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White House says TikTok's new US entity would lease a copy of ByteDance's algorithm, which Oracle would retrain; US users wouldn't need to re-download the app — TikTok's new U.S. entity would lease its algorithm from Chinese owner ByteDance under the terms of a proposed deal between the U.S. and China …
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Trump says Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch may join TikTok US' ownership group; source: Lachlan is not likely to join on his own, but Fox Corp. may be involved — President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday that conservative media baron Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan …
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Bloomberg:
A White House official says the US will not hold a golden share or equity in TikTok US and the new board will not have a member selected by the US government — The US will not hold a golden share or equity position in a new entity that will control TikTok's American operations …
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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
US survey: most Fox News anchors saw increases in respondents who trusted them “a lot” or “some”; Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow saw trust levels decline — Fox News anchors rise, Joe Scarborough and Chris Cuomo fall and David Muir reigns in primetime, THR's exclusive poll finds.
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LateNighter and @chrisyogerst.com
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Arcade Media, the management company behind British YouTuber collective The Sidemen, sells a minority stake to Thomas Benski's film studio and VC group Lumina — Company behind hugely popular British YouTuber collective takes US investment in latest sign of shifting media landscape
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Reuters:
RSF says Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, jailed from 2020 to 2024, has been sentenced to four more years on a charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” — - China jails citizen-journalist for second time, RSF says — Zhang Zhan initially jailed in 2020 after documenting COVID in Wuhan
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Digiday:
The US v. Google ad tech trial, in which a judge ruled that the company illegally monopolized the digital ad market, begins its remedies phase — The ad tech trial many thought would go nowhere has done the unthinkable: it delivered. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized …
William Christou / The Guardian:
CPJ: Israel's attack on a newspaper complex in Yemen on September 10, which killed 31 journalists, was the second deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded — Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The RIAA amends its lawsuit against Suno, now accusing it of unlawfully “stream ripping” songs on YouTube and violating the DMCA — The updated complaint alleges that Suno knowingly circumvented YouTube's protections against unauthorized copying.
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Doug Shapiro / The Mediator:
As GenAI disrupts media content creation by lowering barriers and costs, value will shift to complements such as merchandise, live events, and exclusive access — The Logical Conclusion of Plummeting Creation Costs … There are a lot of open questions about how GenAI will affect the media business …
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@misctakes.com and Doug Shapiro on LinkedIn
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Sun is betting big on original long-form video, with video's share of its digital revenue doubling to 18% since January; ~50 people now work on Originals — This article was provided as an exclusive preview for Digiday+ members, who were able to access it early.
New York Times:
A look at Fox News Books, where execs sometimes match a Fox host or contributor with a subject and the books are launched with a cascade of Fox News appearances — Encouraged by the chief executive of Fox News Media, Trey Gowdy wrote a best-selling debut novel.Will Crooks for The New York Times
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@bgrueskin.bsky.social
Dan Raby / CBS News:
Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after being in the US for 20+ years; he was arrested while covering a Georgia rally in June — A journalist arrested during a protest in June in metro Atlanta could be deported in the near future after a federal judge ordered …
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Mario Guevara / The Bitter Southerner:
Journalist Mario Guevara details his ICE detention after being arrested on June 14 while covering a protest in Georgia; he has no pending criminal charges
Journalist Mario Guevara details his ICE detention after being arrested on June 14 while covering a protest in Georgia; he has no pending criminal charges
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