Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google signed News Showcase deals with Bloomberg Media and The Texas Tribune, but the feature is late to launch as other US outlets balk at the terms — The program, which pays publishers to feature their content, is almost a year behind its intended launch timeline in the U.S.
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with 65+ publishers representing 130+ outlets, and will offer “a limited amount” of paywalled content for free — Google has launched News Showcase in France, and it has teamed up with over 65 publishers representing over 130 publications …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Shopify settles a lawsuit with major educational publishers that claimed the platform ignored notices of users selling pirated textbooks and other materials — Shopify Inc has settled allegations by a group of major educational publishers that the Canadian e-commerce company enables piracy on its platform …
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
OpenWeb, which helps publishers target readers with ads and manage comments, has raised a $170M Series F at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1.1B in November 2021 — The firm, now valued at $1.5 billion, plans to move further into ad sales and eventually go public, its CEO says
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Sistrix: Google’s September 2022 algorithm update affected several UK publishers, as search rankings for LADbible fell 52%, Mail Online 37%, and The Mirror 27% — Ten of the leading news websites in the UK saw their visibility in search rankings reduced as a result of Google’s latest core algorithm update in September.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
US music publishers settle on 15.35% for 2023 to 2027 mechanical streaming rates, avoiding costly legal fights with Amazon, Apple, Google, Pandora, and Spotify — The announcement comes as a surprise, as the NMPA has been saying for months that it would push for a 20% rate for the forthcoming period.
The Economic Times:
Sources: Apple plans to add 5G support to iPhone 12, 13, and 14 models in India by December through an iOS update and will met executives from Airtel this week — Senior executives from Apple and Bharti Airtel will meet this week to discuss rollout timeline for software updates to 5G-capable iPhones …
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