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Michael Acton / Financial Times:
US FTC chair urges Tim Cook to review Apple News' terms and curation after a study claimed the app promoted “leftist outlets” and suppressed conservative ones — US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
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The Wrap, TheDesk.net, 9to5Mac, @michaeldbrown, @joellthayer, Deadline, @amanitafugax, @themrc, @afergusonftc, @mickeleh.bsky.social, The Verge, New York Post, Reuters, @adamthierer, @zacharyleelee, @brendancarrfcc, @cernovich, MacTech.com, Fox News, Fox Business, The Post Millennial and Just The News, more at Techmeme »
Pew Research Center:
Survey: 80% of Americans say being informed about the news is essential to voting, but only 8% say people in the US have a responsibility to pay for news — In an era when many say the news finds them, there is no consensus about the importance of following the news
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
In written testimony, a private investigator says Mail titles remained his “best customers” for two years after his 2005 conviction for disclosing private info — Steve Whittamore says Mail and Mail on Sunday remained his best customers for two years after conviction in 2005
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Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
Disney agrees to pay $2.75M to settle California AG Rob Bonta's 2024 lawsuit alleging Disney violated CCPA by failing to honor consumers' data opt-out requests — “Consumers shouldn't have to go to infinity and beyond to assert their privacy rights,” Rob Bonta says
Discussion:
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Deadline, State of California and Bloomberg Law
Andy Sheehan / CBS News:
Local efforts to keep the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette operating appear to have stalled; one potential buyer blames owner Block's unwillingness to speak with buyers — Add CBS News on Google — In less than three months, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is scheduled to go out of business.
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@niemanlab.org, @jayrosen.bsky.social and @cpotterpgh.bsky.social
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox-owned podcasting company Red Seat Ventures acquires subscription monetization company Supercast, as it ramps up its podcasting efforts — The Fox-owned podcasting company bought monetization company Supercast. — Red Seat Ventures has acquired another company as it ramps up its podcasting efforts.
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Podnews, Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, Barrett Media, The Wrap and Bloomberg
The Atlantic:
A look at Kari Lake's 11 months as US Agency for Global Media de facto head, as she wasted money and blocked work to bring reliable news to repressive countries — The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
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Mediaite, The Hill, Fortune, Joe.My.God. and Reporters Without Borders
Ivan L. Nagy / CJR:
Q&A with Washington Post sports reporter Les Carpenter, who chose to keep covering the Winter Olympics for the outlet after receiving his layoff news in Milan — Last Wednesday, Les Carpenter, a sports reporter for the Washington Post, was sitting next to his colleague, Rick Maese, in the press area of the Winter Games in Milan.
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The Washington Free Beacon
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
NYT's Zach Seward details the “Manosphere Report”, an in-house LLM-powered tool that summarizes new episodes from about 80 podcasts with largely male audiences — The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.
Discussion:
Dave Lee and Simon Willison's Weblog
Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
Court documents: celebs and public figures targeted by a web of reputation-smearing sites blame a publicist, a digital fixer, and a well-known Hollywood lawyer — A shadowy network of anonymous slander sites is attacking players in high-profile entertainment scandals …
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Forbes
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Sky and Disney sign a multiyear deal to offer Disney+ to Sky customers in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost, and Sky will bundle HBO Max, Netflix, and Hayu — Sky and Disney have inked a multi-year distribution deal that will see the broadcaster offer Disney+ to Sky customers in the U.K …
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Advanced Television, TVBEurope, Deadline, @maxwelltani, TheDesk.net, Los Angeles Times, @scottygb, The Streamable, Daily Star, WebWire, Digital Spy, The Sun, Metro.co.uk, Media Play News, The Irish Times, Business Plus, LADbible, Mirror, ISPreview UK, GB News, Radio Times, Sky News, Shortlist, UK Press, Broadband TV News, The Times, Broadcast, The Hollywood Reporter, Telecompaper and T3
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
An interview with Dave Jorgenson, who launched WaPo's TikTok channel in 2019, about taking WaPo's video audience with him, launching long-form content, and more — The Washington Post's former face of Tiktok has said his decision to launch his own company was because video was not …
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