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Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
An interview with X CEO Linda Yaccarino on her having “autonomy” under Elon Musk, brands including Coca-Cola and Visa returning under her leadership, and more — WATCH NOW — X Corp. CEO Linda Yaccarino told CNBC that she has “autonomy” under owner Elon Musk in an interview Thursday …
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
X CEO Linda Yaccarino plans to reinstate the company's “client council”, an invite-only yet-to-be-decided group of marketing and ad executives, in the fall
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Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
X unveils Sensitivity Settings and Enhanced Blocklist to boost brand safety and control for advertisers, rolling out over the next few weeks in X Ads Manager
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Nicole Gallucci / Decider:
Writers for the series Suits, which aired from 2011 to 2019 and has received renewed interest on Netflix and Peacock, criticize their paltry streaming residuals — As WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes persist and tens of thousands of people withhold labor in pursuit of equitable streaming residuals …
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Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press:
Meta's blocking of news outlets has impacted some satirical websites in Canada, including The Beaverton and The Toronto Harold, requiring appeals to the company — OTTAWA - Luke Gordon Field is trying to figure out how he can explain the concept of deadpan satire to an algorithm. — 3 min to read
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Sarah Fielding / Engadget:
To fight spam, YouTube plans to deactivate links in Shorts descriptions, comments, and the vertical feed from August 31 and make social media icons unclickable — The move follows other anti-spam measures. — YouTube knows that it has a spam problem, particularly when it comes to its two-year-old Shorts feature.
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Diana Marcum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former feature writer for the Los Angeles Times, San Bernardino Sun, and Fresno Bee, dies at 60 — Diana Marcum forged a career, and a life, by giving a voice to Californians whom many people didn't take time to notice.
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
The WGA's negotiating committee plans to meet the AMPTP on August 11; AMPTP President Carol Lombardini requested the meeting, the second since the strike began — After more than 100 days of striking, the Writers Guild of America said it has agreed to meet again with the negotiators representing the major Hollywood studios on Friday.
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Reuters:
News Corp reports Q4 revenue down 9% YoY to $2.43B and profit up 8% YoY to $341M, with digital revenue accounting for over 50% of FY 2023 total revenue — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSA.O) on Thursday beat quarterly profit estimates thanks to its cost-cutting efforts and talked …
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Danny Goodwin / Search Engine Land:
The New York Times updated its terms of service on August 3, aiming to prevent AI companies from using the media organization's content to train their systems — Many large language models are trained using website content without permission - and some brands are demanding compensatation.
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Jacob Granger / Journalism.co.uk:
Blendle, bought by Cafeyn in 2020, is ending micropayments for news articles in the US and Germany on September 4, focusing on subscription bundles instead — News consumers expect all-access, Spotify-style subscription bundles, not small purchases — Credit: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Hosting provider Uberspace takes down youtube-dl's website, which linked to YouTube ripping software, while appealing a German court order forcing the takedown — Hosting provider Uberspace has taken down the website of YouTube-ripping software, youtube-dl.
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Feven Merid / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Forbes, its myriad monetization endeavors like the 30 Under 30 list, the union dispute, its quest for a buyer, and its diluted media brand identity — The disarray and discontent at Forbes — On December 5, 2017, an article appeared on the Forbes website: “This Phlebotomist …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Condé Nast names Katie Drummond, Vice Media's senior vice president of global news and entertainment, as Wired's global editorial director — Ms. Drummond will be the first woman to lead the technology magazine in its 30-year history. — Katie Drummond will be the next top editor of Wired …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Bob Iger says that “anyone who wanted to speculate about” Disney as an acquisition target “would have to immediately consider the global regulatory environment” — “Obviously anyone who wanted to speculate about such things would have to immediately consider …
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Scott Mendelson / The Wrap:
Bob Iger says that Disney is expecting its FY 2023 content spending to be $27B, ~$3B lower than previously guided, in part due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes
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