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Kent Walker / Google:
Google tells Canada's government it will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close Google News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect — President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 …
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New York Times:
A look at Linda Yaccarino's first three weeks at Twitter; sources say NBCUniversal's noncompete clause, which prevents ad deal negotiations, hindered her work — Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to add full-screen, sound-on video ads to Twitter's short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hopes of selling more ads — CEO hits ground running with plans for new advertisement offering while telling staff to ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Advertisers demand significant refunds from YouTube after an Adalytics report found millions of ads served via YouTube's TrueView system are hidden from users — Study shows millions of ads are hidden away in violation of Google-owned group's policies — Advertising industry figures …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Federal authorities charge three men with insider trading, alleging they used information about the planned DWAC-Trump Media merger to make $22M+ in profits — Federal authorities on Thursday arrested and charged three men with insider trading, related to a blank-check company's planned merger …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
DMG Media and the News Media Association suggest Apple could be forced to pay for news under the UK's upcoming Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill — The Mail publisher hinted that Apple should be forced into striking news deals. — UK publishers have raised the prospect that Apple could …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Design platform Canva strikes deals with Warner Music Group and Merlin to let users add song clips to visual designs; music labels and artists get royalties — Canva, the software company that hosts an “all-in-one visual communication platform,” announced partnerships with Warner Music Group …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
WBD's Max begins rolling out fixes to film and TV credits, listing specific credits for writers, directors, and others instead of grouping them under “Creators” — Jesse Armstrong and Danny McBride will have some individual independence to celebrate this holiday weekend.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Streaming company Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, representing over 20% of staff, citing the impact of the global ad market downturn — Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, a figure that represents more than 20 percent of the company's staff, according to a Slack message from CEO Keith Valory obtained by The Verge.
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John Koblin / New York Times:
While other TV mainstays are falling by the wayside, game shows are inexpensive to produce and among the most-watched programs as they appeal to people over 60 — “Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy!” and “Family Feud” continue to attract big audiences even as streaming upends viewing habits.
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Brian Josephs / New York Times:
Mixtape sites democratized releasing music in the CD era, but with the rise of streaming they face the challenge of archiving music that isn't necessarily legal — Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera says he has quit Fox News because he was fired from The Five, and he will have more to say on Fox and Friends on Friday — “After 23 years tomorrow Fox and Friends could be my last appearance,” he wrote alongside a video of him boating.
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Two US authors file a lawsuit in federal court against OpenAI, claiming in a proposed class action that the company misused their works to train ChatGPT — Courts are wrestling with the legality of using copyrighted works to train AI systems. — Another lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI …
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Eric Kohn / IndieWire:
The Gotham Film and Media Institute lays off two key staffers responsible for managing the Project Market for indie films, which will not take place in 2023 — The Gotham Film and Media Institute laid off two key staffers this week after canceling the Project Market, where seminal indie breakouts from …
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