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Lachlan Murdoch completes a deal to secure control of his family's media empire, ensuring that it remains conservative; source: the deal is valued at $3.3B — Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father's media empire will retain its conservative slant.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Paramount appoints Kenneth Weinstein, former president and CEO of the conservative think tank Hudson Institute, as the ombudsman for CBS News — Paramount has tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, to serve as ombudsman for CBS News.
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The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after local media reported 19+ deaths in clashes over anti-government demonstrations sparked by the ban — Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday.
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Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
A US federal judge postpones Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes to force on authors — The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC's proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking …
Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times:
Sources: the US informs European countries that it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from Russia, China, Iran, and other countries — Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
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David Satin / The Streamable:
DAZN launches its NHL.TV streaming platform in nearly 200 countries, excluding Canada and the US, where the games stream on ABC, ESPN, and TNT — International viewers will be able to watch a wide selection of NHL games with the launch of the service. — DAZN has a huge selection …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said “the open web is already in rapid decline”, contradicting Google's recent statements — Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. … But in a court document filed by Google …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US — YouTube got into the game with its first exclusive NFL broadcast Sept. 5, which the platform says averaged more than 17.3 million global viewers.
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
As the latest Conjuring movie grosses $83M domestically this weekend, Warner Bros. sets a record with seven consecutive movies opening above $40M domestically — Talk about a scary-good box office streak. — “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” which scored a franchise-best launch …
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Glenn Garner / Deadline:
After a USTA memo, ABC appeared to mute the audience booing President Trump before the US Open Men's Final on September 7, playing music over his appearance — Despite the United States Tennis Association's attempt to censor the U.S. Open audience's reaction to Donald Trump's presence …
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Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
PubMatic sues Google in Virginia over alleged illegal ad tech market monopolization, the second such suit since an April ruling that Google monopolized ad tech — Alphabet Inc.'s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT launches a new family subscription offering for four people, including the All Access Family plan at $30/month and the Games Family plan at $10/month — The New York Times on Monday introduced a new family subscription offering, the company's head of subscription growth Ben Cotton told Axios.
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