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The US House passes a bipartisan TikTok bill that forces a sale or ban of the app; the legislation faces an uncertain Senate path without a companion measure — The House vote, set for Wednesday, is expected to mark the first time a chamber of Congress has passed legislation that could lead to a ban of a social media platform.
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Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Neil Young brings his music back to Spotify after requesting its removal in January 2022, saying “Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation” — Neil Young is bringing his music back to Spotify more than two years after requesting its removal from the platform …
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NYA Times Contrarian, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, The Guardian, @bgurley, CMU, Deadline, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, BBC, @popcrave, @fivetimesaugust, @tommylightfootgarrett …, @rollingstone, @fivetimesaugust, Variety, The Daily Beast, The Hollywood Reporter, UPROXX, The A.V. Club, @elsandifer.bsky.social, The Wrap, Consequence, @bowiesongs.bsky.social and Rolling Stone, more at Techmeme »
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
BBC and AMC Networks partner to launch a free BBC News channel on CTV and FAST services and traditional pay-TV providers like Charter, Comcast, and DirecTV — The cable news channel will still be available through pay-TV providers, but will also be available for free to anyone with an internet connection.
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The Wrap, Radio & Television …, Next TV, Deadline and The Media Leader
Stephanie Sugars / US Press Freedom Tracker:
A review shows $1.6M+ in attorneys' fees were awarded to journalists and outlets suing for public records access in the past 12 months; taxpayers paid the fees — Stephanie Sugars from Freedom of the Press Foundation — When officials wrongly keep constituents in the dark and journalists fight …
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Associated Press, @freedomofpress@newsie.social and Freedom of the Press …
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
Literary journal Guernica retracts an article by Israel-based liberal writer Joanna Chen on connecting with Palestinians, after 12+ staff resigned in protest — What are the limits of empathy in war? — That's the question that Joanna Chen, a liberal writer and translator who is Jewish …
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Mathieu Pollet / Politico:
The EU Parliament approves the Media Freedom Act, to shield newsrooms from undue influence, foster pluralism, introduce transparency requirements, and more — The new law will ban governments from going after journalists to reveal their sources by deploying spyware on their phones.
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European Parliament, Euronews, @thierrybreton and European Federation …
Patricia Hernandez / Polygon:
How MrBeast dominates this ostentatious YouTube era, using a fast, frantic, and omnipresent editing style, as his videos slowly evolve to focus on storytelling — Jimmy Donaldson warped YouTube in his image — but YouTube is warping him back — In the fall of 2023, a clip ripped from a video …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Filing: the NYT denies OpenAI's claims that the NYT “hacked” ChatGPT to create misleading evidence of copyright infringement, calling the claims “grandstanding” — The New York Times (NYT.N) has denied claims by OpenAI that it “hacked” the company's artificial intelligence systems …
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The Independent and Ars Technica, more at Techmeme »
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Spotify rolls out music videos on mobile and desktop in beta in 11 markets, including Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, and the UK, for Premium subscribers — Spotify is adding music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in some markets. They are tightly integrated with the company's music library …
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iMore, BGR, Music Business Worldwide, Reuters, Engadget, The Verge, Spotify and Music Ally, more at Techmeme »
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
UTA fires and sues Michael Kassan, partner and CEO of UTA-owned MediaLink, alleging misappropriation of funds; Kassan countersues UTA over MediaLink acquisition — Agency says executive was fired after “exhaustive investigation” — United Talent Agency has been accused of breach of contract …
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MediaPost, Deadline, Ad Age, Adweek, @semaforben, @maxwelltani, @semaforben, Hollywood Reporter, @deadline, @deadline and The Wrap
Kunal Purohit / Al Jazeera:
Ahead of India's 2024 general election, at least 10 Bollywood movies that have either been released recently or releasing soon amplify BJP's political agenda — Mumbai, India - A grimacing police official, staring into the camera, declares her intent to publicly shoot dead “leftists” …
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@madversity, @kunalpurohit, @ajenglish, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit, @kunalpurohit and @kunalpurohit
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Prisa Media, owner of El País, El HuffPost, 1,200 radio stations, and more, launches VerificAudio, which helps journalists identify deepfake audio in Spanish — Journalists can now identify Spanish-language deepfake audio using a new tool called VerificAudio launched Tuesday, according to an announcement from Prisa Media.
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