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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
BBC and AMC Networks partner to launch a free BBC News channel on CTV and FAST services and traditional pay-TV providers like Charter, Comcast, and DirecTV — The cable news channel will still be available through pay-TV providers, but will also be available for free to anyone with an internet connection.
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The Wrap, Next TV, Deadline and The Media Leader
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Neil Young is bringing back his music to Spotify, after the removal in January 2022, saying “Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation” — Neil Young is bringing his music back to Spotify more than two years after requesting its removal from the platform …
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Mathieu Pollet / Politico:
The EU Parliament approves the Media Freedom Act, to shield newsrooms from undue influence, foster pluralism, introduce transparency requirements, and more — The new law will ban governments from going after journalists to reveal their sources by deploying spyware on their phones.
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European Parliament, Euronews, @thierrybreton and European Federation …
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
Literary journal Guernica retracts an article by Israel-based liberal writer Joanna Chen on connecting with Palestinians, after 12+ staff resigned in protest — What are the limits of empathy in war? — That's the question that Joanna Chen, a liberal writer and translator who is Jewish …
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Patricia Hernandez / Polygon:
How MrBeast dominates this ostentatious YouTube era, using a fast, frantic, and omnipresent editing style, as his videos slowly evolve to focus on storytelling — Jimmy Donaldson warped YouTube in his image — but YouTube is warping him back — In the fall of 2023, a clip ripped from a video …
Stephanie Sugars / US Press Freedom Tracker:
A review shows $1.6M+ in attorneys' fees were awarded to journalists and outlets suing for public records access in the past 12 months; taxpayers paid the fees — Stephanie Sugars from Freedom of the Press Foundation — When officials wrongly keep constituents in the dark and journalists fight …
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Associated Press, @freedomofpress@newsie.social and Freedom of the Press …
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
UTA fires and sues Michael Kassan, partner and CEO of UTA-owned MediaLink, alleging misappropriation of funds; Kassan countersues UTA over MediaLink acquisition — Agency says executive was fired after “exhaustive investigation” — United Talent Agency has been accused of breach of contract …
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MediaPost, Ad Age, Adweek, Deadline, @semaforben, @maxwelltani, @semaforben, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, @deadline and @deadline
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Filing: the NYT denies OpenAI's claims that the NYT “hacked” ChatGPT to create misleading evidence of copyright infringement, calling the claims “grandstanding” — The New York Times (NYT.N) has denied claims by OpenAI that it “hacked” the company's artificial intelligence systems …
Discussion:
The Independent and Ars Technica, more at Techmeme »
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Spotify rolls out music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in beta in 11 markets, including Brazil, Italy, and the UK, available to Premium subscribers — Spotify is adding music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in some markets. They are tightly integrated with the company's music library …
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Reuters, iMore, Engadget, The Verge, Music Ally and Spotify, more at Techmeme »
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Filings: Roku reveals a breach that compromised 15K+ accounts between December 2023 and February 2024 and tells users hackers didn't get sensitive personal info — Hackers gained access through login credentials obtained by third-party sources and in some cases tried to buy streaming subscriptions
Kunal Purohit / Al Jazeera:
Ahead of India's 2024 general election, at least 10 Bollywood movies that have either been released recently or releasing soon amplify BJP's political agenda — Mumbai, India - A grimacing police official, staring into the camera, declares her intent to publicly shoot dead “leftists” …
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@madversity, @kunalpurohit, @ajenglish, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit and @kunalpurohit
Metin Kazama / OCCRP:
A Kyrgyzstan court extends eight Temirov Live journalists' detention, puts two under house arrest, and frees one; all were charged with “inciting mass unrest” — A court in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday extended the pre-trial detention of eight journalists who are charged with …
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Committee to Protect …, @paper_trail_m and @paper_trail_m
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