Mediagazer: How Meta's Canada news ban affected the town of Squamish and how outlets are working around the ban, including through paid posts on Meta (Lauren Watson/Columbia Journalism Review)

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Google rolls out ads in AI Overviews when a user's question has a “commercial angle”, and identifies the ads with a “sponsored” header, on mobile in the US — Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you'll now start seeing products in some of the search engine's AI-generated summaries.

Discussion: PRWeek, 9to5Google and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Google rolls out AI-organized Search results in the US on mobile, showing users AI-aggregated pages of content from forums, articles, YouTube videos, and more — Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Google Search queries …

Discussion: Ad Age, Adweek, SE Ranking Blog, The Drum, The Information, Semafor, @mizshellytee.bsky.social, @dshieldspgh.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, @xodaniwrites.bsky.social, 9to5Google, @feralhattie.bsky.social, Search Engine Land, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and Android Authority, more at Techmeme »

CNN:

Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication” — Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir.

Discussion: The Guardian, New York Post, Mediaite, The Hill, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Metro.co.uk, KSTP-TV, @claytravis, @joshtpm, @hadas_gold, @weathersbywi, @dfriedman33, @lesliestreeter, DNyuz and Boing Boing

Martyn Ziegler / The Times:

Reuters withdraws two stories on the World Anti-Doping Agency after it was found that WADA's media head received a Reuters press pass for the Masters golf event — World Anti-Doping Agency media chief James Fitzgerald accredited for golf event via Reuters, who have admitted to ‘a violation of our journalistic standards’

Discussion: Talking Biz News, Reuters, Reuters, @2xaught7.bsky.social, @tariqpanja, @tariqpanja and @tariqpanja

Bloomberg:

The NFL is in talks with Skydance Media and its major investor RedBird Capital Partners about deals that could include a sale of NFL Media and NFL Network — - Discussions revolve around the league's media assets — Earlier conversations with ESPN are said to have stalled

Lauren Watson / Columbia Journalism Review:

How Meta's Canada news ban affected the town of Squamish and how outlets are working around the ban, including through paid posts on Meta — Meta's Canadian news ban, as told through my small town — In March of 2021, a set of Facebook pages showed up in the feeds of my neighbors in Squamish …

Discussion: @cjr

Sara Fischer / Axios:

A look at James McDonald's Access Global, which has bought seven local news sites and launched eight in Philadelphia and on the Jersey Shore over the last year — McDonald thinks there's a viable business model for hyper-local sites if they're tied to coverage from a broader region or city.

Discussion: Simon Owens on LinkedIn

Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:

The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes — Briefing notes mistakenly being sent to ex-PM meant it was ‘not right for the interview to go ahead’, says presenter

Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:

Russian journalists Antonina Favorskaya, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, and Artem Kriger go on trial in Moscow over their alleged links to Alexei Navalny — Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday on charges of involvement in an “extremist” group after authorities accused …

Discussion: Adweek, Associated Press and DNyuz

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Samsung TV Plus adds about 4,000 hours of ad-supported, free-to-stream Korean shows and movies, following deals with CJ ENM and others — Leading Korean content owners including CJ ENM and NEW ID have struck supply deals with Samsung TV Plus, a U.S. free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel.

Discussion: Neowin, Samsung Newsroom, Streaming Better, Media Play News and WORLD SCREEN

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:

New Yorker union members vote to authorize a strike ahead of the magazine's annual festival as they negotiate a second contract with Condé Nast — More than six months into negotiations over a second labor contract, the magazine's union is asserting that wage floors …

Discussion: CNN, @newyorkerunion, NewsGuild of New York and @newyorkerunion

Reuters:

Tanzania suspends the digital content licenses of a local media company for 30 days for allegedly publishing content damaging the country's image — Tanzania's communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company for allegedly publishing restricted content …

Discussion: The Guardian and BBC