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The EU fines Google €2.95B for abusing its dominance in digital ads, and says its preliminary stance is that Google must divest parts of its ad-tech business — Bloc's antitrust regulators say search giant may need to divest parts of its business — BRUSSELS—The European Union fined …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
After the EU fined Google €2.95B, Trump threatens a trade probe, saying the Trump administration “will not allow these discriminatory actions to stand”
After the EU fined Google €2.95B, Trump threatens a trade probe, saying the Trump administration “will not allow these discriminatory actions to stand”
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Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
How Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack from Musk, conservative groups, the Trump administration, and other governments — WhenWhen armies invade, hurricanes form, or governments fall, a Wikipedia editor will typically update the relevant articles seconds after the news breaks.
Bloomberg:
Filing: Anthropic will pay $1.5B to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books — Anthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the AI company's downloading of millions of pirated books …
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD files a copyright suit against Midjourney, accusing the startup of using its content to train AI and letting users generate images of characters like Batman
WBD files a copyright suit against Midjourney, accusing the startup of using its content to train AI and letting users generate images of characters like Batman
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News implements a new policy: “Face the Nation will now only broadcast live or live-to-tape interviews” following complaints from DHS — The Sunday public affairs show will now run live or live to tape interviews, after an edit to an interview with the Homeland Security Secretary drew pushback.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge dismisses Newsmax's antitrust lawsuit against Fox News as a “shotgun complaint” and gives Newsmax until September 11 to refile — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, in an order issued on Friday, noted that Newsmax alleged violations of the Sherman Act …
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
ProRata.ai, which lets publishers embed custom AI search on their sites with a 50/50 revenue share, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total raised to $75M+ — - Existing investors Mayfield Fund, MVP Ventures, Revolution Ventures, SBI Investment, BOLD Capital, XPV-Exponential Ventures and Idealab Studio also participated.
Amy Lewin / Sifted:
The FT confirms plans to wind down The Next Web's events and media business by the end of September “following a strategic review”; the FT bought TNW in 2019 — The Amsterdam tech conference won't be back in 2026 — The Next Web (TNW), the annual Amsterdam tech conference bought …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden is stepping down, and Maureen Polo will succeed her; CFO Corey Shepardson has been named COO and will run business operations — Polo joined the Reese Witherspoon-founded company in 2022 as head of direct-to-consumer. — Hello Sunshine is shaking up its C-suite …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
PBS is cutting 100 positions, or about 15% of its staff, including 34 immediate layoffs, after Congress stripped $500M in annual funding from public media — Congress voted this year to strip $500 million in annual funding from public broadcasters, including PBS stations.
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Roblox is testing Roblox Moments, a TikTok-like video app allowing users to share 30-second clips of gameplay, and makes the source code available to developers — Video-game giant makes announcement at its annual developers conference. — Roblox Corp. is testing a short-form video app similar …
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Federico Rivas Molina / El País:
An Argentinian judge blocks journalists from publishing audio recordings attributed to President Milei's sister and advisor Karina Milei, ahead of midterms — Argentine government denounces illegal espionage operation carried out by ‘individuals linked to Russian intelligence services’ ahead of crucial midterm election
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A revamped Inside the NFL, produced by NFL Films, will debut September 8 on Elon Musk's X, with at least 10 short episodes airing weekly on the platform — Ryan Clark will host the show, which will be reimagined for the Elon Musk-owned platform as a short-form series with new episodes throughout each week of the NFL season.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The New York Times is shuttering its NYT Audio app, launched in May 2023, and integrating podcast archives and audio journalism into its News app — The standalone product will shutter in October as the publisher increases audio and video in its flagship News app
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