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Ben Rothenberg / Bounces:
Email: the US Tennis Association requested that broadcasters censor any possible protests or other reactions to Trump's presence at Sunday's US Open men's final — An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
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Matt Hughes / The Guardian:
Sky Sports and TNT Sports are significantly increasing their tennis coverage, seeking to capitalize on female viewers, who make up 50%+ of tennis audiences — Sky Sports' overall audience is 31% female but that leaps to 58% with tennis: ‘No sport comes close,’ says one executive
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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Washington Post:
A WaPo probe into BI's pulled articles finds links between fake journalist Margaux Blanchard and Onyeka Nwelue, a controversial figure with fake academic claims — “Margaux Blanchard” appears to be one dubious element of a broader scheme to peddle bogus articles to a number of publications.
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Business Insider deleted at least 34 essays written under 13 bylines; a memo by the EIC said they were removed over concerns about authors' identity or veracity — THROUGH THE CRACKS — Bogus “personal essays” were removed by Business Insider over fears they were written by con artists, possibly with the help of AI.
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Skydance aims to revitalize its cable networks, including MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, without increasing spending on them — The newly combined media company is exploring ways to revive MTV and other once-mighty channels while rivals spin them off
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TheDesk.net, contextisking.com, Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn, @philthepill.online, @tvgrimreaper and Bisnow
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Two authors file a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging Apple knowingly used a dataset of pirated books to train its AI models — Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train …
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Bloomberg:
Filing: Anthropic will pay $1.5B to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books
Filing: Anthropic will pay $1.5B to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books
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Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
Senior analytics leaders from Fox and ESPN criticize Nielsen's opaque and unaccredited audience measurement method for YouTube's Chiefs-Chargers livestream — Even before YouTube streams its NFL game Friday night in Brazil between the Chiefs and Chargers, other league rights holders …
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Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
How YouTube prepared to stream, for free, the Brazil NFL game globally: it partnered with NBC for production, ran multiple tests, and set up backup plans
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Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Ads during the Chargers-Chiefs NFL game on YouTube on September 5 will cost ~$30 for every 1,000 viewers, more than double what YouTube usually gets
Ads during the Chargers-Chiefs NFL game on YouTube on September 5 will cost ~$30 for every 1,000 viewers, more than double what YouTube usually gets
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Wall Street Journal:
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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Joshua Hunt / New York Times:
A look at the history of anime in the US, its impact, and the forces that keep it distinct from other mass-market animation, including Japanese IP law — Like the name Walt Disney, the word “anime” brings to mind not just an aesthetic but a distinctive storytelling ethos.
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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.
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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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