The Premier League, Bundesliga, DAZN, Sky, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and others write to X CEO Linda Yaccarino demanding more action against illegal soccer content on X (Tales Azzoni/Associated Press)

Mediagazer: The Premier League, Bundesliga, DAZN, Sky, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and others write to X CEO Linda Yaccarino demanding more action against illegal soccer content on X (Tales Azzoni/Associated Press)

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The Guardian:

In a letter to ex-prime minister Gordon Brown, the UK's Met police say a special team is examining claims that Will Lewis helped cover up phone hacking claims— Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011
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David Folkenflik /
NPR: U.K. police reviewing accusations against ‘Washington Post’ publisher

Hadas Gold /
CNN: UK police examining allegations Washington Post publisher purposely deleted emails in phone hacking scandal

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: How much more clear can it be that the publisher of the Washington Post — a former senior apparatchik in the Murdoch family's evil media empire — is a sleazebag? — Every day that he remains at the Post is another day in which we have to assume that Jeff Bezos is fine with this guy's history. …

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: WILL LEWIS MUST GO. I wrote this back when we only knew the very least of it. It's now truer than ever. https://presswatchers.org/...

Devon Heinen /
@heinendevon@threads.net: WaPo still hasn't fired its new CEO / publisher, WillLewis. And the news outlet STILL NEEDS to do so — immediately. https://www.npr.org/... @jeffjarvis: Murdoch's man, Will Lewis, might be hiding under a rock, hoping the storm over him blows over. No. His hole gets deeper. First Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up By Gordon Brown https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Jack Shafer /
@jackshafer: “Blazoned across the top of every edition of the Washington Post is the statement, ‘Democracy dies in darkness’,” Brown wrote. “But what if the publisher himself is a master of the dark arts?” https://www.npr.org/...

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: Jeff Bezos surely wasn't planning on “Scotland Yard investigates Washpost CEO” stories after he hired Will Lewis. But when you bring aboard a top executive from a Rupert Murdoch property, that risk has to be built into the transaction. https://www.npr.org/...

AJ McDougall /
The Daily Beast: Cops Probe Whether Washington Post Publisher Tried to Frame British PM

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Lawyers for Prince Harry and leading politicians allege Lewis ordered millions of emails destroyed. They also say he concocted a false alibi to justify that; months later, he told police of a tip that a former prime minister schemed to steal emails from Murdoch's CEO in the UK.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: News: Scotland Yard has opened a criminal inquiry into the actions of Washington Post publisher Will Lewis while police were investigating phone hacking and other crimes at Rupert Murdoch's tabloids in 2011. My story from London for NPR (and thread): https://www.npr.org/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Lewis has denied all wrongdoing but has not commented on these details. Murdoch's News UK says the concern was real though a consultant found no signs of tampering. Former PM Gordon Brown denied the scheme. His complaint to Scotland Yard led police to open the new inquiry.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: No word yet from Lewis or from Post owner Jeff Bezos. Lewis is not currently charged with any crime. He is not a defendant in the civil cases against Murdoch's papers. But to underscore the stakes: The publisher of the Washington Post is currently under criminal investigation.

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Will Lewis can't hide now.... UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions — https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

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NPR:

Lawyers for Prince Harry and others accused WaPo CEO Will Lewis of fabricating a fake security threat 13 years ago in order to delete emails at Murdoch tabloids— LONDON — Attorneys for Prince Harry and prominent U.K. politicians today accused Washington Post chief executive and publisher …

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The Guardian, Media Nation, @northernlights@mstdn.ca and MediaPost

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Gordon Brown /
The Guardian: First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Will Lewis is back in the news. And once again, it's for all the wrong reasons. @northernlights@mstdn.ca: The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom tells how he was victimised by Rupert Murdoch. Even the Prime Minister of an important country is assaulted by this immoral creature. — Mugdock is old and near death; he will roast on the other side, oh yes. — #ukpolitics — https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Sky News:

Sources: hedge fund tycoon and GB News shareholder Paul Marshall is close to a deal to buy The Spectator, separate from The Telegraph, as soon as this month— The GB News shareholder is now the frontrunner to buy one of Britain's most influential political magazines amid an ongoing auction …

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@markkleinmansky

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Mark Kleinman /
@markkleinmansky: EXCLUSIVE: Sir Paul Marshall, the hedge fund tycoon and GB News shareholder, is closing in on a deal to buy The Spectator, one of Britain's most influential political and magazines, amid a wider auction involving the Telegraph newspaper titles. Full story on @SkyNews soon.

Associated Press:

The Premier League, Bundesliga, DAZN, Sky, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and others write to X CEO Linda Yaccarino demanding more action against illegal soccer content on X— Some of Europe's main broadcasters and top soccer leagues have sent a letter to the CEO of social media platform X, Linda Yaccarino …

Press Gazette:

RAJAR: in Q2, GB News Radio reached 518K people per week on average, overtaking Times Radio for the first time; BBC Radio 2 had a weekly reach of 13.3M people— GB News Radio has overtaken Times Radio's weekly reach for the first time according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures for Q2 2024.

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Press Association

Variety:

Midia Research: songwriters average 9.5% of the $0.004 Spotify pays per stream, and of the over 300 songwriters surveyed, only 10% earn over $30K annually— Back in the days when “music” meant CDs and vinyl, a songwriter could make a decent living: their percentage of a song or songs on the average $18.99 …

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MIDiA Research Blog and Music Ally

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Tsion Tadesse /
MIDiA Research Blog: MIDiA Research Presents Results from First-Ever Songwriter Survey

Deadline:

In a Q&A at the NABJ convention, Trump questions Kamala Harris' racial identity, calls ABC News' Rachel Scott “very rude”, and complains about audio problems— “I've known her for a long time indirectly, directly, very much,” Trump said. “And she was always of Indian heritage and she was promoting Indian heritage.

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The Hollywood Reporter, TheGrio, ABC News, New York Times, Washington Post, @abbydphillip, TIME, @kamalahq, @natashasalford, CBS News, Fox News, Axios, PolitiFact, @dkiesow@threads.net, Iowa Capital Dispatch, @hadas_gold, @kamalahq@threads.net, @brianstelter, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, @cd_hooks, WXIA-TV, @noahcrothman, @timothystamm101@threads.net, @graceokoro2, @willsommer, @emoltzen@threads.net, @jeffstorobinsky, @hadas_gold, @moniquepressley, @chenueher, @acyn, HuffPost, @griffinkyle@threads.net, @abcworldnewstonight …, @cbcpac, @corbinbolies, @parkermolloy, @hadas_gold, @brianstelter, @trumpstaxes, @sulliview, @steven_beschloss@threads.net, @kenpopehat@threads.net, @hadas_gold, @aprildryan, @kbode@threads.net, @semaforben, @errinhaines, @griffinkyle@threads.net, @keithedwards@threads.net, @goodyk@threads.net, The Daily Beast, Politico, Slate, The Guardian, The 19th, Media Matters for America, Vanity Fair, Boing Boing, NABJ, Forbes, Shari Dunn on LinkedIn, Mother Jones, New York Daily News, TMZ.com, NBC4 Washington, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, Variety, Barrett Media, Mediaite, Semafor, New Republic, Associated Press, San Diego Union-Tribune and ABC7

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Kevin Dolak /
The Hollywood Reporter: Donald Trump's Contentious National Association of Black Journalists Address Goes Off the Rails Immediately

Gerren Keith Gaynor /
TheGrio: Trump insults Harris and Black journalist, recycles ‘Black jobs’ remark at NABJ convention

Simon J. Levien /
New York Times: Live Election Updates: Trump to Take Questions at Conference for Black Journalists

Colbert I. King /
Washington Post: The NABJ wasn't the audience Trump was aiming at

Abby D. Phillip /
@abbydphillip: Incredibly proud of @rachelvscott and @kadiagoba today. Substantive but tough questioning. NABJ leadership made a decision grounded in journalism to have Trump come answer questions. And it produced one of the newsiest interviews with him this year.

Philip Elliott /
TIME: Trump Falsely Claims Harris Hasn't Always Identified as Black

Natasha S. Alford /
@natashasalford: On a personal note, NABJ has meant a lot to so many of us, so this has been hard to see play out on multiple levels. But I will never forget that Donald Trump insulted and was hostile to a Black female journalist in our own communal space and was unchecked. And the feeling of CBS News: Trump spars with reporters at Black journalists' conference over Kamala Harris' ethnicity, immigration and jobs

Samantha Putterman /
PolitiFact: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim at NABJ about how Kamala Harris ‘became’ Black

Damon Kiesow /
@dkiesow@threads.net: The “objective” headlines after the NABJ event promise to be almost as bad as Trump.

Ariana Figueroa /
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Trump insults Harris, makes false claims, quarrels with Black journalists at conference

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Trump attacking Rachel Scott sitting right next to her says her questions are ‘nasty’ @kamalahq@threads.net: @K_JeanPierre: As a Black woman who is standing in this position before you, what Donald Trump just said at the NABJ is repulsive and it is insulting

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Real headline about something that really happened today... https://www.motherjones.com/ ... [image]

Walt Mossberg /
@mossbergwalt@threads.net: This @washingtonpost headline could be a permanent fixture for all news organizations, not just fact checkers. All they'd have to do is swap in different venues and audiences.

Christopher Hooks /
@cd_hooks: trump interview at NABJ one of the weirdest by a politician I've ever seen. he used to seem virile and dangerous and now he seems washed and old.

Donesha Aldridge /
WXIA-TV: Heated dialogue on display as Trump answers questions during panel at NABJ conference

Noah Rothman /
@noahcrothman: I really don't get the white-hot reaction from NABJ dissidents raging against Trump's appearance. This was one of the toughest interviews he's sat through in a while, and it was really illuminating. Lots to chew on. The panel did a great job.

Timothy Stamm /
@timothystamm101@threads.net: Considering he seemed to have no filter and was saying his racism outlook and being incredibly weird about it I think yes because it makes the weird, creep, and loon attacks stick even harder. @graceokoro2: @NatashaSAlford The powerlessness is self-inflicted. You bring Trump on, knowing who he is and how he operates, it's professional malpractice not to be ready for him. It's your show, your platform, yet you're powerless? No American journalist has found a way to interview Trump since 2015. #NABJ

Will Sommer /
@willsommer: The pioneer of the “Kamala Harris isn't black” smear was Stop the Steal rally organizer Ali Alexander — who hasn't been seen much in the discourse since being caught up in a teen sexting scandal. But his attack lives on! [image]

Ed Moltzen /
@emoltzen@threads.net: Tonight ABC should announce Rachel Scott as the moderator of the September presidential debate. The sole moderator.

Jeff Storobinsky /
@jeffstorobinsky: The ENTIRE @NABJ Trump Interview (34 Minutes) [video]

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: @rachelvscott Trump now seems to be blaming Rachel for the equipment issues????

Monique Pressley /
@moniquepressley: @NatashaSAlford There were checks in the audience. Including @rolandsmartin . Hard to do more when the leadership of the organization has signed up its own folks for unnecessary abuse.

Chenue Her /
@chenueher: Donald Trump campaign's statement after his appearance at the NABJ convention today: “Today's biased and rude treatment from certain hostile members of the media will backfire massively.” #NABJ24 [image] @acyn: Faulkner: What I loved that we could not see today was how much of that audience was enjoying the moment of hearing from the candidates [video]

Sebastian Murdock /
HuffPost: Trump, In Latest Racist Lie, Claims Kamala Harris ‘Happened To Turn Black’

Kyle Griffin /
@griffinkyle@threads.net: Scott: You have attacked Black journalists, calling them a loser, saying the questions that they ask are, quote, ‘stupid and racist’. You've had dinner with a white supremacist at your Mar-a-Lago resort. So my question sir, now that you are asking Black supporters to vote for you: Why should Black voters trust you, after you have used language like that? … @abcworldnewstonight@threads.net: Former Pres. Trump appeared in Chicago at the largest annual gathering of Black journalists, and attacked VP Harris, falsely questioning her race. Rachel Scott reports and has more on Trump's vow to pardon Jan. 6 rioters convicted of attacking police. https://abcnews.go.com/...

Corbin Bolies /
@corbinbolies: Harris Faulkner says the audience listening to Trump speak today only really ever saw him on TV and didn't know a lot about his policies. The audience is comprised of hundreds of journalists.

Parker Molloy /
@parkermolloy: There's like a 50/50 chance he just doesn't know the difference between Harris and Nikki Haley. He's confused the two on multiple occasions.

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: @rachelvscott “You invited me under false pretences” Trump says, attacks NABJ for what he says is not having equipment ready and being late

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Harris campaign responds to Trump's “tirade” at NABJ by reupping the debate challenge: “All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on September 10” [image] @trumpstaxes: The entire #NABJ24 interview of Trump in Chicago was a Category 5 Dumpster Fire, but THIS is the clip that everyone will be talking about. It will quickly remind everyone what a weird, disgusting, racist piece of garbage Trump is. [video]

Margaret Sullivan /
@sulliview: Straightforward and accurate lead headline in ⁦@GuardianUS⁩ [image]

Steven Beschloss /
@steven_beschloss@threads.net: Can we pause to praise Rachel Scott for her clear, direct question that dished out a litany of Trump's racist attacks? Imagine if more journalists would, as Harris put it, say it to his face.

Ken White /
@kenpopehat@threads.net: I mean “Trump visits the National Association of Black Journalists” already sounds like an SNL skit, I don't know what people expected. @aprildryan: SCOOP: according to those (many) familiar with this situation, Tuesday am both Ken Lemon President of NABJ and Drew Berry Executive Director of the NABJ told Harris folks she “needed” to be in Chicago in person for the convention. The NABJ shut down the conversation for a virtual

Karl Bode /
@kbode@threads.net: not when a feckless press frames it this way, putting the false claim completely unchallenged in the headline

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: This is the absolute best way to resolve these arguments about platforming people.

Jawn Staley /
@errinhaines: In the roughly half hour interview with three Black women journalists at the annual @nabj convention, Trump launched several racist and sexist attacks against Harris — his latest in a familiar playbook targeting women and people of color. https://19thnews.org/...

Kyle Griffin /
@griffinkyle@threads.net: ABC's Rachel Scott to Trump: “A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals — from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama — saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. …

Keith Edwards /
@keithedwards@threads.net: This is a Rachel Scott appreciate post. Thank you for showing the country what real journalism looks like.

Bill Goodykoontz /
@goodyk@threads.net: ABC News needs to give Rachel Scott a raise or promotion or both. NABJ

Josephine Walker /
The Daily Beast: Roy Wood Jr. Sets Off Hilarious #WhenITurnedBlack Trend to Mock Trump

Adria R Walker /
The Guardian: Black journalists respond to ‘disastrous’ Trump panel at annual convention

Candice Norwood /
The 19th: Trump questions whether Harris is Black in combative interview

Lis Power /
Media Matters for America: Harris Faulkner does damage control for Trump after his disastrous NABJ panel she co-moderated

Jon Skolnik /
Vanity Fair: All of the Crazy Things Donald Trump Said to a Roomful of Black Journalists

Ellsworth Toohey /
Boing Boing: Trump's NABJ meltdown: Orange snowflake roasted by Black journalists

Kstewart /
NABJ: VP Harris In Talks With NABJ For Virtual or In-Person Q&A in September, Former President Trump Set to Appear In Person Wednesday

Sara Dorn /
Forbes: Trump Questions Kamala Harris' Race: Claims She ‘Became A Black Person’ In Combative Interview

Shari Dunn /
Shari Dunn on LinkedIn: The foolishness and F-ery of this situation. Insults, lack of answers, and unbridled ignorance about how white supremacy impacts Black identity in the United States. …

Dave Goldiner /
New York Daily News: Trump to Black journalists: Kamala Harris only recently ‘became a Black person’

Alex Fisher /
NBC4 Washington: ‘All of a sudden’: Trump tells Black journalists in Chicago Kamala Harris ‘turned Black’

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
The Wrap: Donald Trump Says Kamala Harris ‘Happened to Turn Black’ After Only Promoting Indian Heritage at NABJ Conference | Video

Clayton Davis /
Variety: Donald Trump: 'I Didn't Know' Kamala Harris ‘Was Black Until a Few Years Ago’ When ‘She Happened to Turn Black’ Barrett Media: News Media Reacts to Donald Trump Appearance at National Association of Black Journalists Convention

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: Conservative Commentator in Complete Shock Any Advisor Would Recommend Trump's Wild NABJ Appearance

Caroline Anders /
Semafor: White House denounces ‘repulsive’ Trump comments on Harris San Diego Union-Tribune: Kamala Harris blasts Trump for questioning her racial identity: ‘divisiveness’ and disrespectful

Nieman Lab:

Global Project Oasis study: the number of launches of digital news startups has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America— The number of digital news startup launches has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America, according to the new Global Project Oasis report.

Discussion:
Global Project Oasis: Executive Summary — Independent digital media are an increasingly vital sector … @joao_f_pinto: The number of digital news startup launches has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America. Economic challenges, slow growth, and political conflicts are some of the potential reasons for the drop. #media #journalism https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: digital media was a ZIRP phenomenon ☠️ https://www.niemanlab.org/... [image] @niemanlab: According to new data from #GlobalProjectOasis, the average annual revenues for digital news startups: - Europe: $649,951 - North America: $602,821 - Latin America: $159,825 We rounded up the rest of the report's findings here: https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Engadget:

A group of US senators unveils the NO FAKES Act, which would make individuals and companies liable for producing, hosting, or sharing unauthorized AI deepfakes— OpenAI joined several entertainment industry groups in backing the NO FAKES Act. — Today, a group of senators introduced the NO FAKES Act …

Discussion:
U.S. Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware: Senators Coons, Blackburn, Klobuchar, Tillis introduce bill to protect individuals' voices and likenesses from AI-generated replicas

Cristiano Lima-Strong /
Washington Post: Senators want to prevent the next Scarlett Johansson AI voice fiasco

Amy Klobuchar /
@amyklobuchar@threads.net: Today I spoke on the Senate floor to push for the passage of my bills to ban deceptive deepfakes of federal candidates and require disclaimers on AI-generated political ads. With less than 100 days until the election, we need common sense rules in place to protect our democracy.

Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: Federal Lawmakers Officially Introduce the ‘No Fakes Act’ — Industry Responses Are Overwhelmingly Positive

Porter Anderson /
Publishing Perspectives: Association of American Publishers Backs the Senate ‘NO FAKES Act’

Ethan Millman /
Rolling Stone: Senators Introduce Long-Awaited Bill to Protect Artists From AI Deepfakes

Gene Maddaus /
Variety: Entertainment Industry Backs Bill to Outlaw AI Deepfakes

Chris Cooke /
CMU: NO FAKES Act will make likeness and voice rights non-assignable, cap licensing duration

Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: New Senate Bill Could Protect Artists from AI Deepfakes

Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: Artists, rightsholders applaud introduction of ‘landmark’ NO FAKES Act in US Senate

Bloomberg:

Sources: Disney is cutting about 140 jobs at Disney Entertainment Television, or about 2% of staff; cuts will fall hardest on NatGeo, Freeform, and ABC stations— The company is eliminating about 140 jobs, or about 2% of staff at Disney Entertainment Television, said the people …

Discussion:
The Wrap, Deadline, New York Post, Quartz, mikemcguff.com, AV Club, Adweek, The Desk, Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn, Los Angeles Times and TVNewsCheck

Discussion:

Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: Disney Entertainment Television Lays Off 140 Staffers, Including 13% of National Geographic Workforce

Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: Disney Entertainment Television Lays Off 140, National Geographic Heavily Impacted

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: ABC News, ‘GMA’ staffers brace for layoffs as Disney demands budget slashes: sources

Emma Keates /
AV Club: Maybe Disney should have invested some of that Russo money into National Geographic

Lucas Shaw /
Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn: The hits keep coming. — Disney is cutting about 140 jobs in its TV group. NatGeo is hit the hardest. It's cutting about 13% of its staff. …

Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: Disney television unit hit with 140 layoffs, including cuts at National Geographic

The Desk:

A press release, now killed, said “Apex Capital Trust” put in a bid for Paramount, prompting multiple news stories, but background info on the org looks sketchy— A $43 billion offer to acquire Paramount Global from a group purporting to be an investment firm appears to be a hoax …

Discussion: LinkedIn,
Reuters, Business Wire, Financial Times, @waltlightshed, Next TV, @thedeskdotnet, @pkafka, @ft, Bloomberg, @matthewkeyslive, @louis_ashworth, @matthewkeyslive, @jbflint, @antoinegara, @grimes_ce, Media Play News, Deadline, Variety, Quartz, The Wrap, Bloomberg and Talking Biz News

Discussion: LinkedIn:

Dawn Chmielewski /
Reuters: Mystery bidder for Paramount Global raises questions How everyone — including Linkedin News — got fooled by a fake $43 billion bid for Paramount Global

Louis Ashworth /
Financial Times: The latest takeover bid for Paramount is a little unusual

Walter Piecyk /
@waltlightshed: Reuters really on top of things — tweeting out this fake headline yet again at 6:30pm. cc @RichLightShed #facepalm #FakeNews

Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: ‘Apex’ Predator Feeds on Media Business Press With Apparent BusinessWire Press-Release Hoax About Rival Paramount Bid @thedeskdotnet: MASSIVE HOAX: A $43 billion “bid” from “Apex Capital” for Paramount Global was based on a fake press release issued by @BusinessWire, which was widely reported on by Reuters, Variety, Deadline Hollywood and the New York Post before it was withdrawn. https://thedesk.net/...

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Wild if true! Fwiw I can't find any trace of this company beyond the outlets that published the original press release.

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Update: @TheWrap has amended its story, and LinkedIn has pulled an article that aggregated posts about the bid that wasn't.

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: News orgs fall for hoax on $43 billion “bid” for Paramount Global from investment firm that doesn't exist; @Variety has already updated its article, but stories from @Reuters, @Deadline and @TheWrap are still online. https://thedesk.net/... $PARA

Louis Ashworth /
@louis_ashworth: i love finance and markets https://www.ft.com/...

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Reuters has finally withdrawn its story on the fake $43 billion offer for Paramount. $PARA [image]

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: I hear Acme is also lining up a bid.

Antoine Gara /
@antoinegara: Even in the dead of summer and everyone's in Paris — the financial world keeps the @FTAlphaville desk fully stocked with fresh rabbit holes to crawl down and untangle. @Louis_Ashworth https://www.ft.com/...

Christopher Grimes /
@grimes_ce: Treat yourself to this: The latest takeover bid for Paramount is a little unusual https://www.ft.com/... via @ft Brilliant by @louis_ashworth

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Business Wire Pulls Apparent Bogus Presser on London-Based Apex Capital Trust's Competing $43 Billion Bid for Paramount Global

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Paramount Shares Sink After Hours Amid Questions About Legitimacy Of Supposed New Takeover Bid - Update

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Apex Capital Trust Submits $43 Billion Bid for Paramount Global, Including Payment of $400 Million Breakup Fee to Skydance

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Apex Capital Trust Submits Competing Bid to Acquire Paramount for Up to $43 Billion

The Verge:

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity need to pay to scrape Reddit's data, and blocking them has been “a real pain in the ass”— After striking deals with Google and OpenAI, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is calling on Microsoft and others to pay if they want to continue scraping the site's data.

Discussion:
Engadget, Business Insider, Bloomberg, @jwherrman, Ars Technica and Prof. Ahmed Banafa on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: Reddit CEO wants Microsoft to pay for its content

Lian Kit Wee /
Business Insider: Reddit's CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity scraping content is ‘a real pain in the ass’

Aisha Counts /
Bloomberg: Reddit Blocks Microsoft From Searching Site Without Paying

John Herrman /
@jwherrman: the tech giants were built on the web. now they're strip-mining it https://nymag.com/...

John Herrman /
@jwherrman: the era of unilateral AI data scraping isn't just unethical, it's going to have enormous unintended consequences https://www.theverge.com/...

Scharon Harding /
Ars Technica: Blocking AI bots from Microsoft, others has been “pain in the a**”: Reddit CEO

Prof. Ahmed Banafa /