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Sara Fischer / Axios:
President Trump says he “would not be happy” if the FCC lifted the broadcast ownership cap, contrasting FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's long-held position — President Trump said Sunday he “would not be happy” if the Federal Communications Commission lifted the national ownership cap …
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The White House now has conflicting approaches for AP journalists, restoring frontline access for AP photographers while continuing to exclude its reporters — The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.
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Bart Meijer / Reuters:
The EU unconditionally approves Omnicom's $13.25B all-stock deal to buy Interpublic, creating the world's largest ad agency to better compete with Big Tech — The EU Commission on Monday said it had unconditionally approved Omnicom Group's (OMC.N) $13.25 billion all-stock deal to buy rival Interpublic Group (IPG.N).
Pew Research Center:
Pew: 57% of US adults ages 65+ prefer to watch their news, while among adults under 30, 45% prefer to get news by reading, 31% by watching, and 23% by listening — More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it By Emily Tomasik and Christopher St. Aubin The information environment …
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Jaures Yip / CNBC:
A US judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking OpenAI from using the word “cameo” for Sora features, following a trademark lawsuit by video app Cameo — OpenAI will not be allowed use the word “cameo” to name any products or features in its Sora app for a month …
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Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the “media narrative” — - Plaintiffs allege Meta hid product risks from users and authorities — Meta accused of ineffective youth safety features …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Kantar Media appoints former WPP boss Mark Read as its chairman, after HIG Capital acquired the analytics company from Kantar Group in a $1.1B deal in August — Appointment to media analytics group follows its acquisition this year by HIG Capital — Former WPP boss Mark Read …
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Lynsey Chutel / New York Times:
The European Broadcasting Union says it is tightening Eurovision's voting rules to limit the influence of governments on the public poll that decides the winner — In this year's contest, a campaign by Israel to encourage voting for its entrant drew criticism.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: CNN quietly removed its stories from Apple News over the weekend, ending a contract to share content on the app; CNN and Apple are discussing a new deal — The Scoop — One of the biggest news publishers is pulling its content off of Apple News — for now.
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at local podcast network City Cast, which is in 13 US cities after shutting down in two, has a staff of ~90, and is focusing on being personality-driven — “We no longer begin with the idea that we're a local podcast network, even though that is the most familiar thing to most people.”
Scott Nover / @scottnover:
[Thread] Politico is ending its print newspaper, which had been publishing three times a week while Congress is in session, at the end of the year — News: Politico is ending its print newspaper at the end of the year. “It no longer makes sense to continue publishing in print when the overwhelming majority of our audience consumes us electronically,” a company spokesperson told @washingtonpost.
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Maya Phillips / New York Times:
How Toy Story, released 30 years ago as the first full-length fully computer-animated feature, revolutionized computer animation — The Pixar Era kicked off 30 years ago with the first installment of the popular franchise. It's given us countless hits, but something has also been lost.
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Universal's Wicked: For Good debuted with $150M in North America and $76M overseas in its opening weekend, the biggest global opening for a musical adaptation — Glinda and Elphaba remain “very very popular” at the box office. — “Wicked: For Good,” Universal's rendition of Act …
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