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7:40 PM ET, June 15, 2023

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian announces a global ban on gambling advertising, arguing that taking money from services that can lead to addiction is unethical  —  Ban will apply worldwide to all of media group's online and print outlets, including the Guardian, Observer, and Guardian Weekly
CNBC:
Christine McCarthy, Disney's CFO since 2015, is stepping down; Kevin Lansberry, finance chief for parks business, will work as interim CFO starting July 1  —  - Christine McCarthy will step down as Disney's chief financial officer.  — She is taking family medical leave and will advise the company as it seeks a successor.
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Insider EIC Nich Carlson tells staff that traffic and subscribers are down, the outlet plans to return its focus to business, the economy, and tech, and more  —  Insider EIC @nichcarlson addresses the newsroom post-strike, says “after a few years of drift,” the media company is returning to its core focus of business, economy, and tech coverage and becoming “the next-gen WSJ” [image]
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Sources: Disney+, which hasn't made an original content commission in Canada yet, pauses commissioning work in the country through 2023 and possibly into 2024  —  Sources indicate that the Mouse House has put a pin in local programming from across its brands in Canada, and isn't actively commissioning.
Discussion: @hertzbarry
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: News Corp's HarperCollins and private-equity giant KKR are among the bidders for Simon & Schuster; second-round bids are due in mid-July  —  Simon & Schuster is pursuing a sale once again after the U.S. government blocked its attempted merger with Penguin Random House
Discussion: Publishers Weekly and @heybonanos
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
How a local news site founder and an ex-Microsoft engineer created an AI to listen to meetings and write usable summary articles, and how human nuance gets lost  —  “Is it ready for primetime, ready to be released to the masses?  Absolutely not...But can it be done?
Kari Paul / The Guardian:
The CCDH estimates Google made $10M in two years from anti-abortion organizations' ads misdirecting users to “pregnancy crisis centers” that do not provide care  —  Study finds the search giant has profited since Roe was overturned from anti-abortion groups buying misleading search terms
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Post launches an iOS app and says 440K+ users have joined the news-focused social network that lets users make micropayments for news from various publishers  —  One of many buzzy apps competing to be “the next Twitter,” Post launched its iOS app on Thursday.
Nina Lakhani / Associated Press:
Judges in Guatemala sentence journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in prison for money laundering in what is regarded as a politically motivated trial  —  José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
Soap2Day, one of the world's most popular pirate streaming sites, unexpectedly shuts down with no explanation  —  Soap2Day, one of the world's most popular pirate streaming sites, has unexpectedly shut down.  Via numerous domains, many put in place to avoid site-blocking measures …
 
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The Senate Judiciary Committee advances the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, which would help news outlets jointly negotiate with tech companies
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
The UK's Independent plans to eventually have the same number of workers in the US as in Britain; the outlet has 300 staff, of which 65 are outside the UK
Discussion: Press Gazette
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Streamlabs launches Podcast Editor, offering text-based editing, content reformatting for other platforms, and more, included in the $19 per month Ultra package
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought ads on Uber in Q1, up from 315K in Q4
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK government commits £77M to supporting creative industries, including £50M to grow “creative clusters” to boost film production and video game development
Sulina Connal / The Keyword:
Google reaches agreements with over 1,500 publications in 15 countries under the EU Copyright Directive and shares other updates on its journalism partnerships
 Earlier Picks: 
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: the media sector announced at least 17,436 job cuts so far in 2023, the highest YTD level, surpassing 16,750 cuts till May in 2020
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC makes political editor Andrew Probyn redundant, one of the up to 100 job cuts at the broadcaster before a major restructure kicks in on July 1
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Gottlieb, former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker, who edited Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, and more, dies at 92
Sammy Hudes / Canadian Press:
Bell Media's parent plans to cut 1,300 jobs and close or sell nine radio stations; EVP Robert Malcolmson lamented the process around Bill C-18 and Bill C-11
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
After a Fox News chyron called Biden a “wannabe dictator” who is “having his political rival arrested”, Fox says it was taken down immediately and addressed
Nic Newman / Reuters Institute:
Reuters' 2023 Digital News Report: despite fragmentation, users' dependence on social media platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook declines and TikTok gains