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Sources: Paramount has held talks with Comcast about Paramount+ and Peacock joining forces through a partnership or a joint venture — The two companies have recently discussed a streaming partnership or joint-venture for Paramount+ and Peacock — Paramount has held recent talks with Comcast …
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Natalie Korach / The Wrap:
Legal news service Law360 lays off 10% of its newsroom, per impacted journalists; the outlet's parent company LexisNexis saw record profits in 2023 — Unionized editorial staffers staged a one-day strike against parent company LexisNexis in December — Law360, the subscription-based legal …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the expansion plans of LeBron James' SpringHill, which makes most of its $200M in revenue from creating sponsored short videos for advertisers — The basketball legend is building a business that includes movies and TV, advertising and a grooming line.
Amy Or / Bloomberg:
Sources: Reddit signed a deal early in 2024, worth ~$60M on an annualized basis, allowing a large unnamed AI company to train its models on Reddit's content — - Social media firm agrees $60 million deal with AI company — Reddit advised to seek at least $5 billion IPO valuation
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The Verge, Mashable, Engadget, @robdziobon, @bradcordeiro, @ryanmcraver, @waywardboobs.bsky.social and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
How Paramount became a cautionary tale of the streaming wars, as the Viacom merger, a lack of investment, and other issues left it with $16B+ in debt — Shari Redstone inherited her father's storied media empire and tried to take on Netflix. Now it's looking for a buyer.
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Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn and Business Insider
David Pierce / The Verge:
A look at robots.txt, a goodwill-based social contract that has governed the behavior of web crawlers, as more publishers block AI crawlers from their sites — For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
NBCUniversal rebrands video streaming service Vudu to Fandango at Home, more closely aligning it with its Fandango movie ticketing business — Fandango has decided to completely rebrand Vudu, a streaming video service that's been around for over a decade, to Fandango at Home.
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Variety, 9to5Google, @vudufans, The A.V. Club, Cord Cutters News and Media Play News
The Wire:
Vanessa Dougnac, South Asia correspondent for four French publications, says India's government is forcing her to leave because of her “malicious” reporting — New Delhi: French journalist Vanessa Dougnac, who had been the longest serving foreign correspondent in India …
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Agence France-Presse, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Committee to Protect …, Reuters and Newslaundry
Emily Glover / Forbes:
Survey of 2K US streaming users: 33% created their own accounts due to password crackdowns, 45% canceled services due to cost, 49% subscribe to three services — In an age where the digital world is our primary source of entertainment, the streaming service market is more competitive and complex than ever.
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Martin Toha on LinkedIn, The Streamable and Media Play News
The Wrap:
Nexstar is developing a weekly political talk show in collaboration between the CW and The Hill; it will air on Sundays on local CW stations — The series would be similar in concept to “Face the Nation,” CW president of entertainment Brad Schwartz tells TheWrap
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Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Google stopped notifying publishers of “right to be forgotten” removals, after a Swedish court ruled that informing webmasters is a breach of privacy — Move comes after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content is breach of privacy
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Private equity firm RedBird IMI finalizes a £1.15B deal to acquire UK TV and film producer All3Media from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Media — The production powerhouse, led by CEO Jane Turton, is behind the likes of ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ and owns more than 50 banners, including ‘The Tinder Swindler’ maker Raw.
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