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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the June 27 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in Atlanta — Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the June 27 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the network said. — Both candidates said today …
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Joe Biden proposes two debates with Trump, ditching the bipartisan commission that has conducted presidential debates since the late 1980s; Trump accepts — During recent weeks, both the Trump and Biden campaigns held behind-the-scenes talks about debate planning.
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to an ABC News presidential debate on September 10
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CNN:
CNN plans to host the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidential debate in Georgia on June 27, after both accepted CNN's invitation
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube formally launches YouTube Select Creator Takeovers, which will let advertisers buy out the inventory on channels representing top 1% of YouTube content — Video platform also inks deal to bring WNBA Friday night games to YouTube TV … At its annual Brandcast event …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Former CNN President and current RedBird IMI CEO Jeff Zucker defends RedBird's blocked bid to take over The Telegraph, which was backed by the UAE — Zucker defends involvement of UAE money in attempted Telegraph deal. — Ex-CNN president Jeff Zucker has suggested critics of his failed Telegraph deal were simply “scared” of it.
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Steven Melendez / Fast Company:
Nabiha Syed, previously CEO of The Markup and associate general counsel at BuzzFeed, joins the Mozilla Foundation as executive director — The Mozilla Foundation's new executive director was previously CEO of nonprofit tech news outlet The Markup. — Nabiha Syed, who was previously CEO …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with the NFL to stream two new Christmas Day games this season, and “at least one game” in 2025 and in 2026 — The streaming giant lands the league's two new Christmas Day games, beginning this season. — Netflix will stream live NFL games, beginning this season.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount has had talks with Amazon about expanding ties, including bundled sales of channels; one source said the talks also involved advertising — The discussions may not amount to anything, but are said to include bundled sales of channels, according to the people …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
The National Music Publishers' Association sends a cease-and-desist letter to Spotify over its use of lyrics in its videos feature, remix tool, and more — Spotify was hit with a cease-and-desist letter from the National Music Publishers Assn. over its use of lyrics in its recently launched video function …
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Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail:
The CRTC delays Online Streaming Act enactment until late 2025; the law sets how much streamers and broadcasters pay to support Canadian and Indigenous content — ////The timetable for implementing the online streaming act has been delayed by a year, according to a new regulatory plan published …
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CNBC:
Netflix says its ad tier has 40M MAUs, up from 23M in January, and it will launch its own ad platform and no longer partner with Microsoft for that technology — Netflix's cheaper, ad-supported tier has amassed 40 million global monthly active users, the company said Wednesday.
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Antonio Planas / NBC News:
ESPN says Caitlin Clark's WNBA debut game for the Indiana Fever was the most-watched WNBA game on ESPN platforms ever, drawing 2.1M viewers and peaking at 2.3M — Clark's first game as a pro scored 2.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated WNBA game in the league's history across the ESPN platforms.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
News/Media Alliance CEO Danielle Coffey says Google's AI Overviews rollout will be catastrophic, as the little traffic publishers get will be further diminished — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here.
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