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Australia says it will ban gambling ads featuring celebrities and limit online gambling ads to logged-in users over 18 starting in 2027 — Australia said it would ban gambling advertisements featuring celebrities and limit online gambling advertisements to internet users over 18 from next year …
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Flipboard launches Surf, an app for creating custom feeds from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS, podcasts, and YouTube, after over a year in beta — It combines Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and other content into something that feels entirely new. … Surf is a slightly hard app to explain.
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Engadget and Surf, more at Techmeme »
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out Stations for Coachella, 24/7 preprogrammed linear video streams that include an audience chat, after testing the feature with ~40 musicians — As the platform embraces FAST channels, YouTubers can soon create linear streaming channels.
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The Streamable, The Wrap, YouTube Official Blog and The Keyword
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Versant buys StockStory, an AI-powered service that generates reports with investment advice to support CNBC; PitchBook: the startup has raised $3.2M since 2020 — Versant, the publicly traded cable spinoff from Comcast, has acquired StockStory, an AI-powered platform that generates reports …
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The Wrap, Deep Bagchee on LinkedIn, Deadline and Business Wire
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wired ends its UK print edition, after reducing from six to four issues per year at the end of 2024; seven London-based journalists left at the end of 2025 — Editorial director Katie Drummond explains how UK newsroom fits into global strategy. — Wired will not put out a print magazine …
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Talking Biz News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT and Delta Air Lines partner to offer free NYT products to Delta SkyMiles members via airline seat-back screens and on personal devices using Delta's Wi-Fi — The New York Times struck a multiyear distribution partnership with Delta Air Lines that brings its journalism and products …
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View from the Wing
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
CBS News 24/7's 60-person union has reached a tentative three-year contract deal with the network after a 24-hour walkout on March 17 — The tentative agreement comes weeks after the 60-member unit staged a daylong walkout — The 60-member union for CBS News 24/7, the news organization's …
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The Guardian and Deadline
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Beehiiv introduces Podcasts, letting creators host, distribute, and monetize podcasts directly on the platform, and plans to dynamically serve ads in podcasts — Newsletter platform Beehiiv is introducing native podcast hosting, the company told TechCrunch.
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Variety, @jacobwolf, @beehiiv and Realscreen
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
BBC sources reflect on Tim Davie's DG tenure, mired in impartiality disputes but succeeding in a cultural transformation, as Matt Brittin takes over on May 18 — If Matt Brittin needs a measure of insight about the pressures he's agreed to shoulder, the incoming BBC director general needs …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix averaged 3M viewers for its Opening Night MLB game March 25, a bit short of NBC and Peacock's MLB broadcast the next night, with 3.2M viewers — Netflix and NBC each draw 3 million viewers for their first primetime telecasts under a new deal with MLB.
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Adweek, Barrett Media, Sportico, Mediaite, Awful Announcing, Netflix Press Site, Fox News, NBCSports.com and Media Play News
New York Times:
Sources: an Iranian-aligned militia in Iraq is seeking the release of several detained militia members in exchange for freeing journalist Shelly Kittleson — The Iranian-aligned militia, Kataib Hezbollah, is pressing for the release of members detained by the Iraqi government in exchange for freeing the journalist, Shelly Kittleson.
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Comcast dropped dozens of local TV stations owned by E. W. Scripps from Xfinity TV on Tuesday due to a distribution dispute — It's no April Fool's joke — some Comcast customers woke up to find one or more of their favorite TV stations missing from their Xfinity TV packages early Wednesday morning.
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