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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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Marvie Basilan / International Business Times:
Report: layoffs hit Altice USA-owned Cheddar News on June 22, affecting around a dozen people; in April, around six staffers for Cheddar's YouTube team were cut — KEY POINTS — News network Cheddar News reportedly slashed several jobs Thursday, including numerous producers and two longtime anchors.
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Voice of America:
Georgia's president pardons the country's only jailed journalist, Nika Gvaramia, who was convicted in 2022 for abuse of power as the director of a broadcaster — Greeted by cheering crowds and surrounded by journalists, including from his own station, one of Georgia's most prominent journalists walked …
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Committee to Protect …, @jodieginsberg, Politico and UPI
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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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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New York Times:
A look at Broadcaster U., a two-day NBA players' camp, where current and former players learn to host a show or podcast, provide color commentary, and more — A two-day camp trains current and former basketball players in the lucrative art of broadcasting, podcasting and throwing verbal bombs on camera.
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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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@allisonprang, @kylejandrews_, @andrwfhenderson, The Desk and RTDNA
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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@peggymel2001, @joel_p_atkinson and @melaniedoak
RTÉ:
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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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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@andria.bsky.social and Sportico
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
Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
YouTube will require fan channels to make it clear they don't represent original creators and won't let them reupload others' content, starting 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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