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Tara Cobham / The Independent:
Presenter Dan Wootton says he's left GB News to launch an independent platform after Ofcom ruled misogynistic comments made on his show broke broadcasting rules — Mr Wootton's name no longer features in the channel's list of presenters on its website — Dan Wootton is out at GB News …
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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:
GB News reports year to May 2023 revenue up 80% YoY to £6.7M, losses up 38% YoY to £42.4M, for £76M in losses since 2021, and 295 staff, up from 175 in May 2022
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@carolvorders, @otto_english, @rasmus_kleis, Nick Manning on LinkedIn, The Independent, @seaninsound, @jamesrbuk and Mediaite
Emma Roth / The Verge:
In response to the EU's ruling, Spotify submits an app update for the EU to provide pricing info within its iOS app and link users to its subscription options — Spotify isn't going to launch the in-app purchases it previously planned for the European Union, at least right now.
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Former Rolling Stone EIC Noah Shachtman is returning to Wired as a contributing editor, where he worked in the same capacity from 2006 to 2013 — Katie Drumm, global editor in chief of Wired, send out the following on Tuesday: — Hi All — I'm very, very excited to share …
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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 …
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Fast Company, TechCrunch, Wired, The Keyword, @hoonofthe.day and @itnewsbot@schleuss.online, more at Techmeme »
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Authors Equity, a US book publisher from former Penguin Random House and Macmillan executives, launches with plans to give authors the “lion's share” of profits — Authors Equity is tiny but has big industry names behind it. Its founders hope their profit-sharing approach and experience will entice authors.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NTWRK CEO says the company plans to fold its brand and business into Complex and form Complex NTWRK, less than two weeks after acquiring Complex for $108.6M — - The parent company that owns Complex will be called Complex NTWRK, but that will be the only place the NTWRK brand exists.
Amy Maclean / Cablefax:
C-SPAN is searching for a new CEO as co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain step down this year; VP of Finance Matt Deprey will replace Kennedy as CFO — C-SPAN has started searching for a new CEO with longtime co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain stepping down this year, Cablefax has learned and confirmed.
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The Verge:
YouTube star Hank Green interviews The Verge EIC Nilay Patel about the pressure from algorithms, giving work away for free, AI, the fediverse, and more — On this special episode of Decoder, Complexly co-founder and YouTuber Hank Green turns the tables on Nilay Patel.
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
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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.
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TollBit and Olivia Joslin on LinkedIn
Apple:
Apple adds transcripts to Apple Podcasts, which let listeners read and search the text of the episode, available in English, French, Spanish, and German — Transcripts offer full-text display for each episode, making podcasts more accessible and immersive than ever before
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, Dyllon Young on LinkedIn, @rustyhammer.bsky.social, RedCircle Blog, The Apple Post and Digital Trends
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