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YouTube terminates Tenet Media's channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Thursday it was terminating the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen, following an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
The Tenet Media case highlights both the lack of transparency in the creator economy and the threat this poses to media integrity — We need to know who is funding the creator economy — Yesterday, a federal indictment revealed that a Tennessee media company working with right-wing …
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Wired:
An analysis of Tenet Media's videos shows frequent use of terms including “white people”, “Black people”, “civil war”, “Elon Musk”, and “illegal immigrants” — A WIRED analysis shows that right-wing stars like Tim Pool …
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
A Tenet Media contributor tweeted that Tenet “has ended”; its X, Instagram, TikTok, and Rumble pages are online but haven't been updated since the indictment
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Most of the six members of Tenet's “talent” team claim they did not know the money they were paid allegedly came from Russia; Lauren Southern has not commented
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
As the DirecTV-Disney carriage dispute continues, DirecTV nudges customers to Fubo or Sling and offers a $30 credit, and Disney offers $30 off Hulu with Live TV — DirecTV is offering discounts and a $30 credit toward Fubo or Sling, while Disney is offering $30 off the first month of Hulu with Live TV …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone will get $180M in severance and other benefits on top of $350M from the sale of her 20% stake in National Amusements — Shari Redstone, chair of Paramount Global, will get $180 million in severance and other benefits on top of hundreds of millions from the sale …
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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The UK CMA objects to Google's ad tech practices, and says Google's “self-preferences” on its own ad exchange harms competition, advertisers, and publishers — LONDON — Britain's competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google's ad tech practices …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The judge in the Google monopoly ruling says he'll take until August 2025 to determine remedies in the case and asks the DOJ to propose fixes by the end of 2024 — After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make.
Megan Cassella / CNBC:
In a letter, Kamala Harris is endorsed for president by 88 corporate leaders, including media execs James Murdoch, Peter Chernin, Mark Cuban, and Barry Diller — @IN/MEGAN-CASSELLA-BA02A160/ @MMCASSELLA — Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
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Jake Lahut / Columbia Journalism Review:
The decline of local news has made it harder for political campaigns to connect to locals and forced them to run on national issues to get cable news attention — At a post-Memorial Day event earlier this year, Elissa Slotkin, one of the nation's top Democratic candidates for US Senate …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The INN approved 48% of newsrooms that applied for its membership in 2023, as others failed to meet its standards which include prohibitions on “dark money” — Here's a nugget from the Institute for Nonprofit News that might come up as we creep ever closer to the 2024 elections.
A.G. Sulzberger / Washington Post:
US politicians could curtail the free press using tactics common among some foreign leaders, but the press must resist being baited into taking a political side — Some foreign leaders have ruthlessly curtailed journalism. U.S. politicians could draw from their playbook.
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Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
Filing: OnlyFans revenue rose 20% YoY to ~$1.31B for the FY ending November 2023; creator accounts grew 29% YoY to ~4.1M and gross payments reached $6.6B — OnlyFans revenue rose 20% to about $1.31 billion for the fiscal year ending November 2023, compared to the previous year …
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