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Anja Karadeglija / National Post:
Meta plans to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the Online News Act passed Canada's Senate and received 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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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 …
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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
French data protection watchdog CNIL fines Paris-based adtech company Criteo €40M for breaching GDPR by failing to obtain users' consent for targeted ads — Criteo will appeal the fine, calling it “vastly disproportionate” — French advertising technology giant Criteo has been issued …
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Elizabeth Djinis / Poynter:
Survey of 500+ local journalists in the US: ~72% reported experiencing personal burnout, 70% reported work-related burnout, and 72% considered leaving their job — Recent surveys and academic work show how widespread burnout is among local reporters and offer hopeful solutions ... for newsrooms willing to take them
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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
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Ireland's RTÉ suspends its Director General Dee Forbes after revelations that a presenter was paid €345,000 above his annual published salary for several years — RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes was suspended from her employment by the RTÉ Board on Wednesday.
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Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC asks for more funding to counter China's information war in the Asia-Pacific, saying China spends $3B+ a year compared to ABC's $11M — Parliament hears media in Asia and the Pacific are being courted by Beijing in an ‘unprecedented campaign’
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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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Claire Atkinson / The Media Mix:
An interview with Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley on “antiquated” FCC rules blocking TV groups from competing with big streamers, what went wrong with RSNs, and more — Chris Ripley talks to The Media Mix about competing “in a land of giants.” — Sinclair's CEO Chris Ripley is blasting …
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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:
NYC-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.
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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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