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8:20 AM ET, June 25, 2025

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Olivia Sophie Rafferty / ai fray:
A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not  —  Context: Last August, book authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson filed a copyright infringement class action …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: David Ellison met with Bari Weiss late last year about a possible role at CBS News, including as a 60 Minutes correspondent  —  Late last year, during a trip to New York City, David Ellison quietly made time for a meeting that said as much about his worldview as it did about his interest in media.
Financial Times:
The UK CMA proposes to designate Google with “strategic market status” in general search and search advertising under the new Digital Markets Competition Regime  —  Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority's plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK CMA giving Google “strategic market status” could allow publishers to opt out of Google AI Overviews without removing websites from search  —  The UK Competition and Markets Authority has set out plans to give publishers more control over the way their work appears in Google search.
Alexander Lee / Digiday:
Some podcasters say Spotify's Partner Program, through which they get a cut of Spotify's ad and premium subscription revenue, pays out more than YouTube  —  Spotify's video podcast partner program is gaining traction with independent podcast creators drawn to its direct payouts …
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Matt Smith / Press Gazette:   Politics Joe puts its video podcasts behind a Patreon paywall, citing YouTube's revenue model limitations, and has 400+ subscribers five days after launch
Pew Research Center:
Among US adults who have ever encountered paywalled articles, only 1% said they paid for access, 53% looked elsewhere, and 32% gave up on accessing the info  —  Newspaper revenue has been in decline for decades, and most Americans now prefer to get news from digital devices.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck and Poynter
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
California lawmakers approve Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to increase funding for the state's film and TV tax incentive program from $330M to $750M per year  —  California lawmakers have agreed to expand the state's film and TV tax incentive to $750 million a year, marking a win for the industry and for Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Discussion: Deadline and Deadline
The Guardian:
An Australian court finds ABC unlawfully terminated journalist Antoinette Lattouf in December 2023 for her social media posts opposing Israel's campaign in Gaza  —  Journalist was taken off air three days into five-day contract in December 2023 after sharing Gaza post on social media
Axios:
Sources: Trump administration terminated millions in subscriptions for Springer Nature, after earlier accusing it of acting as a partisan in scientific debates  —  The Trump administration has terminated millions worth of funding for Springer Nature, a German-owned scientific publishing giant …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
LBG Media's audience was 520M in the 12 months to March 31, 2025, with its US audience up 11% to 145M; revenue grew 13% to £43.9M in the six months to March 31  —  LBG Media sees strong advertising growth from major brands.  —  The owner of ad-funded lifestle publisher Ladbible …
Discussion: Advanced Television and LGBMedia
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after pushing a notification from the Apple Wallet app that promoted a Fandango deal for Apple's F1 movie
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Netflix is removing 22 mobile games in July, almost 20% of its mobile game library, most of which are branded or based on IP that's beyond Netflix's control
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Russia frees Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, detained since March 2021, and Belarus frees Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, detained since July 2023
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Media Matters sues the FTC, saying its inquiry into advertiser boycotts of X is part of a “campaign of retribution” by the Trump administration and Elon Musk
 

 
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Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool

Jackson Chen / Engadget:
Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses

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