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NYT Managing Editor Joe Kahn will succeed Dean Baquet as executive editor, starting in June; Baquet will remain at the Times — Mr. Kahn, 57, will take over a newsroom undergoing enormous change. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Joseph F. Kahn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning China correspondent …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A profile of Joe Kahn, whose early focus on China shaped his career, during which he has won two Pulitzers and helped turn the NYT into a 24-hour operation — Joe Kahn, the next executive editor of The New York Times, has had a steady rise in journalism. It began with a decision to turn his focus to China.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery suspends all external marketing for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's CFO, replaced by Discovery's CFO for streaming and international — Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime chief financial officer …
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at the woman behind Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account that reposts video with incendiary framing that is shaping LGBTQ+ coverage in right-wing media — A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Spotify says it may restrict and limit the reach of content that comes close to the line under its Platform Rules but doesn't meet the threshold of removal — After Spotify's Joe Rogan Experience released a widely derided episode that made covid vaccines sound as safe as Russian roulette …
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James Cridland / Podnews:
Spotify notifies applicants it is shutting down its live audio creator fund, launched in June 2021; it is not clear whether anyone was paid through it — In June 2021, Spotify announced the Spotify Greenroom Creator Fund for US creators to “support and reward creators for the communities …
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A US appeals court reaffirms that scraping publicly accessible content on the internet is legal, ending a landmark case LinkedIn brought against rival Hiq Labs — Good news for archivists, academics, researchers and journalists: Scraping publicly accessible data is legal, according to a U.S. appeals court ruling.
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Bloomberg:
Filings: three Alex Jones companies, including Infowars, filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas on Sunday, after they were found liable in Sandy Hook lawsuits — Companies owned by far-right radio host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy after being hit by a flurry of lawsuits.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Report: Microsoft is working on a program to let select brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, such as on a billboard, and won't take a revenue cut — The ads supposedly wouldn't disrupt gameplay — Microsoft is reportedly working on a program that will let brands showcase …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon, Disney, Reliance, Sony, and others are vying for rights to the Indian Premier League cricket fixtures, expected to be worth $5B+ — Amazon.com Inc., The Walt Disney Co. and billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. are among those that have signaled an intention …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reuters says it had its biggest month ever for client use of its video content in March, with 4.5M+ uses on TV across the world, driven by interest in Ukraine — International news agency Reuters' extensive on the ground coverage from Ukraine has seen record-breaking use of its pictures …
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LSM:
Q&A with the editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe, based partially in Latvia, as the Russian newspaper launches a European edition to dodge Russian censorship — One of the last independent publishers which suspended its activities in Russia was the influential newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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