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4:35 PM ET, July 4, 2023

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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitter staff say that removing legacy APIs to prevent data scraping broke TweetDeck and Twitter plans to move users to “a new, improved version of TweetDeck”  —  Twitter is officially launching its “new” version of TweetDeck to everyone, according to a tweet from Twitter's support account …
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Twitter says that in 30 days, users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more  —  We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu. Some notes on getting started and the future of the product... https://twitter.com/...
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
TweetDeck users report major problems, including notifications and entire columns failing to load, after Elon Musk's new read limits; home timelines still load
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which shows screenshots of some features  —  Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the U.S. The app will be called Threads …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep when ordering Meta to overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta is “evaluating” the ruling  —  Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook lost its European Union court fight over a German antitrust order that homed …
Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Armed and masked men attack and seriously injure prominent Russian journalist and lawyer Elena Milashina, who writes for Novaya Gazeta, in Chechnya  —  Armed masked men attacked and seriously injured a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer in the Russian region of Chechnya …
John Ortved / New York Times:
A history of Paper Magazine from co-founders Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkovits, former staff, writers, and others, as new owner Brian Calle plans its revival  —  It started as a chronicler of all things downtown.  After success came, it morphed into something else.  Now Paper has a new owner — and an uncertain future.
David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage:
An investigation finds fake journalist profiles with stock photos have been used to launch a new website purporting to cover local news in a UK town  —  Fake journalist profiles have been used to launch a new website purporting to cover local news in a UK town, an HTFP investigation has found.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Alibaba is exploring options for its Youku and Tudou video units, including moving them to Hong Kong-listed Alibaba Pictures, as Alibaba restructures  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is exploring options for its video entertainment assets, according to people familiar with the matter …
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
Brut CEO Guillaume Lacroix says the digital media startup gained 700K TikTok subscribers to reach 5.3M after its live coverage of the riots in France went viral  —  Video footage of the riots in France were hugely popular on social media last week as unrest spread throughout the country …
Financial Times:
A look at Reliance's JioCinema, which had 400M+ IPL cricket stream viewers, acquired content rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India  —  Asia's richest man is on a mission to transform Reliance Industries into a digital group  —  India's richest man Mukesh Ambani …
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Peter White / Deadline:
Netflix starts streaming HBO's Insecure and says other shows, like Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Ballers, will come to its service as part of its WBD deal
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Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A look at Mattel Films, formed by the US toy giant to leverage its IP and which has 45 movies in development, starting with Barbie, after Hasbro's similar moves
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
ITN appoints Debbie Ramsay, Channel 4's commissioning editor for news and current affairs, as the new editor of 5 News, succeeding Cait Fitzsimons
New York Times:
Sources detail ByteDance's book publishing push and uneven playing field concerns; BookScan: 100+ authors with large #BookTok followings had $760M in 2022 sales
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
DirecTV removes 159 Nexstar-owned stations, including ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, after the two companies didn't sign a new distribution deal by the July 2 deadline