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The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA takes issue with “several essential items” in the AMPTP's latest contract offer; sources: AI protections for high-earning members remain a key hurdle — According to multiple sources familiar with the state of the negotiations, entertainment companies are seeking to pay for scans, but not their use or re-use.
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
European Parliament lawmakers approve political ad rules forcing Meta, Google, and others to clearly label such ads, who paid, how much, and for which elections — Big Tech firms will face new European Union rules to clearly label political advertising on their platforms …
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Sources: X CEO Linda Yaccarino is leaning on her media industry experience to pitch jittery advertisers, including meeting executives from the NFL and the NBA — Media veteran drums up video deals with NFL, NBA and others as ‘training wheels’ for nervous brands
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The Wrap, Insider and Marketing Beat
Tapan Bhat / Yahoo Finance:
Yahoo Finance updates its website to offer 40%+ fewer ads, enhanced quote pages and charts, a customizable dock, a redesigned homepage and news hub, and more — Today I'd like to personally invite you to check out the new Yahoo Finance website. — We've made a number of significant changes …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Peter Chernin's North Road Company acquires a “significant stake” in Questlove and Black Thought's film and TV production company Two One Five Entertainment — The Peter Chernin-backed content rollup company will finance projects and provide executive support to the media company from The Roots co-founders.
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The Wrap, Variety and WORLD SCREEN
Martin Quin Pollard / Reuters:
The China Project, one of the few independently funded English-language publications to cover China in depth, plans to close due to a lack of funding — One of the few independently funded English-language publications to cover China in depth for Western audiences, “The China Project” …
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Doug Greenberg / Front Office Sports:
The US Soccer League and CBS sign a deal to broadcast 100 games annually through 2027 across its platforms, the first time network TV will air USL games — The United Soccer League and CBS Sports have reached a landmark agreement to bring the second and third tiers of American men's professional soccer to their biggest stage yet.
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times:
Omdia predicts India will be the world's fastest growing digital economy through 2027; YouTube's video ad revenue in the country grew 20% YoY to ~$690M in 2022 — US tech companies YouTube and Meta can expect to achieve rapid growth in video revenues, say analysts
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Brian Stelter: Tucker Carlson's 2021 Hungary trip, where he lauded PM Viktor Orbán, was “unapproved” by Fox; Fox moved Jeanine Pirro to The Five to demote her — In this week's edition of Confider, we reveal the previously unreported story behind Judge Jeanine's “promotion” …
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The Hill, Barrett News Media and Mediaite
Reuters:
Turkey releases journalist Tolga Sardan from prison pending a trial, after jailing him under the country's so-called “disinformation law” — Turkish journalist Tolga Sardan was released from prison on Monday pending trial after he was jailed under the so-called “disinformation law” …
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Hürriyet Daily News, @ifjglobal, Reclaim The Net, Turkish Minute, Global Voices, @milenabuyum, Bianet, Duvar English, @guldenay007 and Turkish Minute
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Crunchyroll launches Game Vault with five mobile games, available for free to subscribers of its two higher-cost tiers, with a “new wave of titles coming soon” — Crunchyroll is making a bigger push into games. … The new feature is called the Crunchyroll Game Vault and is available starting today.
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Variety, IGN and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Four former Kotaku employees launch Aftermath, a subscription-based video games and culture website with an ownership model inspired by outlets like Defector — They've started Aftermath, a new website about video games and culture. … Four ex-Kotaku staffers are launching …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Copenhagen-based sports media group Better Collective plans to acquire Toronto-based Playmaker, which owns sports websites like Yardbarker and TNN, for €176M — Sports media group Better Collective has agreed to buy Canada's Playmaker Capital in a deal that will nearly double its audience across the globe.
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