Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft in next phase of digital crackdown
Disney, Spectrum direct customers to other TV services as dispute keeping ESPN off air continues, by David Bauder
CNN
John Lansing, NPR’s president and chief executive, announces he will retire, by Liam Reilly
Warner Bros. Discovery says actors and writers strikes will cost it up to $500 million this year, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
Saudi Cuts Send World Diesel Prices Soaring, by Anna Hirtenstein
Roku Cutting 10% of Staff to Rein In Rising Expenses, by Colin Kellaher
CNBC
Mortgage demand drops to 27-year low as interest rates pull back, by Diana Olick
Moderna says updated Covid vaccine was effective against highly mutated BA.2.86 variant in trial, by Annika Kim Constantino
Reuters
Italian government to meet supermarkets, small retailers to address high prices, by Giuseppe Fonte
Google reaches tentative settlement in US Play Store lawsuit
News about business journalism:
Talking Biz News Today – Sept. 5, 2023
WSJ hires Glickman as real-time reporter
Monyak joining Bloomberg Law to cover federal judiciary
Bloomberg’s Peng joining commodities team as a reporter
WSJ’s Tau departing for Albritton Journalism Institute
Hao joins The Atlantic as contributing writer covering AI
Cincy Biz Courier promotes Engel to digital editor
Saba becomes Middle East energy correspondent at Reuters
New Qwoted 100 feature, moves in Detroit and Cali, much more
Special episode: The Bankadelic podcast goes ‘Bank to School’
Qwoted 100 PR superstar: Beth Booker of Gracie PR
CherryRoad Media acquires Gannett’s Kansas print operations
