Mediagazer: Canada's Online Streaming Act passes its final Senate vote; the law requires streaming services to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power (Raisa Patel/Toronto Star)

12:00 PM ET, April 28, 2023

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Raisa Patel / Toronto Star:

Canada's Online Streaming Act passes its final Senate vote; the law requires streaming services to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power — Bill C-11 was introduced early last year in an attempt to subject streaming giants like Netflix, Disney Plus …

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Blake Brittain / Reuters:

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Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:

Clubhouse plans to lay off 50%+ of its employees and “reset” the company, despite claiming to have “years of runway”; Clubhouse had ~100 staff in October 2022 — Clubhouse, the pandemic-era social media sensation, is cutting more than half of its employees, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

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Gavin J Blair / The Hollywood Reporter:

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

On earnings calls, Spotify's Daniel Ek says generative AI should lead to more music creation but, like UMG's Lucian Grainge, raises copyright concerns — Hello and welcome back to Soundbite. Today we have a grab bag of news. As always, if you have something to share, reach me through email …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Photos of President Biden holding a notecard previewing a reporter's question reveal the long-standing practice of stage-managing presidential news conferences — President Biden was photographed holding a note card Wednesday, revealing the stage managing behind many political media events

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

NBA's Phoenix Suns sign a deal with Gray Television for broadcast rights and Kiswe for streaming; games will be available to 2.8M households, triple the old RSN — All local Suns and Mercury games will air on broadcast TV, with a paid streaming option for cord-cutters.

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Russell Brandom / Rest of World:

Since Elon Musk's takeover, Twitter has received 971 government orders globally and has fully complied with 808, an 83% compliance rate, vs. ~50% before Musk — The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership, according to self-reported data

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Peter White / Deadline:

Scott Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box Entertainment and CEO of Fox's Blockchain Creative Labs, is leaving on May 19 — EXCLUSIVE: Scott Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Fox's animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, the company behind Dan Harmon's Krapopolis …

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