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Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled The Don Lemon show partnership with X, hours after Lemon conducted an interview with Musk — News from me... #TheDonLemonShow [image]
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The US House passes a bipartisan TikTok bill that forces a sale or ban of the app; the legislation faces an uncertain Senate path without a companion measure — The House vote, set for Wednesday, is expected to mark the first time a chamber of Congress has passed legislation that could lead to a ban of a social media platform.
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Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Neil Young brings his music back to Spotify after requesting its 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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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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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 …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
YouTube revamps its TV app to make the viewing experience more interactive and giving greater prominence to chapters, comments, and video descriptions — YouTube is constantly tinkering with its app design across different platforms and screen sizes, and today, the company shared the latest changes coming to its TV-optimized app.
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Jane Croft / The Guardian:
The UK plans legislation to “ban foreign state ownership, influence, or control” of UK newspapers and magazines, which could thwart Redbird's Telegraph takeover — New legislation could thwart planned £600m purchase of newspaper group by UAE-backed consortium
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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 …
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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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 …
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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Spotify rolls out music videos on mobile and desktop in beta in 11 markets, including Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, and the UK, for 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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iMore, BGR, Music Business Worldwide, Reuters, Engadget, Spotify, Music Ally and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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