves — An online Pittsburgh newsroom's last remaining journalist says goodbye, as the city's media landscape sputters.
Discussion:
@brian__conway, @ckrewson, @sarahscire and MediaPost
Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
X sues the Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging CCDH researchers violated Twitter's terms of service and the CFAA while studying hate speech on the site — X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing a research group that investigated hate speech on the social media platform …
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Deadline, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, Reclaim The Net, The Wrap, Twitter, New York Times, MediaPost, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, The Hill, @annmlipton.bsky.social, NPR, The Verge, Android Police, CNN, Poynter, Techdirt, Fox News, The Information, MobileSyrup, Next TV, The Daily Beast, Insider, Benzinga, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Bloomberg, Center for Countering …, Variety, Breitbart, CNBC, NBC News, Black America Web, Free Press, Associated Press, HuffPost, Mashable, Gizmodo, Semafor, Mediaite, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, TechCrunch, The Guardian and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
As audiences shrink, TV networks cut costs on long-running series by having casts take pay cuts and reclassifying series regulars as recurring cast members — In a shrinking business, actors on some shows are being guaranteed less money, an issue that's helping to fuel the Hollywood strike.
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@avocalistsrival, @sonyasteele@mastodon.social and TVLine
Pete Thamel / ESPN:
Sources: the Pac-12 commissioner presented conference members with a primarily subscription-based Apple streaming deal that would start in 2024-25 — After months of negotiations and uncertainty, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff on Tuesday presented the conference's presidents and chancellors …
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247Sports, @petethamel, Awful Announcing, Sportico, Sports Illustrated, CBSSports.com, Front Office Sports, 9to5Mac, Cord Cutters News and The Streamable
Natalie Korach / The Wrap:
Internal memo: Vice Media's SVP of Global News and Entertainment, its senior director of global news operations, and Motherboard's EIC are stepping down — Three top executives at Vice Media will be leaving the company, a memo to staff said Tuesday, a day after its $350 million sale closed …
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@katie_robertson, The Information, @lorenzofb, @eriksherman, @karlbode, @petersterne, @pahwa_nitish, @sidhubaba, Variety and The Daily Beast
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