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Alan Rusbridger / Prospect Magazine:
The Prince Harry hacking verdict shows that newspaper management at two of the UK's biggest media companies lied to Parliament, other journalists, and others — Piece by painful piece, the murky truth about the darker corners of the British newspaper industry has been revealed
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The Guardian:
Piers Morgan, Daily Mirror's editor from 1995 to 2004, denies he was aware of the paper's phone hacking, after a UK judge said there “can be no doubt” he knew
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
A UK judge rules that 15 out of 33 Daily Mirror articles about Prince Harry were a result of phone hacking and awards him £140,600 in damages for the “distress”
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Aron Pilhofer / The Lenfest Institute for Journalism:
A look at the lessons learned at News Catalyst, an initiative that provided tools to build digitally sustainable local news outlets, ahead of its 2024 shutdown — As The Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, a joint venture between the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation …
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CBC News:
Canada plans to distribute 63% of Google's yearly CA$100M media fund to print and digital media, 7% to CBC/Radio-Canada, and 30% to other broadcasters — CBC/Radio-Canada will get a maximum of 7% of fund, other broadcasters to split 30% — Almost two-thirds of the $100 million Google must give …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Arkansas-based publisher Helena World Chronicle sues Google on antitrust grounds and says Search Generative Experience and Bard make issues even worse — A new class action lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in D.C. accuses Google and parent company Alphabet of anticompetitive behavior …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Days after securing the rights to show the majority of English Premier League games, CEO Dana Strong says Sky plans to show up to 1,200 soccer matches a year — The Comcast-owned group has secured rights to broadcast 1,200 football matches a year — Sky will aim to capitalise …
Clare Duffy / CNN:
As TikTok rolls out its new Creativity Program Beta, some creators say they're frustrated by its push to become a “mini YouTube” with videos of up to 10 minutes — New York CNN — — When TikTok took off in 2020 — with short dancing or comedy clips providing much-needed entertainment …
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Tom Kizzia / Anchorage Daily News:
Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Weaver, former editor of the Anchorage Daily News and McClatchy vice president for news, dies at 73 of pancreatic cancer — Weaver led the Daily News through a period of remarkable growth and transformation for Anchorage and Alaska, and later became an executive with McClatchy newspapers.
New York Times:
Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows — When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri details Threads' fediverse plans, including following non-Threads accounts, showing replies from other platforms, and follower portability — The head of Instagram says a full integration with the fediverse could take ‘the better part of a year.’
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Al Jazeera:
Israeli drones fired missiles in Khan Younis, Gaza, killing Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abudaqa on December 15 and wounding bureau chief Wael Dahdouh — Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abudaqa has died while covering an Israeli attack on a school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Newslaundry:
After acquiring NDTV, Adani Group's AMG Media Networks acquires a 50.5% stake in Indo-Asian News Service, known for its Hindi and English news wire services — IANS will now operate as a subsidiary of Adani's AMG Media Networks. — Adani group-owned AMG Media Networks Ltd has acquired …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Cox Media Group claims it can listen to consumers' conversations through microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices and use the data to target ads — A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations …
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