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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Preliminary findings: the EU says Meta's pay or consent ad model breaches the DMA; Meta faces a fine of up to 10% of its global annual turnover if found guilty — Meta Platforms (META.O) was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global is in discussions with other companies about merging Paramount+ with their streamers; WBD is interested in merging Max and Paramount+ — Paramount Global is holding talks with other entertainment companies about merging its Paramount+ streaming service with an existing platform.
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A look at WSJ's rocky reboot under Emma Tucker, who addressed editing bottlenecks and pushed for ambitious stories, while unnerving the newsroom with layoffs — The British-born editor has injected America's business paper of record with ambition and verve, while unnerving the newsroom with unapologetic cuts.
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Reuters:
Google says it will require advertisers to disclose election ads that use digitally altered content that depicts real or realistic-looking people or events — Google (GOOGL.O) said on Monday it would make it mandatory for advertisers to disclose election ads that use digitally altered content …
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta changes its “Made with AI” label to “AI info”, to indicate images were not necessarily created with AI but that AI editing tools may have been used — After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Terence Samuel, the EIC of USA Today, is leaving “effective today”, after a year in the role; Caren Bohan, the executive editor of politics, will be interim EIC — Terence Samuel, a veteran journalist, had been in the role for a year. — Terence Samuel, the editor in chief of USA Today …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
B2B information and data provider Wilmington sells its UK healthcare business, which includes Health Service Journal, to PE firm Inspirit Franklin for £26M — HSJ has been owned by Wilmington since 2017. — Health Service Journal will move under private equity ownership following a sale by owner Wilmington.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolled out a policy change that will let people request the takedown of AI-generated or other synthetic content that simulates their face or voice — Meta is not the only company grappling with the rise in AI-generated content and how it affects its platform.
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Some Hollywood writers and actors are struggling to meet salary or work requirements to keep their union's health insurance plans, following the 2023 strikes — After the 2023 work stoppages and amid a larger industry contraction, creatives face difficulties meeting minimums to keep their union plans …
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022 — Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight.
CBS News:
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, says neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges — Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to take another look at a pair of laws from Florida and Texas …
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Silla Brush / Bloomberg:
BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash — The acquisition deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets, and also expands its Aladdin technology systems …
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