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YouTube acquires NFL Sunday Ticket residential rights for seven years, starting in 2023, sources say for ~$2B per year; DirecTV reportedly currently pays $1.5B — Video streamer to pay annual fee of roughly $2 billion under seven-year deal — Created with sketchtool.
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
An internal ByteDance probe finds a few staff accessed data on US TikTok users, including BuzzFeed and FT reporters, while trying to find sources for a story — The company's internal investigation showed that workers also obtained data on a small number of other U.S. users.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox News host Sean Hannity and others say they doubted 2020 claims of a voting fraud plot, as Dominion Voting lawyers try to show Fox knew it aired false claims — On Wednesday, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems shared some of the strongest evidence yet that some Fox employees knew what they broadcast about the claims was false.
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David Robb / Deadline:
More than 130 WGA East members at Bustle Digital Group sign a petition calling on CEO Bryan Goldberg to address salary demands after two years of negotiations — More than 130 WGA East members employed at several media outlets owned by Bustle Digital Group have signed a petition calling …
Tiyashi Datta / Reuters:
AMC Entertainment announces a $110M equity raise by selling its APE preferred stock to Antara Capital at 66 cents per share; AMC stock initially fell 25%+ — AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC.N) said on Thursday it would raise $110 million in new equity capital through the sale of its preferred stock …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A federal judge rules movie studios can be sued under false advertising laws if they release deceptive trailers, like ones featuring an actor cut from the movie — Movie studios can be sued under false advertising laws if they release deceptive movie trailers, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Wall Street Journal:
Pathmatics: ~70% of Twitter's top 100 ad spenders before Elon Musk's takeover weren't spending as of the week ending December 18; 89% of 2021 revenue was ads — Executives are promising big incentives and new technology while also trying to explain the actions of their new owner
Brian Cronin / CBR:
The US Copyright Office rules that a comic book made using AI art is ineligible for copyright protection, revoking its copyright granted in September 2022 — Reversing an earlier decision, the United States Copyright Office rules that a comic book made using A.I. art is ineligible for copyright protection
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@dezziearts, @trumwill, @maryboys1 and @b4olivas, more at Techmeme »
Chris Stokel-Walker / Nature:
A look at Twitter's major role in research and science communication, especially during the pandemic, as researchers and scientists now leave the service — In November, Vince Knight decided he'd had enough of Twitter. After more than a decade on the social-media platform, Knight …
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@fortworthguild:
[Thread] The Fort Worth NewsGuild ends a strike at McClatchy's Star-Telegram, after movement from the company on its $45K pay floor, and promises details later — Big news: We are back at work. Over 24 days, the Fort Worth Newsguild protested @mcclatchy's unwillingness to negotiate fair conditions and made history as the first Texas newsroom in modern history to go on strike. 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Jenkins / Duke University School of Law:
Books, movies, and songs published in 1927 enter the public domain in 2023, including Agatha Christie's The Big Four and Bessie Smith's Back Water Blues — On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain. 1 They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon.
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@michaeldthomas, @doctorow, @swordsmithlrg, @kottke and @elkmovie
NBC News:
Infotainment blogs such as NoJumper and Hollywood Unlocked are spreading misogyny and misinformation against Megan Thee Stallion, Amber Heard, and other women — Megan Thee Stallion isn't on trial. The man charged with shooting her in both feet, the Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, is.
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@iamntyrell, @theloniusly and @eugene_scott
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail steps Netflix may take to reduce US password sharing, like charging account owners an extra sharing fee at just below the $6.99 ad-supported tier — Putting a stop to the practice without alienating customers will be a challenge — The end of password sharing is coming to Netflix soon …
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