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8:20 AM ET, July 30, 2024

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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: several Nikkei boardmembers push for consideration of a sale of the Financial Times as they have grown impatient with its economic performance  —  But first... 🗞️ Will the Financial Times head to the block?:  Might the FT, the august salmon-hued internationalist business broadsheet, eventually hit the market?
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Podcasting is becoming an industry of megastars with huge deals and the biggest audiences; Edison: the top 25 podcasts reach nearly 50% of US weekly listeners  —  The top shows are adding video, merchandise and live tours and signing megadeals with Spotify, Sirius and Amazon.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's acquisition; Docs show Twitch generated ~$667M in ad revenue and $1.3B in commerce revenue in 2023  —  The live-video service has slowing user growth, and workers are expecting more layoffs, changes ahead
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Some popular sites like Condé Nast's titles and Reuters.com modified robots.txt to block Anthropic's bots, but Anthropic has just made new bots with other names  —  Hundreds of websites trying to block the AI company Anthropic from scraping their content are blocking the wrong bots …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
WBD says Max and Discovery+ have pulled in more unique viewers in the first two days of the Paris Olympics than in the entirety of the Tokyo games in 2021  —  In just two days, Warner Bros. Discovery's Max and Discovery+ streaming services pulled in more unique viewers for the Paris Olympics …
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Nielsen and Adobe Analytics: the Paris Olympics opening ceremony drew 28.6M viewers on NBC and Peacock, up 60%+ from Tokyo, plus 666K on Telemundo Deportes
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Diamond Sports Group and Comcast reach a carriage deal to restore 15 RSNs to Xfinity Ultimate TV subscribers on August 1, ending a three-month blackout  —  Bankrupt regional sports network operator Diamond Sports Group has reached terms with Comcast on a carriage deal restoring 15 RSNs to Xfinity pay-TV systems.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Substack lets writers add embeds from predictions market startup Polymarket; Polymarket claims news prediction helps fight against clickbait and propaganda  —  Are prediction markets “the best tool we have to fight back against bullshit, clickbait, and propaganda,” or “just a euphemism for online gambling”?
Ashley Hiruko / KUOW News & Information:
Brady Walkinshaw, a former state lawmaker, bought several Index Media publications, including Seattle's longtime alternative media outlet The Stranger  —  The Stranger, Seattle's longtime alternative media outlet and self-proclaimed “only newspaper” has new ownership.
Discussion: @sydbrownstone
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: WBD is in talks with rivals, including Virgin Media, to carry Max content as part of their bundles in the UK after WBD's deal with Sky runs out in 2025  —  US group's discussions raise questions over its exclusive agreement with Sky to show programmes such as ‘Game of Thrones’
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitch rolls out a revamped iOS and Android app, which now shows a TikTok-like feed of recommended content when it's opened, instead of a “Following” list  —  Twitch's mobile app is getting a major update that puts its TikTok-like feed front and center.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Q&A with Ghostery CEO Jean-Paul Schmetz about the service turning 15, the state of ad tracking, why regulation is not the best path to protecting online privacy  —  The world of online advertising has changed dramatically since Ghostery first launched in 2009 to help people understand …
 
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Tekendra Parmar / Bloomberg:
Scammers are using Meta's copyright protection tools to target influencers in the Middle East; creators see their content removed from Instagram unless they pay
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Sam Metz / Associated Press:
Morocco's king pardons journalists Omar Radi, Taoufik Bouachrine, and Soulaimane Raissouni, jailed for years on charges they had denied as politically motivated
London Evening Standard:
Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards is charged with three counts of making indecent images of children; Edwards resigned from the BBC in April 2024
Reuters:
Russia's state-run news agency TASS says the Olympic organizing committee revoked the accreditations of four of its journalists in Paris
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A few newspaper companies, including Lee and Alden's MediaNews Group, are offering ad-free premium subscription tiers as privacy concerns grow
Discussion: Media Voices
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
In a documentary, Prince Harry said his choice to take legal action against UK tabloid newspapers was a “central piece” contributing to the rift with his family
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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