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Sara Fischer / Axios:
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her” — - “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney has pulled ahead in its proxy battle against Trian with more than half of all shares voted; BlackRock and T. Rowe Price are backing Disney — BlackRock and T. Rowe Price among major investors backing Disney; voting continues through April 3 meeting
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
A profile of Dana Walden, who is in the running to be Bob Iger's successor as Disney CEO, as some colleagues and friends discuss her strengths and faults — Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment — In 1994, a captain of the media and entertainment industry saw something in Dana Walden …
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Awful Announcing, @sherman4949 and New York Post
David Pierce / The Verge:
Yahoo plans to acquire the tech behind news app Artifact, started by Instagram co-founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, for an undisclosed sum — Instagram's co-founders built a powerful and useful tool for recommending news to readers — but could never quite get it to scale.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
The Marion County Record's parent and Eric Meyer, its editor and publisher, file a federal lawsuit over police raids of its offices and Meyer's home in 2023 — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices …
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Media Nation and Kansas Reflector
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
MoffettNathanson forecasts YouTube TV will have ~12.4M US subscribers by 2026's end, passing Comcast and Charter to become the country's biggest pay TV provider — Google's streaming cable television alternative YouTube TV is on track to overtake Comcast's Xfinity TV and Charter's Spectrum TV …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
A look at the lawyers using defamation lawsuits to fight political disinformation with a focus on key spreaders, like Alex Jones — “I've always despised bullies that pick on defenseless or seemingly defenseless people,” said Michael J. Gottlieb, who has represented clients targeted …
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Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS and the Golden Globes plan to air the 82nd annual ceremony on January 5, 2025, live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the US — Organizers also finalized the timetable for submissions across the awards' film and TV categories. — CBS and the Golden Globes have set Jan. 5 as the date for the 82nd annual ceremony.
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Billboard, The Ankler, The Wrap, Next TV and Deadline
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Flip, a marketplace with product review videos by shoppers, raised a $144M Series C led by Streamlined at a $1.05B valuation, including $50M from AppLovin — - Ad software firm AppLovin invested $50 million in commerce app — App features video reviews of products made by other shoppers
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AppLovin Corp., more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, and 200+ others sign a letter to AI developers and tech companies decrying “predatory” AI that steals voices, replaces artists, more — - Jen Jacobsen, executive director at The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), the trade group representing the artists signing the letter …
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Kristen Lopez / The Wrap:
Miramax names Jonathan Glickman as CEO and acquires his independent film and TV studio, Panoramic Media — The move comes six months after Bill Block vacated the role — Jonathan Glickman will fill the position of CEO at Miramax, the studio announced Tuesday.
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Variety, Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter
Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
Private equity firm Silver Lake says it plans to take sports and talent agency Endeavor private at a $13B equity value, or $27.50 per share — - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices — News Tips
John Maher / Publishers Weekly:
Nonprofit library tech cooperative OCLC, which owns WorldCat, acquires CloudLibrary, a digital lending service used by ~500 libraries in 20 countries — Nonprofit library technology cooperative OCLC—the company behind WorldCat, the world's largest global catalog of library collections …
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