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Sources: South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan has gone missing after visiting Beijing to cover a forum in October; SCMP says she's “on personal leave” — An award-winning reporter from Hong Kong has gone missing following a business trip to China in late October …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple and Paramount have talked about offering a bundle of Apple TV+ and Paramount+ that would cost less than subscribing to both services separately — Streamers are increasingly joining with rivals to offer bundles that help attract and keep subscribers
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Canada's deal with Google showed the flaws in the link tax, and now California and the US have a chance to adopt smarter ways to increase trustworthy local news — “You need Google to stay in this. Otherwise, it devastates the entire industry.” — Is the link tax dead?
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A close look at Canada's Google deal under Bill C-18: most of the CA$100M likely will go to big broadcasters and existing deals will be rolled into the payment — Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge's deal with Google on Bill C-18 for an annual $100 million contribution has sparked …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Viaplay is selling its UK business back to Premier Sports, just a year after acquiring it for £30M, and plans to exit the Baltics and Poland by summer 2025 — Viaplay has sold its UK business back to Premier Sports and revealed “the renegotiation of credit arrangements and the proposed injection …
Emma Nelson / Star Tribune:
Minnesota's Star Tribune hires Aron Pilhofer, who co-founded DocumentCloud, Hacks/Hackers, and Tiny News Collective, as chief product officer — Aron Pilhofer also co-founded news-related startups DocumentCloud.org, Hacks & Hackers and Tiny News Collective.
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New York Times:
Some marketing agencies say their brands don't plan to return to advertise on X, and others are advising brands to stop posting on X, after Elon Musk's comments — Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times's DealBook Summit.
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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk scoffs at advertisers leaving X because of his controversial posts: “If somebody's going to try to blackmail me with advertising ... go fuck yourself”
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meta's and YouTube's use of celebrities' likenesses for AI chatbots and songs raises tough questions about identity, IP, safeguards, and licensing — Meta and YouTube are looking to Demi Lovato, Tom Brady and other A-listers to mainstream the technology — flawed guardrails and all.
Elizabeth Rembert / NPR:
Meteorologists and other weather experts in seven US Midwest states say they faced harassment and threats for reporting on climate change — Chris Gloninger was excited to start his new job as chief meteorologist at KCCI, a TV station in Des Moines, when he moved to Iowa from Boston in 2021.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney says former Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter, who is working with Nelson Peltz, has a “longstanding personal agenda” against Bob Iger — In a statement responding to Trian's announcement, Disney said that Perlmutter “was terminated from his employment …
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NBC 7 San Diego, @2xaught7.bsky.social, The Walt Disney Company, CNN and ScreenRant
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CNBC:
Source: Nelson Peltz seeks more than two seats on Disney's board, a day after Disney added Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and former Sky TV boss Jeremy Darroch
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NBC 7 San Diego, Variety, Bloomberg, The Wrap, Reuters, Financial Times, New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter
Reuters:
A US district judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Montana's first-of-its-kind state ban on TikTok from taking effect on January 1, 2024 — A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana's first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The UK opens a review into whether Jeff Zucker's bid for The Telegraph, using ~$1B in Emirati money, could result in adverse foreign influence over the UK press — British regulators announced a review into whether the bid, backed mostly by funds from the United Arab Emirates …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Some digital outlets are employing full-time cartoonists, as newspapers increasingly cut the role; there were fewer than 30 newspaper cartoonists in 2021 — Few newspapers still employ full-time cartoonists. But some digital outlets are turning to the art form.
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