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Sources: Apple's Eddy Cue has pushed TV+ studio chiefs to exert more control over budgets, hoping to change Apple's reputation as the biggest spender in town — The iPhone maker is starting to exert more control over its production partners — Netflix extended its lead over fellow streaming services …
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SlashFilm, Business Insider, The Verge, The Streamable, @pkafka, AV Club, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @carnage4life, @lucas_shaw, BGR and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
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Sources: AMC Entertainment reached an agreement with creditors that includes restructuring its debt and moving US theaters into a different unit of the company — The asset shift would move the theaters' value out of the reach of some creditors and allow the company to exchange existing debt …
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Deadline and @lucas_shaw
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Source: former UK Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi approached billionaire backers like the Reuben family to prepare a £600M bid for The Daily Telegraph and Spectator — Nadhim Zahawi, who stepped down as an MP at the recent general election, has approached prospective billionaire backers including …
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@paulanthonytho6, The Independent, @evandxle, @markkleinmansky, The Guardian and Reuters
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Condé Nast sends a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, accusing it of plagiarizing its content, a month after Forbes sent a similar letter to the AI company — Magazine giant Condé Nast has sent a cease-and-desist letter to artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity …
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@steph_palazzolo
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Academics say publisher Taylor & Francis hadn't told them about selling access to authors' research as part of a $10M+ Microsoft AI deal, nor let them opt out — Authors have expressed their shock after the news that academic publisher Taylor & Francis, which owns Routledge …
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Christopher Steven Marcum on LinkedIn, Gerard Shields on LinkedIn, @leaton01@scholar.social, @nosword@localization.cafe, Music Ally, Lydia Khalil on LinkedIn, Ariel Guersenzvaig on LinkedIn, Rebecca Clements on LinkedIn, Vicky Nagy on LinkedIn, @koutropoulos@social.ds106.us, @JorisMeys@mstdn.social, @BenPatrickWill@mastodon …, @Zeb_Larson@zirk.us, @Samuelmoore@hcommons.social, @rwg@aoir.social, Pivot to AI and Flaming Well
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Free London paper City AM says Christian May will return as EIC after four years away, and signs a deal to provide business and financial news to Reach titles — City AM will provide business and financial news for many of Reach's biggest newspaper titles including the Daily Express.
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A Florida judge refuses to dismiss Donald Trump's libel lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board over its 2022 statement reaffirming awards for Russiagate coverage — Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize Board over its 2022 statement reaffirming its decision to award a prize for coverage of the 2016 Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
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@jeffjarvis and Politico
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A profile of John Paul Vranesevich, the owner and only full-time reporter for the Beaver Countian who beat the national media on a Donald Trump shooting scoop — The owner of the Beaver Countian is the western Pennsylvania news site's only full-time reporter.
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@seungminkim, @weldpond, @cdarwin@c.im, @jackiegardina … and TVNewsCheck
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WPP-owned ad agency Ogilvy unveils Influence Shield, a new service that aims to help clients deal with reputational issues arising from social media influencers — WPP-owned advertising agency claims new product will prevent reputational damage — Ogilvy, the WPP-owned advertising agency …
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El País
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Google has quietly renewed deals with Australian outlets, sources say as year-long deals, worth tens of millions of dollars under the News Media Bargaining Code — Google has been quietly renewing deals worth tens of millions of dollars with Australian publishers under the News Media Bargaining Code …
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Mumbrella
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A look at China Fact Check, an independent group of volunteer fact checkers of international news reports for Chinese audiences operating exclusively via WeChat — False information is especially widespread in China due to government censorship, the country's pervasive Great Firewall …
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Reddit COO Jen Wong says the company has revenue sharing deals with the NFL, NBA, MLB, and others to get video and other content, hoping to draw advertisers — Reddit, known for its chat forums on everything from Proust to Wall Street stocks, is going big on sports.
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The Verge, Bloomberg, Reuters, Quartz, @amir and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »
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Selina Cheng says her editor told her that staff advocating for press freedom publicly would create a conflict with WSJ's reporting of the issue in Hong Kong — After 2019, as China tightened its grip on Hong Kong and mass protests gripped the city, police raided the Apple Daily …
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Media Voices, @joshgerstein, @bkesling, @lathram, @jennyabamu, @gaufre, @sewellchan and Talking Biz News
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