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Financial Times:
The High Court in London rules against Prince Harry and six other claimants in the privacy lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers — High Court in London rules against Duke of Sussex and six other claimants — Prince Harry's third and final legal offensive …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a filing, ABC says the FCC has targeted daytime and late-night TV the administration doesn't like while “leaving untouched the vast landscape of talk radio” — ABC contends that a “broad and cross-ideological consensus of commenters” backs the editorial independence of The View …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Analysis: ABC's The View hasn't featured a single candidate running in a competitive midterm race since the FCC launched an “equal time” rule probe in February
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Daily Mail, New York Post, Variety, Raw Story, The Verge, HotAir, Townhall, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Poynter, The Gateway Pundit, Status, @maxwelltani, @scottnover, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, @evelyndouek.bsky.social, twitchy.com, Bloomberg, Mediaite, @BlueWaver22@genomic.social, @avi.zollman.com, New York Sun, @annmlipton.bsky.social, Inside Radio and Election Law Blog
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Sky's ITV deal sees ITV's 40% stake in news producer ITN split equally between Sky and ITV Studios; Sky says ITV News and Sky News will stay distinct until 2030 — Sky's takeover of ITV's media and entertainment business for £1.6bn will make it responsible for commissioning ITV News.
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Deadline, Pulse 2.0, Sky Group, Mumbrella, UPI, The Wrap, New York Times, Financial Times and Deadline
William Earl / Variety:
Netflix signs deals with Penske Media, Condé Nast, Hearst, People, and other publishers to carry a range of programming from 2 to 20+ minutes, starting August 3 — Netflix is further expanding the mix of content available on its platform through licensing partnerships with a range of top publishers …
Sammy Hudes / Canadian Press:
Rogers Sports and Media is closing its Sportsnet 650 radio station in Vancouver, Sportsnet 960 station in Calgary, and four other stations, affecting 80 workers — Rogers Sports and Media is shutting down its Sportsnet 650 radio station in Vancouver and Sportsnet 960 station in Calgary …
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Radio & Television …, @matchstickscgy, @miketgould, @ringoffirecgy, Broadcast Dialogue, @sammyhudes and Barrett Media
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with United Talent Agency executives Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky about UTA's Creators division, helping creators launch products, AI, and more — Raina Penchansky and Ali Berman on helping human creators in the age of AI — We've got another special episode of Decoder today …
Tife Owolabi / Reuters:
Nigeria's competition regulator will investigate tech companies over news content use and alleged anti-competitive practices, after complaints by media groups — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed the country's competition regulator to investigate major technology companies …
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Techpoint Africa, WeeTracker, allAfrica.com, Punch Newspapers, Condia, Premium Times Nigeria, The Nation Newspaper and The ICIR
Deborah Cole / The Guardian:
Hungarian public media outlets Kossuth and M1 suspend their broadcasts; M1's message reads, “Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long” — Péter Magyar hails ‘end of propaganda broadcasts’ as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmission
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The FTC approves James Murdoch's $300M+ purchase of New York magazine, Vox.com, and Vox's podcast network, per an early termination notice on the FTC's website — The regulator issued an early termination notice in its review of Lupa Systems' purchase of roughly half of the digital media company's brands
Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune:
A profile of David Senra, whose popular Founders podcast attracts billionaire CEOs and generates millions of dollars annually through a flat ad partnership rate — David Senra will tell you he doesn't care if you listen to his podcast. And he means it. — For five and a half years …
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Android Authority, Alyson Shontell on LinkedIn, @sarthakgh, @davidsenra, @eglyman, @simonowens.bsky.social and Fortune
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google launches “platform properties” in the Google Search Console, letting creators and website owners see which search terms lead to their social platforms — A new feature will let creators and publishers see what search terms take people to their social platforms.
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Tubefilter, Slate, Search Engine Land, Google for Developers, 9to5Google, Search Engine Journal and STAT, more at Techmeme »
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Four animated titles from Disney, DreamWorks, and Pixar made up over 38% of the ~$186.6M handed out to 41 new movies selected to receive California tax credits — This round of subsidies is headlined by DreamWorks' ‘Donkey,’ Disney's ‘Hexed,’ and an untitled movie from Pixar.
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Variety, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Deadline, Animation Magazine and Governor of California
