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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


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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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


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


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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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


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


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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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


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


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.


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


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