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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple announces Lockdown Mode in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura to protect journalists and other high-risk users against “highly targeted cyberattacks” — Apple today announced a new Lockdown Mode coming to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura.
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Twitter starts testing a CoTweets feature that lets two accounts co-author a tweet, with both accounts tagged in a single tweet, an idea it tested in March 2022 — Twitter says it's testing CoTweets for a limited time — Twitter has started testing a new CoTweets feature this week with users of the social network.
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A look at Sun Valley's media mogul meeting, where a fence constrains most reporters, but a few including Anderson Cooper and Bari Weiss mingle with billionaires — As I stood penned in with a pack of gossipy reporters outside the Sun Valley Lodge Tuesday afternoon, watching while a procession …
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
A change to the proposed UK Online Safety Bill would stop platforms like YouTube and Facebook from taking down news content before letting the publisher appeal — Change to online safety bill will stop sites such as YouTube barring content instantly, following TalkRadio debacle
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New York Times:
Some librarians have been fired or quit over personal attacks for refusing to remove books; the ALA tracked 1,597 books challenged in 2021, a 20-year high — Caustic fights over which books belong on the shelves have put librarians at the center of a bitter and widening culture war.
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Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
Comedian Lewis Black sues SiriusXM's Pandora, claiming that the company ran recordings of his performances without obtaining copyright to his written work — He is the latest star comedian to pursue legal action against the streaming service — Comedian Lewis Black filed suit …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony's PlayStation Store plans to remove access to hundreds of Studiocanal movie titles in August 2022 that customers in Germany and Austria have purchased — Achtung! … At the time, Sony assured customers that they “can still access movie and TV content they have purchased through PlayStation Store …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Arizona passes a law to create a tax credit program for film and TV productions, capped at $75M in 2023, $100M in 2024, and $125M in 2025 and thereafter — Arizona has adopted a new tax credit for film and TV production, as the state aims to attract productions that have gone to New Mexico and other states in recent years.
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Axios, Arizona Mirror, The Wrap, @tedhope, @variety and The Hollywood Reporter
J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney promotes Kristen Finney to a newly created EVP role overseeing international content curation for Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, Star, and Star+ — The executive will manage content strategy in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific and India.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit launches an NFT-based avatar marketplace with 90 profile pictures available for purchase at a fixed price, expanding on support for Ethereum-based NFTs — Reddit is launching a new NFT-based avatar marketplace today that allows you to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate.
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Stranger Things' creators Matt and Ross Duffer form Upside Down Pictures, hire Hilary Leavitt to run the company, and recommit to Netflix with several projects — EXCLUSIVE: Following the record-breaking release of the two final episodes of Stranger Things' Season 4, creators Matt & Ross Duffer …
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield, a Biden aide since his time as VP under Barack Obama, plans to leave the administration later this summer — Longtime Biden aide who played a key role in his 2020 campaign to leave post later this summer
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