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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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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 weeks at Twitter; sources say her work has been hindered by NBCU's noncompete clause, which prevents ad deal negotiations — 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’
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: several news and magazine publishers, including The NYT, News Corp, IAC, and Axel Springer, are discussing forming a coalition to address AI's impact — New York Times, Wall Street Journal parent News Corp and Dotdash Meredith owner IAC are among companies discussing forming a coalition
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Rocio Fabbro / The Messenger:
Staff writers at Disney's National Geographic say the outlet is laying off all remaining writers and will rely on freelancers and people with outside funding — Several staff writers announced their layoffs over Twitter — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
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Jules Roscoe / VICE:
Amazon's Kindle Unlimited YA romance bestseller list featured dozens of AI-generated books of nonsense on June 26 and 27, until Amazon took action on June 28 — Amazon's Kindle Unlimited bestseller list was full of books with titles like “Apricot bar code architecture” and “Jessica's Attention” earlier this week.
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Max Kim / Los Angeles Times:
South Koreans are increasingly questioning how Netflix pays them; writers generally get no residuals and production workers cite exploitative labor practices — In 2019, South Korean writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk pitched Netflix a script for a dystopian thriller about society's outcasts competing …
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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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Brian Josephs / New York Times:
Mixtape sites democratized releasing music but now face the challenge of archiving music that isn't legal, as streaming platforms offer artists more incentives — 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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU is launching 48 FAST channels on Amazon Freevee and Xumo Play with Network Entertainment Channels, Sports, Telemundo, and more — New ad-supported FAST channels to be available initially on Amazon Freevee and Xumo Play — NBCUniversal is cracking open its TV and movie archives …
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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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