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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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TechCrunch, BBC, @renwillis@mstdn.social, @hrefna@hachyderm.io, @BBC5Live@social.bbc, @1br0wn, @adrianpolglase@mastodon …, @BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social, @BBCRadio4@social.bbc, @davemolloy, @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc, @hamatti@mastodon.world, @BBCRD@social.bbc, @BBCRD@social.bbc and @BBCTaster@social.bbc, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Twitter/X files a lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the nonprofit and its backers of “actively working to prevent free expression” — The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
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Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Sources: Disney hired Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, two ex-executives seen as potential successors to Bob Iger during his first stint as CEO, as advisers to Iger — Disney has hired two former executives who were seen as potential successors to Bob Iger during his first stint as the company's chief executive …
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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.
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@ckrewson, @sarahscire, @brian__conway and MediaPost
Matthew Keys / Fierce Wireless:
Amazon will require streaming services on Fire TV to give 30% of their ad impressions to Amazon, or in certain countries share 30% of ad revenue, from Sept. 1 — Amazon will soon require international app developers who offer ad-supported streaming video services available to Fire TV users …
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: under pressure from the EU, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users' digital activity as soon as October 2023 — Under pressure from regulators, the Facebook and Instagram owner proposes asking users to opt in before targeting ads with their digital activity
Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters:
Cineworld says it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after cutting debt by $4.53B, raising $800M in new equity, and securing $1.71B in debt financing — Cineworld Group (CINE.L) said it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after nearly 11 months, coming out with lower debt and a new slate of management and board.
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CNN, Variety, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Eriq Gardner / Puck:
Sources: Trump subpoenaed Fox News for Tucker Carlson's unaired interview with a former US Capitol Police chief, as part of a lawsuit defense; Fox News refused — The former president is demanding the network turn over footage and communications that he could use to defend himself …
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Mediaite, CNN, Forbes and @eriqgardner
Amanda Bright / Nieman Lab:
How a 149-year-old Georgia weekly grew after being taken over by UGA's journalism school, winning awards, tripling ads, and doubling subscriptions in 18 months — In the first 18 months, The Oglethorpe Echo added digital products, won awards, tripled advertising, and doubled subscriptions.
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@gradydeanuga, @sarahscire and @amandacbright
Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt:
After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models — More popular than Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci among AI artists, Greg Rutkowski opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set.
Discussion:
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io, @parismarx@mastodon.online and @carnage4life@threads.net
Ray Schultz / MediaPost:
DoubleVerify, which offers software for digital media measurement and analytics, agrees to acquire digital ad campaign optimization company Scibids for $125M — DoubleVerify is acquiring Scibids, a digital campaign optimization firm. — The cash-and-stock transaction is valued at $125 million …
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Insider, @doubleverify, @ainvest_wire, DoubleVerify, @larakiara, AdExchanger and Dow Jones Newswires
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Content licensing organization NLA Media Access says it helped get around 700,000 stolen news articles removed in 2023 so far globally, up from 30K in 2022 — Content farmers appear to be “getting a bit more brazen”. — Copyright theft affecting news publishers in the UK and around the world is …
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