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Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down a live shot of northern Gaza, accusing the AP of violating Israel's ban on Al Jazeera, which gets AP feeds — Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday …
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Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's ChatGPT voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers — The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast says StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, will be available starting next week to Comcast TV or broadband customers at $15/month — Comcast, as its legacy cable TV business continues to shrink, has built a new cable-style bundle for the streaming era.
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple files a lawsuit at the EU's General Court to challenge a March 2024 decision to impose a €1.8B fine for thwarting competition in music streaming — - Company files suit at EU's General Court to topple penalty — Fine was sparked by long-running dispute with top music rival
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Vox launches a subscription program for $5 per month or $50 per year that gives access to exclusive content, including newsletters and a digital magazine — Vox is preparing to celebrate its 10th birthday — making a major change to its business model that reflects how digital news publishers …
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Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Pixar lays off about 175 employees, or around 14% of its workforce, the biggest restructuring in Pixar's history; top leadership is not impacted — Roughly 14 percent of the workforce is cut as part of Disney's company-wide cost-cutting measures. The move is the biggest restructuring in Pixar's history.
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
London's High Court rejects Prince Harry's bid to include claims against Rupert Murdoch and Piers Morgan in his phone hacking suit against News Group Newspapers — Harry - along with more than 40 other plaintiffs - is suing Murdoch's U.K. newspaper business News Group Newspapers over claims …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Microsoft debuts a new AI feature for Edge to translate spoken content via dubbing and subtitles live, on YouTube, news sites like Reuters, LinkedIn, and more — Microsoft Edge will soon offer real-time video translation on sites like YouTube, LinkedIn, Coursera, and more.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Google is warning nonprofit newsrooms that passage of a new California ad tax bill would threaten to pause Google News Initiative funding in US — - That statement was made in response to a bill, introduced by California Assembly member Buffy Wicks last year, that would essentially …
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@jason_kint, @lorenasgonzalez and @stevenwaldman
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
A US federal judge dismisses a sexual assault lawsuit against ex-Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow “without prejudice”; the plaintiff sued Portnow in November 2023 — The plaintiff, who had filed her suit anonymously, told a judge that she feared the consequences if efforts to reveal …
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
TiVo debuts TiVo One, an ad platform designed to optimize audience-based campaigns across multiple screens and devices, including in-car players — “Homepage ad” designed to amplify messages — TiVo, a division of Xperi Inc., said it introduced TiVo One an ad platform designed …
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Sky News:
The UK High Court rules that Julian Assange can appeal against his extradition to the US because judges deemed US assurances insufficient — The US authorities want to put Julian Assange on trial over 18 charges, nearly all under the Espionage Act, with Monday's decision marking the latest chapter …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
The NFL knows it provides must-see TV, earning $75M/game from Netflix and showing games across Amazon, YouTube, Disney, Comcast, Fox, and Paramount — The two leading suitors for Paramount Global are both offering flawed deals. What will the media mogul decide?
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