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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 — NEW YORK — Following up on the earlier news first reported by Bounces about Rolex's invitation, I have further new information …
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Ad Age:
Krishan Bhatia, Amazon's VP of global video advertising, is leaving; Bhatia joined Amazon in April 2024 after more than a decade as an ad sales leader at NBCU — Krishan Bhatia is leaving Amazon Ads less than two years after joining as VP of global video advertising and partnerships …
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Adweek, TheDesk.net, Variety and The Wrap
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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Benzinga, @tvgrimreaper, TheDesk.net, Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn, contextisking.com, @philthepill.online and Bisnow
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Some French news publishers have signed agreements with unions to redistribute revenue from AI licensing deals to journalists; Le Monde redistributes 25% — Le Monde agreed to give journalists 25% of revenue from licensing deals with OpenAI and Perplexity. Now, other French publishers are following suit.
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GB News, @andrewdeck.bsky.social and @niemanlab.org
Max Tani / Semafor:
Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo plans to launch a newsletter written from a progressive perspective this month, and has hired several political reporters from Rolling Stone — THE SCOOP — Later this month, Zeteo is launching a morning political newsletter written from a progressive perspective.
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@swin24.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and twitchy.com
Irene Garcia Perez / Bloomberg:
How Technicolor Group, a century-old Hollywood postproduction and VFX company, collapsed after struggling to integrate acquisitions such as MPC and The Mill — There are few companies as closely identified with Hollywood's moviemaking magic as Technicolor.
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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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Reuters withdraws Xi and Putin's longevity chat video, after China state TV pulls legal permission to use it; the video was distributed to 1,000+ media clients — Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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@dangillmor@mastodon.social, The Kyiv Independent, Al Jazeera, The US Sun, Bloomberg, r/worldnews and r/China
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
A book excerpt details Spotify's decade-long push against Apple's App Store commissions and steering rules, including pushing the EU to pass new antitrust laws — The music service's rebellion against an App Store ‘tax’ over the past decade has significantly weakened Apple's grip on the mobile world
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@timkhiggins, iClarified and Thurrott
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI is providing its tools and computing resources for an AI-made animated feature film called Critterz, which is set to hit theaters globally in 2026 — The film, called ‘Critterz,’ aims to debut at the Cannes Film Festival and will leverage the startup's AI tools and resources
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Times of India, @kennysmith.bsky.social, BGR and Sherwood News, more at Techmeme »
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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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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@davidho@mastodon.world, Copyright Lately, @eff.org, Taipei Times, WinBuzzer, @ericdharvey.com, @noahshachtman.bsky.social, PYMNTS.com, @karl-jacoby.bsky.social, Moneycontrol, New York Times, Mashable, Android Headlines, Fast Company, PCMag, Axios, PC Gamer, The Indian Express, Tom's Hardware, AppleInsider, CGTN, Tech Times, RTÉ, Thurrott, @tripadler, The Decoder, Notebookcheck, Roanie Levy on LinkedIn, Business Standard, Benzinga, ai fray, StrictlyVC, Variety, Simon Willison's Weblog, Livemint, @aetheriandreams.bsky.social, NPR, Kobi Leins on LinkedIn, IPWatchdog.com, Los Angeles Times, Fortune, @joshthelibromancer …, Implicator.ai, Gizmodo, The Stack, Billboard, CNET, The Authors Guild, LAmag, The Wrap, Financial Times, Ars Technica, The Verge, The San Francisco Standard, The Information, Associated Press, NBC News, CNBC, @kevinwmoore.bsky.social, Business Insider, @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social, @jmalikauthor.bsky.social, @kbspangler.com, @lanna.bsky.social, @juliedicaro.bsky.social, Washington Post, @courtneymilan.com, Wired, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Forbes and Daring Fireball
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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
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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Barrett Media, @mulvihill79, @espnflora, @mulvihill79 and The Information
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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” — - News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. — CNBC Newsletters
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Benzinga, TipRanks Financial, HotHardware, Newsmax, MediaPost, @urocklive1.bsky.social, Khaama Press, Ukrainian National News, @realDonaldTrump …, Yahoo Finance, Common Dreams, ANI News, Washington Times, AppleInsider, Euractiv, Channel NewsAsia, Pixel Envy, Ars Technica, Politico, Washington Examiner, Global Competition Review, LAW.com, Al Jazeera, Search Engine Land, Claims Journal, BBC, MacDailyNews, Livemint, KDFX-TV, Notebookcheck, Irish Independent, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and Anadolu Ajansı …
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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
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
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TechCrunch, PCMag, The Indian Express, JURIST, France 24, Associated Press, @leolct037, Financial Express, Politico, European Commission, CGTN, OSnews, India Today, Macau Business, Android Headlines, RTÉ, Adweek, The Japan Times, News/Media Alliance, Bloomberg Law, CNET, Axios, The Information, iPhone in Canada, TipRanks Financial, Open Markets Institute, Agence France-Presse, Thurrott, Courthouse News Service, Search Engine Roundtable, The Verge, CNBC, Euractiv, Reuters, The Irish Times, Financial Times and Jamaica Observer
