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12:50 PM ET, September 5, 2024

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Source: Tenet Media is the Tennessee-based company the US DOJ alleges was being funded by Russia; Benny Johnson and Tim Pool say they were victims of the scheme  —  The unnamed Tennessee-based company that the Justice Department alleges was being funded by Russian operatives working as part …
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New York Times:
The US sanctions five Russian news outlets including RT, sanctions RT's EIC, indicts two RT staffers, and seizes 32 domains, as it fights Russian influence
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces AI detection tools to protect against copying creators' likeness, including their faces and voices, and plans to offer AI scraping controls  —  YouTube on Thursday announced a new set of AI detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors …
John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal:
Filmmakers from the small budget, parallel world of faith-based entertainment are going mainstream, as Amazon, Netflix, and others focus on heartland viewers  —  Christian filmmakers have surprised the world with a series of box office hits.  Their success could change the entertainment industry.
Helen Bushby / BBC:
The UK's CMA launches an investigation into whether the sale of Oasis tickets on Ticketmaster breached consumer protection law, including via “dynamic pricing”  —  The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing”.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Salt Lake Tribune's first annual report shows $15.3M in 2023 revenue and $779K net profit; in July 2024, it had 9K print subscribers and 30K digital  —  The first daily newspaper in the U.S. to become a nonprofit has published a refreshingly readable and transparent annual report.
Discussion: Media Nation
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian's CFO says the outlet plans to start making product recommendations with the aim of diversifying revenue through affiliate links  —  The Guardian is preparing to launch an e-commerce platform as it continues to look for new areas of revenue diversification.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian's award-winning Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov departs abruptly; Chulov was reportedly the subject of an internal investigation
Maia Coleman / New York Times:
Federal prosecutors charge a man for allegedly using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs by fake bands to get $10M in royalties from streaming services  —  Federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with gaming the system to win royalties from streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back X ad spending in 2025 and 14% plan to pull budgets in 2024, over concerns about content and trust in disseminated info  —  Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
Hadas Gold / CNN:
A coalition of news outlets petitions a Nevada court to make public the proceedings around Rupert Murdoch's attempts to modify his family's succession plans  —  New York CNN —  —  A coalition of media organizations, including CNN, has petitioned a Nevada court to open …
Discussion: Puck, The Daily Beast and Adweek
 
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Shares of Truth Social's parent TMTG continue to slide, as the expiration date nears for a lockup agreement preventing Trump and others from selling their stock
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A look at ESPN's transformation over the last year, including overhauling its on-air talent, as it prepares to launch its flagship streaming service in 2025
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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube expands its existing parental controls to let parents link their account to their teens' account and gain insight into the teens' activity
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Note: BBC tells staff it plans to cut up to 115 editorial and production jobs in its Nations and Regions units, including 40 to 45 jobs at BBC Local in England
Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Elon Musk, in an eventually deleted X post, promoted a Tucker Carlson interview with a Hitler apologist who downplayed the Holocaust and said Nazis were humane
 

 
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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% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates

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Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors

 
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