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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Reuters and Gannett plan to launch a content bundle in Q1 2025, sold by Reuters; the bundle won't include access to games and puzzles from Gannett's newspapers — - Customers can access Reuters' national and international coverage, combined via a bundle with Gannett's national news coverage …
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Matt Pearce:
The Gannett-Reuters deal aims to supplant The Associated Press, which has resisted journalism's financialization through its longstanding cooperative model — Gannett and Reuters come for one of the final corners for legacy media that had resisted the financialization of journalism.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
A US appeals court rules the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr opposed the 2024 reinstatement — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
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George Winslow / TV Technology:
NBCUniversal launches CNBC+, a streaming service priced at $14.99/month; the service includes a feed of the CNBC cable news channel and on-demand programming — New streaming service includes a live feed of the financial news channel — As Comcast prepares to spin off many of its cable networks …
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Matt Yoder / Awful Announcing:
Diamond Sports Group emerges from bankruptcy, restructures, and rebrands as Main Street Sports Group, supported by Amazon's Prime Video and FanDuel partnerships — Main Street Sports Group logo — One of the longest-running sagas in sports media has finally come to an official end.
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Anthropic agrees with publishers to stop Claude from providing lyrics to their songs or new lyrics based on copyrighted content, with a court ruling pending — While the case is proceeding, Anthropic's Claude will no longer provide lyrics to songs owned by the music publishers or new lyrics based on copyrighted material.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts a Partner Program in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia, letting popular podcast hosts monetize video content, after announcing it in November — Spotify announced Thursday the launch of its new “Partner Program” that lets popular podcast hosts monetize their video content.
Molly White / Citation Needed:
An in-depth look at Elon Musk's criticisms of Wikipedia, as he joins a growing right-wing chorus of voices attacking information sources outside their control — The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
Wall Street Journal:
Many advertisers on TikTok say they will shift ad dollars if and when a US ban actually takes effect, as the yearslong saga has dulled any real sense of urgency — Status-quo videos still proliferate on the Chinese-owned app, and Madison Avenue remains upbeat just weeks before potential U.S. ban
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Reuters:
The Palestinian Authority suspends the broadcast of Al Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting material and reports that were deceiving and stirring strife” — The Palestinian Authority suspended the broadcast of Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting material,” official news agency WAFA reported on Wednesday.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
PGA Tour unveils PGA Tour Studios in Florida, and plans to launch a World Feed, curated exclusively for international media partners and their viewers — Executives at PGA Tour say they are getting ready for a new era in sports when leagues will need to exercise significantly more control …
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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Influencer marketing company Later acquires Mavely, which pays commissions to social-media creators for the sales they generate, for $250M in cash and stock — Later, an influencer and social-media marketing company, acquired social commerce app Mavely for $250 million
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