Mediagazer: EU top court rules that active consent is needed for non-essential cookies, like tracking cookies for targeted ads, rendering pre-checked consent boxes illegal (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

1:05 PM ET, October 1, 2019

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

IAC's Dotdash buys Liquor.com, a digital media company focusing on spirits and entertaining, its fourth niche acquisition in 2019 — Dotdash has acquired Liquor.com, a digital media company that focuses on cocktails, spirits and entertaining, executives tell Axios.

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

EU top court rules that active consent is needed for non-essential cookies, like tracking cookies for targeted ads, rendering pre-checked consent boxes illegal — Europe's top court has ruled that pre-checked consent boxes for dropping cookies are not legally valid.

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

After Kansas City Star finds success in driving subscriptions via expanded opinion offerings, McClatchy aims to replicate that success in its 29 other newsrooms — In early 2017, as editorial pages were coming to be the latest focus of newsroom job cuts, the Kansas City Star went the opposite direction …

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple News+ launches in the UK and Australia for £9.99 and AU$14.99 per month respectively, with over 150 publications on board — Apple News+, Apple's subscription news and magazine service, has launched for users who live in the UK and Australia, Apple announced today.

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Thom Geier / The Wrap:

Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios announces a deal to buy 11 regional broadcast stations from USA Television for $290M — Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire 11 broadcast television stations from USA Television Holdings LLC and USA Television MidAmerica Holdings LLC for $290 million.

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Reuters:

Sources: FreeWheel, Comcast's video ads division, has talked to a congressional task force and accused Google of limiting its ability to sell ads on YouTube — SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O), one of America's largest media and communications companies …

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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Dish drops NBC Sports Chicago; Dish VP says, “the regional sports model has been broken for years” — NBC Sports Chicago has been blacked out to subscribers of Dish Network and its Sling TV streaming service. — Dish said that it offered to continue to carry the regional sports channel …

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Samantha Subin / dbknews.com:

The Diamondback, the University of Maryland's 110-year-old student newspaper, is ending its print edition; it has eight times more digital than print readers — After 110 years in circulation, The Diamondback will cease its weekly print publication in March, the newspaper's parent company announced Monday.

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Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Appeals court upholds FCC's 2017 repeal of net neutrality, but also rules the FCC can't stop states from setting their own regulations — But the 200-page ruling says the FCC can't stop states from setting their own regulations — A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed …

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John Geddie / Reuters:

Singapore's “fake news” law, which requires online media platforms to correct or remove content the government considers false, goes into effect Wednesday — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is about to introduce a law against “fake news” which rights groups have warned …

Kelsey Jukam / Courthouse News Service:

Rep. Devin Nunes is suing Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines for $75M alleging defamation and common law conspiracy for Lizza's article about Nunes's Iowa farm — (CN) - California Representative Devin Nunes asked a federal court in Iowa Monday to award him $75 million in damages in a defamation …

Discussion: The Independent and Law & Crime

Steven Levy / Wired:

Dave Willner, who helped put together Facebook's content standards over a decade ago, says its exemption of politicians' hate speech is “cowardice” — Dave Willner helped put together Facebook's content standards over a decade ago. He's not happy with the company's exceptions for politicians.

Discussion: CNN, more at Techmeme »

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

BBC Director-General Tony Hall says he's overturning the decision to censure host Naga Munchetty over her response to Trump's racist comments — Corporation director general Tony Hall emails staff to say he is overturning ruling over impartiality guidelines

Discussion: Press Gazette, @keeleymp, @johnwilson14, @magicmagid, @markdistef, @markdistef, @markdistef, @emilybell, BBC, CNN, Yahoo News, HuffPost UK, mirror, The Independent and Financial Times

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Leaked messages show the complaint that led to BBC disciplining Naga Munchetty was also about her co-host, Dan Walker, despite the BBC saying otherwise

Discussion: @juderogers, @psythor, Nieman Lab, @joannajarjue, @sophierunning, @afuahirsch, @charlenewhite, @stephenkb, @alexhern and @charlesarthur

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