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Financial Times:
How the UK Conservative party establishment fought to frustrate RedBird's UAE-backed Telegraph bid; sources say Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch had a key role  —  Rishi Sunak's ‘hand was forced’ as PM acts to change law to stop foreign states from buying media groups
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Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
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
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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to shut down CrowdTangle in August 2024, to be replaced by Meta Content Library for academic and nonprofit researchers, but not most news outlets  —  CrowdTangle, a source for embarrassing articles about Facebook and Instagram, has been used to track conspiracy theories, viral content
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
The FCC votes to make cable and satellite TV providers show the total cost of services, including fees for TV station signals and regional sports programming  —  - Consumer charges have been targeted under President Biden  — Cable industry calls rule unneeded and costly to implement
Discussion: @tvgrimreaper
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Reddit launches free-form ads, an ad format that looks similar to posts made by users, but with a “Promoted” label, to help advertisers get maximum engagement  —  Reddit is introducing a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users on the platform, the company announced on Thursday.
Reuters:
UN report: Israel violated international law by firing at a group of “clearly identifiable journalists” on October 13, killing Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah  —  An Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120 mm rounds at a group of …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Meta will be “forced” to remove news from its platforms in Illinois if the state passes a bill requiring Meta, Google, and others to pay local news outlets  —  A new Illinois bill called the Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591) that's currently sitting in the state's Senate …
Chris Kornelis / New York Times:
Gerald M. Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the AOL merger, widely considered the worst corporate merger in US history, died on March 13 at age 84  —  He was called a visionary in cable television, but his foray into the world of the internet, in a marriage with AOL, proved disastrous.
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon says “a tiny fraction” of sellers paid for ads for products users couldn't buy and pledges a fix; Amazon offered a $15K refund to a seller seeking $300K  —  The company has pledged to reimburse sellers for the mistake and make fixes to its lucrative advertising operation.
Discussion: Engadget and Business Insider
 
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Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Sources: Google's Search Generative Experience could cut organic search traffic to publishers by 20% to 60%; Google says “it's premature to estimate” the impact
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
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Max Tani / Semafor:
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The Moscow Times:
Kremlin-linked RIA Novosti says Russia has charged Mikhail Zygar, former EIC of broadcaster Dozhd, with spreading “fake news” about Russian army atrocities
Corey Hutchins / Nieman Lab:
The National Trust for Local News bought a used printing press and plans to move it to Denver to handle printing for Colorado Community Media's newspapers
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI announces partnerships with Le Monde and Prisa Media to bring French and Spanish language news content to ChatGPT and help train OpenAI's models
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
The UK media's extreme deference over covering Kate Middleton during her medical absence highlights its double standards in its Meghan Markle coverage