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David McCabe / New York Times:
A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally — The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
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Bloomberg:
In her ruling, Judge Brinkema says Google did not meet the monopoly definition for tools used to buy display ads, but did for ad exchanges and website ad tools — Google's AI Overviews Echo Anti-Abortion Messaging, Report Finds — Sandberg Challenged Over Meta Business Moves During FTC Trial
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Axios:
The DOJ and 17 US states that brought the antitrust case seek to force Google to sell off its “network” ad business, which is ~12% of Alphabet's total revenue — Google's dominance of the online advertising and ad-tech markets violates U.S. antitrust laws, a Federal court ruled Thursday …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis — Netflix is no longer reporting number of subscribers on a quarterly basis. But it's still motoring on a hot growth engine …
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Paul Hiebert / Adweek:
IAB and PWC: online ad spend hit $258.6B in 2024, up 15% YoY, with 39.8% going to search, 28.7% to display, 24% to video, and $2.4B to podcasts, up 26.4% YoY — The total marks a 15% increase compared to 2023 — Advertisers poured a recording-breaking amount of money into U.S. digital media last year.
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NPR:
An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher on the impact of Trump's proposed budget cuts; $100M of the $121M NPR receives annually goes to member stations — The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to eliminate nearly all federal funding for public media …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In an X post, the FCC chairman suggests Comcast may be violating its licenses and accuses it of “news distortion” after MSNBC didn't air a WH press hearing — FCC chairman Brendan Carr suggested that Comcast may be violating its broadcast licenses after MSNBC declined to carry …
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Financial Times:
RedBird is drawing up plans to be the “sole-control owner of the Telegraph Media Group” to bring an end to the media group's protracted two-year sale — Plan would reduce stake of Abu Dhabi-based IMI to overcome objections of British government on grounds of foreign control
Natalie Jarvey / The Ankler:
With Kid Cowboy, Nickelodeon becomes the first TV network to debut an original series in full on YouTube, bowing to YouTube's supremacy among kids — Exec Ashley Kaplan and creator Freddy Wexler take me inside the inside the launch of ‘Kid Cowboy’ as the TV net's first original to debut on the free streamer
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Samsung TV Plus now has nearly 700 FAST channels in the US, more than any of the other major FAST platforms, and almost 100 exclusive channels — Samsung TV Plus says it is now the top provider of free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, with nearly 700 channels now streaming in the U.S.
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Zachary Young, a Navy veteran who won $5M in a defamation suit against CNN in January, sues Puck and the AP for their allegedly defamatory reporting on the case — Zachary Young also sued Puck News over its reporting on his lawsuit against CNN. … Young, in a lawsuit filed in Florida state court …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Chris Matthews is reviving Hardball on Substack with new episodes on Mondays at noon; Matthews abruptly retired from MSNBC in March 2020 — The former MSNBC host retired five years ago, but says he will reboot his cable news program on the subscription platform. — Hardball is back.
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