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6:30 PM ET, August 18, 2023

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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge demands that Meta lift its “reckless” news ban on Facebook and Instagram for the safety of people fleeing wildfires  —  The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta (META.O) lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms …
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Pete Evans / CBC News:
Evacuees from the wildfires threatening Yellowknife say that Meta's news fight with Canada's government makes it harder for them to share lifesaving information  —  Meta notes government sources not blocked as northerners duck ban by sharing screenshots of information
Bloomberg:
Email: Amazon offers some creators up to $12,500 for 500 videos, or $25 per video, for its TikTok-like shopping feed; creators typically charge $200+ per video  —  - Content creators typically charge more than $200 a pop  —  Amazon.com Inc., looking to amp up its TikTok-like shopping feed …
Lauren Hirsch / @laurenshirsch:
Filing: ValueAct, an activist investor that took around a 7% stake in The New York Times a year ago, sells part of its stake, bringing its ownership to 4.62%  —  New: Per filing, activist investor ValueAct has sold off part of its stake in The New York Times, bringing it down to 4.62% from 6.21%. ValueAct first revealed its stake on August 11 of last year. Shares of $NYT are up 34% over the last 12 months. https://www.sec.gov/...
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at nonprofit news outlet The Conversation's first foray into investigative reporting, which pairs journalists' reporting chops with academics' expertise  —  “It is elevating investigative reporting to a level where we are able to access ... jewels lying on the beach in the research of the academic world.”
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitch plans to roll out a long-requested anti-harassment feature within weeks that automatically blocks a streamer's banned users from watching their streams  —  Twitch's chat ban tools have been around for ages, but the platform is about to hand streamers a way to control who can watch a stream to begin with.
New York Times:
Sources: Donald Trump plans to upstage the first GOP primary debate on August 23, hosted by Fox News, to instead sit for an online interview with Tucker Carlson  —  The former president's apparent decision to skip the first debate is a major affront both to the Republican National Committee and to Fox News, which is hosting the event.
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Columbia's journalism school begins offering graduates in nonprofit news $5K to $10K forgivable loans each year, with a max total of $50K, to pay student loans  —  “It takes away a little bit of anxiety about pursuing a degree in journalism if you know that there is a path through which the cost can be covered.”
Louise Matsakis / Semafor:
Q&A with TikTok Head of Music Ole Obermann on launching TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil before the US and helping artists from discovery to distribution  —  The Scene  —  Since it first exploded in popularity five years ago, TikTok has evolved into the de facto launching pad …
Reuters:
How major advertisers have adopted AI: WPP is using generative AI in Nestle and Mondelez ad campaigns, citing 10x-20x savings; Unilever developed its own LLM  —  Some of the world's biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle (NESN.S) to consumer goods multinational Unilever (ULVR.L) …
Discussion: The Verge
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The WGA urges antitrust regulators to stop M&A in streaming, saying that Netflix, Amazon, and Disney amassed market power that depresses wages and limits choice  —  The Writers Guild of America issued a report on Thursday calling Netflix, Amazon and Disney the “new gatekeepers” …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Netflix partners with Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator, to bundle its Netflix Basic streaming tier with two of the carrier's pay-as-you-go plans
Kim Zetter / Zero Day:
How Timothy Burke accessed un-aired Fox News videos and why his lawyer says Florida prosecutors are using a “novel and unsupported” interpretation of the CFAA
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: news outlets in the US say Meta made changes that cut their Facebook referral traffic; one publisher said traffic fell by 30%+ YoY, another by ~40% YoY
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The trustees of NYC's five pension funds write to the CEOs of Disney, Comcast, and Paramount, calling on them to “end the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes promptly”
Discussion: Deadline
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft's Start, using “algorithmic techniques with human review”, listed the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist site and suggested visiting on “an empty stomach”
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Nine, which owns The Sydney Morning Herald and others, plans to stop publishing comic strips, after News Corp and Australia Community Media did the same in 2022
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Internal doc: Spotify weighed removing white noise podcasts and redirecting users to “talk” content, which would boost the company's annual gross profit by €35M
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A Revson Foundation report looks at how governments, banks, and philanthropy could help make loans and credit programs more accessible for local news outlets
 

 
From Techmeme:

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
A critical Apache Tomcat RCE flaw is being exploited, letting attackers take over servers via a PUT request; Wallarm: the attack “requires no authentication”

Zhiye Liu / Tom's Hardware:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, G2 Gen 2, and G1 Gen 2 for gaming handhelds, saying the G3 Gen 3 offers a CPU 30% faster than the previous generation

 
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