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Kent Walker / Google:
Google tells Canada's government the company will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close 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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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Unionized G/O media staffers blast the company, which owns The Onion, Quartz, The Root, Deadspin, and more, over its plans to test AI-created content next week — “Cease [your] plans to litter our websites with AI-generated content,” unionized editorial employees at The Onion, Deadspin and The Root say
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Reuters:
Burkina Faso suspends LCI, saying the French TV news channel's April report on an insurgency lacked objectivity, the latest in a crackdown on foreign media — Burkina Faso's military government has suspended a French television news channel for a report on a jihadist insurgency …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
An Indian court dismisses Twitter's lawsuit against the government's content rules and fines the company ~$61K for failing to explain its delayed compliance — An Indian court has dismissed Twitter's lawsuit against the federal government that sought to challenge New Delhi's block orders on tweets and accounts.
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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.
Casey Hall / Reuters:
Chinese livestream shopping shifts from big discounts, as Apple and other brands seek control over a process made costly by a fragmenting market and superhosts — When tech giant Apple (AAPL.O) joined China's livestreaming frenzy, a major driving force of the e-commerce boom …
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Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
Canada may think Bill C-18 still has more room for negotiation, based on Meta's 2021 deal with Australia, but tech platforms no longer view news as valuable — On June 22, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. The new law, according to a government news release …
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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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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Sources: Nexstar's WOOD-TV fires two news managers over a memo that urged “both sides” coverage of Pride Month; two others were fired for leaks about the memo — Nexstar also dismisses Amy Fox, the writer of the memo, and two producers suspected of leaking information to the press.
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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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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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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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