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Israeli officials reverse course and order the return of seized camera equipment to AP, after earlier seizing cameras and blocking AP's live feed from Gaza — Israel's communications minister ordered the government to return seized camera equipment to The Associated Press after blocking its live video of Gaza earlier Tuesday.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast says StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, will be available starting next week to Comcast TV or broadband customers at $15/month — Comcast, as its legacy cable TV business continues to shrink, has built a new cable-style bundle for the streaming era.
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Russian state-run channel Rossiya24 is broadcasting days-old episodes of Tucker Carlson's show with a Russian voiceover — THEY'LL NEVER LET GO — Hilariously, the supposedly new program called “Tucker” is just days-old episodes of his show with a Russian voiceover.
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple files a lawsuit at the EU's General Court to challenge a March 2024 decision to impose a €1.8B fine for thwarting competition in music streaming — - Company files suit at EU's General Court to topple penalty — Fine was sparked by long-running dispute with top music rival
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Google is warning nonprofit newsrooms that passage of a new California ad tax bill would threaten to pause Google News Initiative funding in US — - That statement was made in response to a bill, introduced by California Assembly member Buffy Wicks last year, that would essentially …
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
London's High Court rejects Prince Harry's bid to include claims against Rupert Murdoch and Piers Morgan in his phone hacking suit against News Group Newspapers — Harry - along with more than 40 other plaintiffs - is suing Murdoch's U.K. newspaper business News Group Newspapers over claims …
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's ChatGPT voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers — The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.
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Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
Ziff Davis' IGN acquires the UK-based Gamer Network, which includes digital brands GamesIndustry.biz and Eurogamer, and lays off some staff — New owner makes redundancies across the Gamer Network portfolio — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Pixar lays off ~175 employees, or around 14% of its workforce, the biggest restructuring in Pixar's history, and plans to stop making original shows for Disney+ — About 175 employees are getting layoff notices Tuesday, the company said. — The reductions reflect a decision to refocus Pixar …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A group of lawmakers push a US Senate bill that would require USPS to hit performance targets before imposing surcharges on the delivery of newspapers — - Newspapers previously relied on gig economy workers to distribute newspapers via their own vehicles early in the morning.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
A US federal judge dismisses a sexual assault lawsuit against ex-Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow “without prejudice”; the plaintiff sued Portnow in November 2023 — The plaintiff, who had filed her suit anonymously, told a judge that she feared the consequences if efforts to reveal …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Vox launches a subscription program for $5 per month or $50 per year that gives access to exclusive content, including newsletters and a digital magazine — Vox is preparing to celebrate its 10th birthday — making a major change to its business model that reflects how digital news publishers …
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