Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Mediagazer: Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer (Abner Li/9to5Google)

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9to5Google:

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer— On Friday evening, Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai shared that Susan Wojcicki has died. She was 56. … Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening:
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Sundar Pichai /
@sundarpichai: Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend @SusanWojcicki after two years of living with cancer. She is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it's hard to imagine the world without her. She was an incredible person, leader and friend who had a tremendous

Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Leading Google Exec, Dies at 56

Amir Efrati /
The Information: Former Google Executive Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56

Trisha Sengupta /
Hindustan Times: Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies after cancer battle, Sundar Pichai leads tributes: ‘Unbelievably saddened’

John Gruber /
Daring Fireball: Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Longtime Google Executive, Dies From Cancer at 56

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Some very sad news tonight: former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki passed away today, per a Facebook post from her husband. No cause of death was given, but she was said to be battling cancer for some time. RIP.

Christine Tsai /
@christine_tsai: ❤️❤️

Associated Press:

Memo: MrBeast plans to hire an HR officer and a CFO and implement safety and sensitivity training, amid allegations of impropriety and unsafe sets— MrBeast has ordered a full assessment of the internal culture in his YouTube empire as well as an investigation into “allegations …

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Kotaku, Metro.co.uk, @dexerto, Tubefilter and Deadline

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Ethan Gach /
Kotaku: MrBeast Calls For ‘Full Assessment’ Of Company Culture After Recent Allegations

Adam Starkey /
Metro.co.uk: MrBeast accused of knowingly hiring registered sex offender as YouTuber launches internal investigation @dexerto: “You need to reevaluate who you're putting on the trending page.” MrBeast's ex-girlfriend posted this message on Instagram [image]

Sam Gutelle /
Tubefilter: MrBeast announces internal investigation in response to ongoing misconduct allegations

BBC:

The BBC asks Huw Edwards to return the £200K+ in salary he made between his November arrest and his April resignation; BBC Chair says he “behaved in bad faith”— Huw Edwards has been asked to return his salary paid since his arrest, with the BBC chair telling staff the ex-presenter acted in “bad faith”.

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BBC, CNN, Financial Times, Julie Temple on LinkedIn, Press Gazette, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and Deadline

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Anna Cooban /
CNN: BBC asks ex-presenter Huw Edwards to pay back $250,000 after he pleads guilty to having images of child sexual abuse

Daniel Thomas /
Financial Times: BBC to attempt to claw back salary from Huw Edwards

Julie Temple /
Julie Temple on LinkedIn: Leaving aside individual views on the actions of Huw Edwards, as an employment solicitor, I was surprised to see the headline that the BBC …

Lily Ford /
The Hollywood Reporter: BBC Asks Disgraced Former News Anchor Huw Edwards to Return $255K Salary

Wall Street Journal:

Netflix strikes a deal to have CBS Sports produce the two NFL games to be streamed live on Christmas; on-air talent to call the games will be decided later— The on-air talent that will call the games will be named later — Netflix said it has struck a deal to have CBS Sports produce …

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Reuters, Awful Announcing, Fox Business, Sports Media Watch, Sportico and TVNewsCheck

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Jason Clinkscales /
Sportico: Netflix to Enlist CBS Sports to Produce Christmas NFL Games

NPR:

Microsoft research details Iranian government efforts to interfere with the US election, including four fake outlets likely using AI to plagiarize news content— Groups connected to the Iranian government are using a spectrum of online tactics to interfere with the U.S. presidential election …

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Axios, Fast Company, @savokanikan, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Register, UPI, Microsoft On the Issues and Washington Post

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Sam Sabin /
Axios: Election security takes center stage at Black Hat

Jessica Bursztynsky /
Fast Company: Microsoft says Iran increasing cyber activity to influence U.S. election

Savannah Sicurella /
@savokanikan: https://ajc.com/... one of the websites is called Savannah Time

Connor Jones /
The Register: Pro-Iran groups lay groundwork for ‘chaos and violence’ as US election meddling attempts intensify

Doug Cunningham /
UPI: Microsoft warns of Iranian AI efforts to influence 2024 U.S. presidential election

Clint Watts /
Microsoft On the Issues: Iran Targeting 2024 US Election

Press Gazette:

A £350M bid for The Telegraph by ad mogul Maurice Saatchi and Lynn Forester de Rothschild fails to make it to a second round in the auction run by RedBird IMI— Sir Paul Marshall reported to be the frontrunner for The Spectator. — Former advertising mogul Lord Saatchi has had a £350m bid to buy The Telegraph rejected.

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Sky News and Financial Times

Variety:

Crooked Media and the union representing its workers say they reached a contract deal, and the union has withdrawn a union-busting claim against the company— Crooked Media and the union representing workers at the progressive media company, which is behind popular show “Pod Save America …

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@jonfavs, @yashar, @crooked_union, Deadline, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter

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Jon Favreau /
@jonfavs: We're proud of this deal because it sets a new standard for how media companies treat their workers - which is exactly what we set out to do when we first recognized the union. We also appreciate the union clarifying that we *never* engaged in any kind of union-busting, and are

Yashar Ali /
@yashar: NEWS Crooked Media (Pod Save America and other shows) and the union representing its employees have announced they have agreed on a contract. The union is withdrawing its unfair labor charge. The statement announcing the new contract shares that they're “ready to channel [image]

Katie Campione /
Deadline: Crooked Media Union Reaches Deal, Withdraws Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Company

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Crooked Media Workers Union Reaches Contract Agreement After Contentious Bargaining

Deadline:

Sources: Hearst Television lays off dozens of employees working for its free streaming service Very Local, which launched in 2021, serving 26 US markets— Hearst Television has let go of dozens of employees working for its streaming service Very Local, sources tell Deadline.

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The Desk and TVNewsCheck

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Nellie Andreeva /
TVNewsCheck: Hearst Television's Streamer Very Local Hit By Layoffs

Washington Post:

Truth Social parent TMTG, which has a $5B market cap, reports Q2 revenue down 30% YoY to $837K and a net loss of $16.4M; Trump owns 59.9% of TMTG's common stock— Donald Trump's company, which operates Truth Social, said it earned $837,000 in quarterly revenue.

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@washingtonpost: Former president Donald Trump's social-media company Trump Media reported a $16.4 million loss and less than $1 million of quarterly revenue, showing that the business's financials remain tentative following a public debut earlier this year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Rohail Saleem /
Wccftech: Trump Media And Technology Group's Revenue Plunges 30 Percent In Q2 2024 On A Net Loss Of $16 Million US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form 10-Q — UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q …

Brian Dear /
@brianstorms@mastodon.social: Some 15 years ago the tech company I founded and built from scratch had grown to offer meaningful value to customers, had over 20 million users, quarterly revenues in the millions, was profitable, and no debt. And it had a valuation that was a tiny nano-fraction of Trump's $5 billion money-losing complete scam. …

Sherwood News:

Q&A with Wikimedia Foundation executives on how AI could make knowledge more accessible to people, the risk that AI may impact its volunteers' engagement, more— We spoke with Wikipedia executives who told us AI could jeopardize the encyclopedia's connection with the volunteers who create it.

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Diff

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Olaniyan Olushola /
Diff: The Nigeria Wikimedia community inaugurates its Public Policy Advocacy Team

Variety:

WBD pulls the contents of cartoonnetwork.com, which featured full CN episodes and video clips, and redirects visitors to sign up for Max— Cartoon Network has been scrubbed from the web. … The shuttering of the site appears to have happened Thursday, Aug. 8.

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The Hollywood Reporter, @popbase, The Desk, SlashFilm, IGN, ComingSoon.net, @blogdiva@mastodon.social, New York Post, Engadget, AV Club, IndieWire, TVLine, Decider, Teddy Hose on LinkedIn, Cord Cutters News, The Verge, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, Bleeding Cool News, The Media Leader, Consequence and Deadline

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Jeremy Mathai /
SlashFilm: RIP Cartoon Network Website: Warner Bros. Discovery Redirects Users To Max & The Internet Is Furious

Michael Cripe /
IGN: Cartoon Network's Entire Website Has Been Shut Down

Brandon Schreur /
ComingSoon.net: Cartoon Network Website Shuttered, Now Redirects to Max for Streaming @blogdiva@mastodon.social: oops. — here's the article am reacting to. — Zlasav gave himself millions last year all the while fighting Hollywood unions, blackholing decades of internet history, shelving finished projects to avoid paying talent residuals and bait & switching producers with contracts they won't honor. …

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Cartoon Network website goes dark amid Warner Bros. Discovery cost-cutting moves

Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network's website to the digital graveyard

Emma Keates /
AV Club: WBD evicts Foster's Imaginary Friends and the rest of Cartoon Network from its home on the internet

Mark Peikert /
IndieWire: Why Does WBD Keep Trying to Kill Off Its Cartoon Legacy?

Radhamely De Leon /
Decider: Cartoon Network Website Abruptly Wiped From The Web And Now Redirects To Max

Teddy Hose /
Teddy Hose on LinkedIn: Wow wow wow. The end of an era 😢 — It's been reduced to a category on Max, which you get redirected to if you type in the original URL. …

Todd Spangler /
TVNewsCheck: Cartoon Network Website Shuts Down, Warner Bros. Discovery Kicks Visitors Over to Max

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Cartoon Network Website Shuts Down, Visitors Redirected to Max

Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: The end of an era: Cartoon Network website disappears

Denise Petski /
Deadline: Cartoon Network Website Shutters; Sends Visitors To Max

Reuters:

Rappler wins an appeal to restore its corporate license as a court rules that the Philippines' SEC overstepped in ordering the outlet's shutdown in 2018— Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa's news website Rappler won an appeal to restore its corporate licence after a court overturned …

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The Guardian, Rappler, Reuters, Al Jazeera, @kenroth, Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect …

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Rebecca Ratcliffe /
The Guardian: Philippines court voids order to shut down independent news site Rappler

Kenneth Roth /
@kenroth: Nobel Peace Prize laureate @MariaRessa's @Rapplerdotcom had enraged former President Duterte by investigating and reporting on his “drug war” executions. He tried to shut it down. A Philippines court just rejected his ploy. https://www.nytimes.com/... Reporters Without Borders: Philippines: RSF and the Hold The Line Coalition welcome the restoration of Rappler's licence

Reuters:

News Corp puts its 65% interest in Australian pay TV company Foxtel up for sale, citing third-party interest and a strategic review— Australian pay television company Foxtel, controlled by the Murdoch family and partly by local telecom firm Telstra (TLS.AX), has been put …

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Calum Jaspan /
Sydney Morning Herald: Foxtel put up for sale by News Corp

Nathan Jolly /
Mumbrella: The Weekend Mumbo: Who's going to buy Foxtel?

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: News Corp's Foxtel receives offer for business

Jesse Whittock /
Deadline: News Corp Sizing Up Sale Of Australian Pay-TV Giant Foxtel Group

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: News Corp weighs sale of pay TV business Foxtel

Patrick Brzeski /
The Hollywood Reporter: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Considering Sale of Australian Pay TV Company Foxtel

Jonathan Barrett /
The Guardian: News Corp considers selling off Australian pay TV operator Foxtel ABC: News Corp is looking to sell off Foxtel, its pay TV and streaming service, chief executive tells shareholders

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: News Corp puts Foxtel up for sale after reviewing its assets

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News Corp reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $2.58B vs. $2.49B est., net income of $71M, Dow Jones revenue up 4% to $566M, and book publishing revenue up 15%

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News Corporation, New York Post, Talking Biz News and The Wrap

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