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6:25 PM ET, August 11, 2024

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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer  —  On Friday evening, Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai shared that Susan Wojcicki has died.  She was 56. … Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening:
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An obituary of Susan Wojcicki, who was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, helped launch and grow AdSense, and pushed for Google to buy YouTube  —  Ms. Wojcicki, who helped build Google, was one of the most prominent women in technology.  —  Susan Wojcicki, whose garage …
Stan Alcorn / Rest of World:
A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in podcasts in Latin America, where one survey found 90% of podcast listeners used Spotify  —  In Latin America, “podcast” and “Spotify” became synonymous; now the audio industry is reckoning with the company's retreat.  —  • BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A profile of Bari Weiss as The Free Press expands, hiring a COO and running live events; TFP had over 750K subscribers in July, with 100K+ paying $8/month  —  Bari Weiss has long been blessed with two superpowers, those close to her say: She knows how to make useful enemies, and she knows how to make useful friends.
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Microsoft research details Iranian government efforts to interfere with the US election, including four fake outlets likely using AI to plagiarize news content  —  Groups connected to the Iranian government are using a spectrum of online tactics to interfere with the U.S. presidential election …
Ina Fried / Axios:
How Getty transmits Olympics photos globally with fully remote editing as it aims for a 26-second delay between when photos are taken and when they hit the wire  —  Already during the games it has uploaded more than 350,000 pictures for media outlets to choose from.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at the shrinking pay-TV market, after write-downs by Paramount and WBD of their networks' value, as they try to compete with larger streaming companies  —  - Paramount Global's stock tanked 12% in after-hours trading Thursday, despite posting a streaming profit for the first time.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix strikes a deal to have CBS Sports produce the two NFL games to be streamed live on Christmas; on-air talent to call the games will be decided later  —  The on-air talent that will call the games will be named later  —  Netflix said it has struck a deal to have CBS Sports produce …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: Hearst Television lays off dozens of employees working for its free streaming service Very Local, which launched in 2021, serving 26 US markets  —  Hearst Television has let go of dozens of employees working for its streaming service Very Local, sources tell Deadline.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A £350M bid for The Telegraph by ad mogul Maurice Saatchi and Lynn Forester de Rothschild fails to make it to a second round in the auction run by RedBird IMI  —  Sir Paul Marshall reported to be the frontrunner for The Spectator.  —  Former advertising mogul Lord Saatchi has had a £350m bid to buy The Telegraph rejected.
Discussion: Sky News and Financial Times
Yasmin Rufo / BBC:
The BBC asks Huw Edwards to return the £200K+ in salary he made between his November arrest and his April resignation; BBC Chair says he “behaved in bad faith”  —  Huw Edwards has been asked to return his salary paid since his arrest, with the BBC chair telling staff the ex-presenter acted in “bad faith”.
 
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Eva Dou / Washington Post:
Truth Social parent TMTG, which has a $5B market cap, reports Q2 revenue down 30% YoY to $837K and a net loss of $16.4M; Trump owns 59.9% of TMTG's common stock
Todd Spangler / Variety:
WBD pulls the contents of cartoonnetwork.com, which featured full CN episodes and video clips, and redirects visitors to sign up for Max
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Paramount sells entertainment news websites ComicBook and PopCulture to Savage Ventures, which created a joint venture to relaunch Vice digital properties
Reuters:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks X in the country for 10 days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to incite hate after Venezuela's disputed election
The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the battle among streamers for stand-up comic specials, as Amazon, Hulu, and Max challenge Netflix's dominance of the genre
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance:
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% YoY to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.

Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider:
Google Quantum AI and DeepMind researchers debut ML decoder AlphaQubit, which surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors

 
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