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Anja Karadeglija / National Post:
Meta will remove news content from Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the country's Senate passed the Online News Act, which goes for Royal Assent — With Bill C-18 on the verge of becoming law, Canadians could soon see news removed from their Facebook pages and Google searches
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board defended itself for publishing Samuel Alito's op-ed “scooping” a ProPublica story about his ties to a billionaire — The Wall Street Journal is dismissing criticism it is facing for publishing an Op-Ed from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito …
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[Thread] US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito uses a Wall Street Journal op-ed to respond to ProPublica questions for a report, instead of issuing a statement — Justice Alito appears to be trying to get out ahead of a new ProPublica report that will address a trip he went on with billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer. Weirdly, it is published as an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/...
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery is negotiating to sell around half of Warner studio's film and TV music-publishing assets for ~$500M, likely to a major label — While it is unclear exactly which assets are on the table, one source says that the rights to “slightly less than half” of the catalog …
Mia Gingerich / Media Matters for America:
Fox News' website is altering AP and Reuters articles to replace “gender-affirming care” with “sex change” or “sex reassignment”, including in a direct quote — “Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Zenia Mucha, who spent two decades as Disney's top spokesperson before leaving in 2021, joins TikTok in the new role of chief brand and communications officer — Zenia Mucha, who spent two decades as Disney's top spokesperson before leaving the company in 2021, has been hired at TikTok.
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Sources: a group of buyers including Fortress plans to acquire Vice Media out of bankruptcy for $350M; of all the bids, only Fortress' was deemed “qualified” — The company was part of a group of bidders that offered $225 million to acquire the bankrupt media company.
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CNN:
A Russian court denies Evan Gershkovich's appeal against the extension of his pre-trial detention; in May, Gershkovich's detention was extended to August 30 — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost his appeal against the extension of pre-trial detention in Moscow on Thursday on spying charges, which he denies.
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Kate Dwyer / New York Times:
Bookforum, a literary criticism magazine that closed in December 2022, plans to return in August 2023 with The Nation as its publishing partner — The literary magazine will be back in print in August, with a new publishing partner: The Nation. — Bookforum, a literary criticism magazine …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Months after Barry Diller's IAC began exploring a Daily Beast sale, sources say talks are still active; Tina Brown: “I am not even sure he will end up selling” — Owner Barry Diller “has always had a very strong soft spot for the Beast,” says founding editor Tina Brown.
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Leo Shane III / Defense News:
White House officials say Biden and Modi will discuss press freedom, but the officials didn't commit to talks about jailed journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi — Senior White House officials said press freedom would be among the topics discussed this week by President Joe Biden …
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Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
YouTube updates its policy for fan channels, requiring them to make it obvious in their name or handle that they're fan accounts, effective August 21, 2023 — Fan Channels that have a little too much in common with other accounts are going to be subject to YouTube's updated policies …
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Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
New York-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, raised a $25M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins at a $250M valuation, bringing its total funding to $40M — The video editing software, designed for “talking videos,” has been used by 3 million creators to date and stands at a $250 million valuation.
Bloomberg:
The US and the EU both agree that Google's ad tech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ — European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late.
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