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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Lionsgate shares soar ~15% after report that CBS interim CEO made an offer of around $5B to acquire Starz; Lionsgate said to have rejected offer — KEY POINTS — Rumors that CBS had made an informal offer to buy Starz from the media company sent the stock soaring.
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Sources: Lionsgate offered to sell Starz to CBS for $5.5B after CBS made an informal $5B bid for the network — (Reuters) - Lions Gates Entertainment offered to sell cable channel Starz to CBS Corp for $5.5 billion after rebuffing a lower offer, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Techdirt settles suit by Shiva Ayyadurai, who claimed to invent email; no money exchanges hands; Techdirt to link to an Ayyadurai statement on related articles — Click Here to Support Techdirt — It's possible that some of you saw the news earlier this week that the legal dispute …
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PR Newswire, Boing Boing, @normative, @adamsteinbaugh, NBC News and @scottgreenfield, more at Techmeme »
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify to start testing Car Thing, a voice-controlled smart assistant device that connects to your car and phone over bluetooth, with some Premium users in US — To learn how people consume audio in their car — Spotify will begin publicly testing its first hardware today …
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Spotify, Android Police, The Week, Android Headlines, Variety, Engadget, RAIN News, Music Ally, Thurrott, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Mashable and Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »
Nicolas Kristen / Global Editors Network:
Q&A with Google News creator Krishna Bharat on the impact of AI on journalism, the future of assisted interviews, and AI's contribution to democratic processes — In recent years, the threats posed by AI to democracies through hacking, manipulation, and disinformation campaigns have garnered public attention.
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Kroft, the longest-tenured correspondent on 60 Minutes, is retiring, with his final segment airing Sunday — The show's longest-tenured correspondent is known for his incisive interviews and impactful investigations. But he admits, “I'm not easy.” — Steve Kroft, the longest …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
As streaming services look for content, the price to option magazine articles has soared; journalists and media organizations sometimes clash over revenue split — As a peripatetic writer for national magazines, David Kushner has traveled to some far-flung destinations.
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@gerryfsmith, Thanks:@steverubel
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
The Guardian updates style guide to recommend “global heating” instead of “global warming”, and “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown”, over “climate change” — From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’
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Nieman Lab, @markdistef, Press Gazette, @lauraolin, @cwarzel, @extinctionr, @saboulez, @greenpeaceuk, The Hill, @dicapriofdn, @cwharlow, @dougmcneall, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, Fox News and The Week
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google agreed to refund advertisers that paid for ads displayed in an ad fraud scheme discovered in 2017, following lawsuit over back-payments — Google has agreed to refund advertisers for ads purchased through its ad marketplaces that ran on websites with fraudulent traffic …
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Marketing Land, @asharma, @craigsilverman and @dinasrinivasan, more at Techmeme »
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Google says it will shut down Jump, its cloud-based VR video stitching service, on June 28, due to a usage decline as new video formats and VR cameras came out — Google will shut down Jump, its cloud-based video stitching service, this summer. The company emailed creators Friday afternoon …
Miriam Berger / The National:
Arabic podcasts, relatively free from regulation for the moment, rise thanks to young producers providing views on the Arabic world unseen in mainstream media — A new generation of young and forward-thinking producers are providing an alternative view on the Arabic world
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Winning bidders for Salon Media are Chris Richmond and Drew Schoentrup, owners of Proper Media, which is involved in an ownership stakes dispute in Snopes — Salon Media Group is being acquired for $5 million by a little-known pair of tech entrepreneurs who are meanwhile caught in a legal battle …
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@brooklynmarie and @jenniferreitman
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Gannett shareholders voted to reject board nominees put forth by MNG Enterprises, also called Digital First Media and backed by Alden Global Capital — Gannett shareholders have voted to reject MNG Enterprises' board nominees, siding with the USA TODAY owner as it attempts to fend off …
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