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Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more — Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, the antitrust watchdog said on Thursday.
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Russia ordered the expulsion of two German journalists on Wednesday after Berlin's local government denied residency permits to two Russian journalists — The German government denied it had taken action against Russia's Channel One office in Berlin but said two Russian journalists no longer had residency permits.
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Michael Gennaro / Courthouse News Service:
The First Amendment Coalition sued the CA AG and SF City Attorney for allegedly punishing journalists who publish info related to sealed arrest records — The First Amendment Coalition claims that the penal code statute is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
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Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
Pakistani TV host Matiullah Jan was picked up off the street and charged with terrorism after investigating claims of casualties in a protest march in Islamabad — A Pakistani journalist investigating claims of casualties in a protest march demanding the release of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan …
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Al Jazeera, Committee to Protect …, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and New York Times
Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised a $16M seed round and charges authors $1,200 to $5,000 to use AI to edit and distribute their books — Publisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books proofread, designed and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
London Standard EIC Dylan Jones steps down two months after relaunching the daily as a weekly newspaper and 18 months after taking on the role — Dylan Jones has stepped down as editor-in-chief of The London Standard two months after relaunching the formerly daily paper as a magazine-style, weekly newspaper.
Meghnad Bose / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year winner, an Afghan woman who works anonymously and covers the plight of women under Taliban rule — The winner of this year's Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. — On Monday evening, media figures gathered …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney+, Hulu, Max, Peacock, and Paramount+ offer steep discounts for Black Friday, despite streaming losses; Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+ have no offers — Disney+, Hulu, Max, Peacock and Paramount+ are offering steep discounts, even as they struggle to turn a profit in streaming.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Incoming FCC chairman Brendan Carr's censorial agenda, which is couched in the language of free speech, may be the biggest threat to the 1A in quite a long time — When Donald Trump announced that he was appointing current FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next chair of the FCC, it was no surprise.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Hearst CEO Steve Swartz says 50%+ of Hearst's profits will come from B2B products in 2024; Hearst has spent $14B on B2B acquisitions over the past decade — - That's up from 13% in 2013. — Swartz credits the company's B2B (business-to-business) investments for helping the company grow amid …
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Associated Press:
A US federal judge dismisses a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Ray Epps, who said Fox aired conspiracy theories about his January 6 riot involvement — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a former Donald Trump supporter who said he received death threats …
Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
Vivendi says one of its small investors seeks to delay Vivendi's spinoff of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group; shareholders were due to vote December 9 — Vivendi SE said investor CIAM has filed with the Paris Commercial Court to postpone its shareholder meeting scheduled for next month …
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