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Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs — After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
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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The Independent, @evandxle, @paulanthonytho6, @markkleinmansky, The Guardian and Reuters
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD says it intends to match one of the offers for NBA rights; a source says it is targeting the package from Amazon, which is for about $1.8B per year — TNT has held NBA rights for 35 years. What happens next will determine if they keep them. … The company said in a statement Monday afternoon …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
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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The Verge, SlashFilm, Business Insider, Cord Cutters News, The Streamable, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @pkafka, @carnage4life, @lucas_shaw, AV Club, BGR and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Meera Pattni / Semafor:
Semafor plans to launch Semafor Gulf on September 16, led by veteran journalist Mohammed Sergie, following the success of the US and sub-Saharan Africa editions — The News — Semafor will launch in the Middle East this September, marking a major milestone in its global expansion strategy …
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Talking Biz News, @semaforben and @reedalbergotti
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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.
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
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
Bloomberg:
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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Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and @lucas_shaw
Matilda Battersby / The Bookseller:
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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Gerard Shields on LinkedIn, @nosword@localization.cafe, Christopher Steven Marcum on LinkedIn, Music Ally, Lydia Khalil on LinkedIn, @leaton01@scholar.social, 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
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
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
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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 …
Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review:
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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