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2:20 PM ET, July 18, 2024

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Financial Times:
Sources: WBD weighs splitting off its streaming and studio businesses from its legacy TV networks including CNN, leaving most of its debt with the TV networks  —  Group behind CNN and HBO has discussed options including spin-off of its streaming service and movie studio
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Apple is launching new immersive video content for the Vision Pro over the next few months, including content from The Weeknd and the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend  —  Apple is launching new “immersive” video content for the Vision Pro over the next few months, including one from The Weeknd …
Discussion: Apple and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has spoken to many of the largest Hollywood studios about acquiring more programming from their libraries to offer customers in the US and abroad  —  - Apple TV+ has relied on original series like ‘Ted Lasso’ … The iPhone maker has spoken to several of the largest studios …
Reuters:
An Italian court orders a journalist to pay PM Giorgia Meloni €5K for mocking her height; in 2023, journalist Roberto Saviano was fined €1K for insulting Meloni  —  A Milan court has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of 5,000 euros ($5,465) …
Discussion: The Guardian
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon offers customers who subscribe to Peacock Premium at the new $79.99 per year rate one year of Netflix Premium for free  —  Verizon keeps reshuffling its deck of various and sundry streaming bundle deals, aiming for new ways to appeal to bargain hunters — and to cater to particular sign-up goals of its content partners.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Mike Vorkunov / New York Times:
Sources: the WNBA's media rights deals mirror the NBA's, and the league is set to get at least $2.2B over 11 years or $200M/year, up from the current ~$50M/year  —  The WNBA's next national media rights package has come into shape.  The league is set to receive roughly $2.2 billion …
 
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Om Malik / On my Om:
The Apple News deal with Taboola is shocking and off-brand, calling into question Apple's commitment to good customer experience, including privacy
Peter White / Deadline:
Emmy nominations numbers: Netflix took the top spot with 107; FX had 93, HBO/Max 91, Apple TV+ 72, ABC and CBS 38 each, Prime Video 37, Hulu 26, and Disney+ 19
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify launches an AI DJ that speaks Spanish in beta for Premium users in markets where its English-language DJ is available, alongside Spain and Latin America
Hannah Summers / The Guardian:
A UK judge rules that a sex offender's name can be published following an application by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and a freelance journalist
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Source: PE firm CVC Capital Partners is considering a bid for the Telegraph, ahead of a deadline for the first round of auction of the newspaper group this week
Discussion: Telegraph
Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic:
Meta launches a small pilot program to let some researchers access Instagram data for up to about six months to study the app's effect on teens and young adults
Discussion: Engadget and The Verge
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Inti Landauro / Reuters:
Spain proposes tighter media rules to tackle fake news in line with the European Media Freedom Act; conservative opposition say the rules censor critical media
Discussion: Euractiv
Natalie Korach / The Wrap:
MSNBC insiders accuse executives Cesar Conde and Rashida Jones of pulling Morning Joe off the air to “coddle” Trump and avoid tensions if he wins the election
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
BBC Head of Product for iPlayer and Video Ankit Kumar leaves; a source says he left abruptly, and the product team is having a “turbulent time” as execs leave
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU's General Court says TikTok is large enough to fall under the DMA, rejecting ByteDance's challenge; ByteDance can appeal to the European Court of Justice
Hong Kong Free Press:
Hong Kong-based reporter Selina Cheng says she was fired by The Wall Street Journal for taking up the position of chair of the Hong Kong Journalist Association
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
GB News plans to add AI-generated, 30-second sports updates at the end of the main news bulletins on GB News Radio, as the broadcaster expands sports coverage