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12:55 PM ET, March 5, 2024

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Filing: GB News owner All Perspectives has been forced to provide a further £41M in funding to cover operating costs, and is now owed £83.8M by GB News  —  Vehicle backed by hedge fund tycoon Paul Marshall steps in as right-leaning broadcaster increases number of staff
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Source: Amazon Prime Video plans to lay off less than 5% of its staff across its European offices, as part of a restructure impacting Europe, MENA, and Africa  —  EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe, we hear.  —  It's understood a figure of less …
Discussion: The Desk
Dan Primack / Axios:
TollBit, a startup whose two-sided marketplace lets publishers make their content available to AI companies for a fee, raised ~$7M in pre-seed and seed funding  —  Sometimes there's a simple solution to an intractable problem.  The sort of thing that feels obvious, but only in retrospect.
Discussion: TollBit
David Pierce / The Verge:
Google rolls out new changes to its Search ranking to help surface good content, downrank content that summarizes others' work, and more, as AI content spreads  —  Google is rolling out a few new changes to its ranking systems in search, which are designed to help surface good content …
A. G. Sulzberger / Reuters Institute:
The NYT publisher's 2024 Reuters Memorial Lecture: journalistic independence, the Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, trans issues, being open to criticism, and more  —  It's an honour to be here to deliver this year's memorial lecture.  The Reuters Institute has been an invaluable resource …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to start cracking down on Max password sharing later this year with a wider rollout in 2025, joining rivals Netflix and Disney+  —  The streamer's paid sharing initiative will launch later this year, with a broader rollout in 2025
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
While HBO hit streaming DTC profitability under David Zaslav, via licensing to Netflix, slashing marketing, layoffs, and more, WBD's stock is down 25%+ YTD
Bloomberg:
Vivendi's Canal+ increases its bid for South Africa's MultiChoice by almost a fifth, valuing MultiChoice's shares at $2.9B, and enters exclusive takeover talks  —  - Vivendi's Canal+ is working with JPMorgan, Bank of America  — Vivendi says its committed to JSE listing, transformation
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
The EU Commission fines Apple €1.8B for stifling competition from rival music streaming services, the EU's third-largest antitrust fine; Apple plans to appeal  —  iPhone maker hit by first-ever Brussels fine as competition watchdogs step up scrutiny of Big Tech
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Apple:
Apple says Spotify was the “primary advocate” and “biggest beneficiary” of the EU's ruling, Spotify pays Apple nothing, and that “free isn't enough for Spotify”
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Reach reports FY 2023 revenue down 5% YoY to £568.6M, pre-tax profit down 45% YoY to £36.7M, and digital page views down 24% YoY due to Meta's 2023 news rules  —  UK publisher's profits dive after decline in digital readership, but deal reached over pension commitments
Discussion: Press Gazette and Reach plc
PA Media:
TalkTV plans to close down its linear TV channel in early summer 2024 and go online only, weeks after Piers Morgan left his daily show on the channel  —  Move announced by News UK venture comes weeks after Piers Morgan left his daily show on channel  —  TalkTV will be taken off air …
 
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Clara Aberneithie / Press Gazette:
An interview with ITN CEO Rachel Corp, who says the news cycle has become “absolutely relentless”, taking a toll on the mental health of journalists
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the Fox, Disney, and WBD sports streaming joint venture is anticipating signing up 5M customers in the first five years
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
The NewsGuild of New York accuses the NYT of targeting staff with Middle Eastern or North African backgrounds in a investigation into October 7 coverage leaks
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom has “significant concerns about GB News' editorial control of its live output” after finding GB News in breach over Laurence Fox's misogynistic comments