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Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press:
Meta tests blocking news on Instagram and Facebook in Canada, planning for a potential full block of news outlets if Canada passes Bill C-18, following Google — OTTAWA - Meta is preparing to block news for some Canadians on Facebook and Instagram in a temporary test that is expected to last the majority of the month.
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The Guardian:
Elan Closs Stephens is appointed acting chair of the BBC and will start from June 27 for 12 months or until a permanent chair is found, whichever is sooner — BBC board member to assume role from 27 June after resignation of Richard Sharp — Prof Dame Elan Closs Stephens …
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
News app Artifact launches a feature that uses a GPT-4 model to rewrite the headlines of articles marked as clickbait by the Artifact team — Last month, the Artifact news app introduced an option for users to flag an article as clickbait. Now, the app founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Netflix shareholders decline to support a nonbinding proposal approving 2023 compensation for top execs after the WGA urged rejection of “inappropriate” pay — Netflix shareholders declined to support a proposal affirming the pay packages for top executives during a vote …
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@insiderunion:
Insider Union says it has failed to agree on a fair contract with Insider management and 250 employees are now on indefinite strike — It's official: THE INSIDER UNION IS ON STRIKE. Management failed to agree on a fair contract that settles our healthcare ULP and pays us what we're worth. Starting now, over 250 Insider employees are on indefinite strike. You want us back @thisisinsider? Settle the contract. ✊ [image]
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Andrew Sheeler / Sacramento Bee:
The California Assembly votes 46-6 to pass a bill requiring tech companies to pay a percentage of ad revenue to outlets; the bill advances to the State Senate — One day after Facebook parent company Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms if Assembly Bill 886 becomes law …
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Wall Street Journal:
CNN names veteran Warner Bros. Discovery executive David Leavy as its COO, to take over commercial, operational, and promotional activities across the channel — Aide to Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav to help network CEO Chris Licht focus on programming
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times launches a free, geotargeted weather newsletter that lets readers pick up to four places in the continental US for which to get risk alerts — Readers can opt in to receive morning emails explaining the level and type of extreme weather risk in up to four different places.
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: executives at Spotify's Parcast, Gimlet, and other podcast studios still have not received budgets for the year, hindering new shows and some expenses — Hi, welcome back to Soundbite. This week was a short one, so we're going to run through a couple stories and get out of here.
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@ashleyrcarman, The Information, Billboard, El País and Rolling Stone
Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
Audio Publishers Association: US audiobook revenue grew 10% YoY to $1.8B in 2022; publishers say digital audio made up 10.4% of 2022 US book publishing revenue — The Audio Publishers Association finds in its annual report that audiobook sales generated US$1.8 billion in the United States in 2022.
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Hundreds of US employees at 24 Gannett newspapers plan to walk off the job on June 5, the day of Gannett's annual shareholder meeting, to protest budget cuts — Hundreds of staffers at Gannett newspapers across seven states are protesting their company's leadership and job cuts
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon introduces a streaming bundle combining Netflix Premium and Paramount+ with Showtime for $25.99/month, via its +play subscription aggregation hub — For the first time, rival streaming services Netflix and Paramount+ are coming together in a price-discounted bundle, exclusively for Verizon wireless customers in the U.S.
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