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Sources: WBD plans to add live CNN programming to Max outside the US later in 2023 and is weighing different approaches for the US — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is planning to add live programming from CNN to the Max streaming service later this year, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Variety, The Streamable, @lucas_shaw, The Information, Deadline, @samyoungman, @mediaevan, @semaforben, @nkulw and Cord Cutters News
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Adalytics: ~80% of Google's video ad placements on third-party sites violated the company's promised standards between 2020 and 2023; Google disputes the claims — About 80% of Google's video ad placements on third-party sites violated promised standards, new research shows; Google disputes claims
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@nandoodles, The Guardian, @nandoodles, Engadget, Quartz, Adalytics, MediaPost, @nandoodles, @digitalsamiam, @jessefelder, 9to5Google, The Keyword, @crulge, @aripap, @wintonark, @aripap, @tezlynfigaro, @f_kaltheuner, @paultang, @thomasbcn, @nandoodles, @nandoodles, @nandoodles, The Information, @randfish@mastodon.social and @joshsternberg.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Angie Drobnic Holan / Poynter:
A survey of 101 fact-checkers and academics finds 87% deem research on new fact-checking formats, like video fact-checks and graphics, “very useful” or “useful” — A recent survey received more than 100 suggestions for valuable research
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@poynter
Emma Ross-Thomas / Bloomberg:
OPEC cancels Bloomberg, Reuters and WSJ reporters' accreditation to cover its Vienna conference, the second time they are excluded from its meetings since May — OPEC has canceled accreditation for reporters from three major news organizations to cover a conference in Vienna that will feature …
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@javierblas, @onaircoop and @magdaborowik
Diana Bossio / Nieman Lab:
Research on Australia's News Media Bargaining Code offers lessons for Canada: issues like lack of transparency, platforms picking winners and losers, and more — “Our interviews showed that platforms were able to push for individual deals that aligned with their own business priorities.”
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What's New in Publishing and Google Help Center
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A report on Canadian tax incentives for local journalism finds they aren't a cure-all and explores lessons the US can learn as some states debut related bills
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@niemanlab, @jason_kint, @dianabossio, Columbia Journalism Review, @scottbrodbeck, @joeycoleman, The Wrap, @jbenton, @jason_w_white, @issielapowsky and Reuters
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters plans to buy UK-based digital content management company Imagen, which owns the Screenocean video distribution service, for an undisclosed price — Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) will buy Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed price …
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Press Gazette and Castext
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
TikTok admits to funding the TikTok creators' lawsuit in Montana that is challenging the state's ban of the app, but says the company is not paying the creators — The popular video service had deflected questions about its involvement in the creators' lawsuit for more than a month.
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CNN, TechCrunch, The Information, Fox News, @jameeljaffer, @evelyndouek, Music Ally, @sapna and @sapna, more at Techmeme »
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Multimedia Music, which specializes in acquiring the rights to music featured in film and TV, buys a 50% stake in the music catalog of Steven Spielberg's Amblin — Multimedia Music, a company that specializes in acquiring the rights to music featured in film and TV productions …
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Deadline and @ashleyrcarman
Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
Staff at France's Le Journal du Dimanche strike to protest the appointment of a far-right EIC, ahead of the key Sunday paper's acquisition by a billionaire — Public figures back strike at Le Journal du Dimanche to protest against appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune
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@astraea1974, @soundmigration and Reporters Without Borders
Josh Rubin / Hamilton Spectator:
Postmedia Network, publisher of the National Post and Toronto Sun, and Nordstar Capital, owner of the Toronto Star and Metroland Media, are in talks to merge — NordStar, Postmedia would have 50% voting stake in a new company that would control most of the combined assets of both.
Daniel Tilles / Notes From Poland:
Private media outlets in Poland issue a statement in defense of independent media, after reports the government sought to influence the two largest news sites — The editors of most of Poland's main private media outlets have issued a joint statement in defence of independent journalism.
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@j_jaraczewski and Variety
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach launches its first metered paywall, albeit only on the app and not the website, for the Manchester Evening News, alongside a premium membership — Reach may “explore premium options” with more of its biggest newsbrands if the trial is successful.
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Media Voices, Manchester Evening News and HoldtheFrontPage
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