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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: EU privacy regulators rule that Meta's TOS should not require that users agree to personalized ads based on their online activity; Meta can appeal — EU privacy regulators say Facebook and Instagram shouldn't use their terms of service to require users to accept ads based on their digital activity
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MarketWatch, noyb.eu, CNET, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Information, @anthony, @jason_kint, @indiaer and @samschech, more at Techmeme »
Brian Fung / CNN:
Meta threatens to consider removing news from its platforms if Congress passes Senator Klobuchar's “ill-considered” Journalism Competition and Preservation Act — Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers …
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Meduza.io:
Q&A with Dozhd CEO Natalia Sindeeva on cable accounting for ~20% of revenue, regretting firing a journalist expressing support for Russian troops, and more — On the morning of December 6, Latvian authorities revoked the broadcast license of the independent Russian TV channel Dozhd (TV Rain).
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The Guardian, @mdomanskaosw and Broadband TV News
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Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Latvia revokes the broadcasting license of Russian independent TV channel Dozhd, aka TV Rain, in exile since February 2022, over “threats to national security” — An unscripted comment by a news host has cost a major independent TV outlet its license in Latvia and put a focus …
NewsGuard:
Analysis: the US had 1,202 partisan-backed news sites masquerading as local news outlets as of November 2022, vs. 1,230 daily newspapers left in the country — NewsGuard has now identified 1,202 “pink slime” sites masquerading as local news publishers at a time when there are only 1,230 daily local newspapers left in the U.S.
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Poynter, @stevenwaldman, @penamerica, @jbruce218, @cbcfletch, @mmbrussell and The Rural Blog
Sara Fischer / Axios:
General Electric buys 22 full-page and five partial-page color ads in The New York Times, the first time one advertiser has taken over all its print real estate — The New York Times on Tuesday unveiled a unique version of its weekday print paper featuring more than two dozen ads from just one advertiser — General Electric.
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MediaPost, @pressgazette, @micahstockett, @tbrown633, @nytadvertising, @janebsinger and @tomgara
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with analyst Julia Alexander on Bob Chapek's missteps, including reorganizing Disney and his subscriber focus, how Bob Iger can course correct, and more — The best of Bobs, the worst of Bobs. — Today, we need to talk about Bob. Two Bobs, actually: Bob Iger …
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Deadline, @aexm and @loudmouthjulia
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Internet Archive launched Democracy's Library in November, offering a searchable repository of global government publications, a useful tool for reporters — A report on the rare minerals revealed under the melting ice in Greenland. Forms for applying for an “investor visa” in Italy.
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@andykowl and @internetarchive
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO Max returns to Amazon's Prime Video Channels in the US, after losing ~5M subscribers following the two companies failing to reach a deal in September 2021 — Under a new deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon that extends at least through the end of 2024, customers who subscribe …
The 19th:
How Black Twitter and Black blogs helped increase attention to Shanquella Robinson's death in mainstream news outlets, which often overlook marginalized groups — Black social media has often taken the lead in raising public consciousness when mainstream outlets overlook the death or disappearance of Black women.
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@eramshaw, @19thnews, @jamilsmith and @juliachanb
Los Angeles Times:
Amazon Studios unveils Stage 15, a newly transformed 34K-square-foot virtual production stage in Culver City that uses 3K+ LED panels to go beyond green screens — On Monday evening, filmmakers, directors and special effects artist ate shrimp cocktails and miso salmon as they wandered around Amazon Studios …
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Forbes
David Gritten / BBC:
Al Jazeera files a case against the IDF at the International Criminal Court over the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqla; Israel doesn't recognize the ICC — The Al Jazeera network has submitted a case against Israeli forces at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the killing of Shireen Abu Aqla.
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Mediaite, Al Jazeera, Semafor, Reporters Without Borders, Agence France-Presse and CNN
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