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Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered — Offer could end 16-month battle to control the conservative British national newspaper — New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is closing …
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Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg:
Ukraine says the country's hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down the online broadcasts of 20+ Russian broadcasters on Vladimir Putin's 72nd birthday — - Russian state media reported ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack — Disruption coincided with Russian president's 72nd birthday
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Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer expects Google's share of the US search ad market to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others make gains — A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market — Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes — The vice president and Democratic nominee has set a slew of media appearances this week, including a live interview with 'The View …
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Matthew Jordan / The Conversation:
As Congress tries to force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest, it should push licensed stations to abide by public interest standards — A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. — Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Former NYT investigative reporter David Burnham, whose work uncovering corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s inspired the movie Serpico, dies at the age of 91 — Tipped off by the detective Frank Serpico, he wrote an explosive series on police corruption in New York City, sparking an investigation by the Knapp commission.
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@schwellenbach, @sergenyt, @proflhunter, @carlmalamud@official … and Deadline
Max Tani / Semafor:
Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid — Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business.
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@semaforben, @emily_sundberg, Jason Whittaker on LinkedIn and @semafor, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 agree a deal with Amazon to put free streamer Freely, developed by joint venture Everyone TV, on Amazon's US smart TVs — Agreement with US tech company is set to provide a boost to broadcasters' new platform Freely — BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 …
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Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
How SmartLess, a podcast by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, became a rare cultural tent pole that continues to thrive after its pandemic birth — Started during the pandemic, this venture is the first step in a media empire being built by the actors Sean Hayes, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman.
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@frankdigiacomo, @stuartemmrich and Deadline
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon India completes its MX Player acquisition and merges it with Amazon miniTV to create new free streaming service Amazon MX Player — STREAMING SYNERGIES … The merged platform has over 250 million unique users in India, according to Amazon. — The service offers original shows like …
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Advanced Television, Deadline and YourStory.com
Victoria Gomelsky / New York Times:
Watches of Switzerland Group, one of the world's largest watch retailers, buys watch enthusiast website Hodinkee and says its coverage will remain independent — Neither Benjamin Clymer, its founder, nor the Watches of Switzerland Group would disclose terms, but they stressed that coverage would continue to be independent.
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Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral for its AI-generated “deep dive” podcasts with two hosts — With this Google tool, you can now listen to a show about any topic you could possibly imagine. You won't believe your ears.
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