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Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Sources: Supreme Court officials are requiring law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits in the aftermath of the Politico leak — (CNN)Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade …
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Andy Hayes / Sky News:
Emmanuel Macron says Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, a journalist at French 24-hour news channel BFM TV, was killed in Ukraine while covering an evacuation operation — “On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot,” President Macron tweeted.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A profile of Paramount three years into its streaming shift, an underdog choosing to continue alone as Netflix and Disney dominate and other streamers cut deals — The dominance of Netflix and Disney in streaming has forced many companies to join forces. So far, Paramount has gone its own way.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Scriber, a startup that gives fans access to exclusive content via text message for $5/month or more, launches — The Jonas Brothers are giving fans a new way to access exclusive videos — charging $5 per month for the privilege — on Scriber, a smartphone-based subscription startup.
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Fraser Valley Current:
100+ Canadian publications sign letter saying they're “shut out” of the Online News Act and want a universal funding formula, inclusion of small outlets, more — When the Liberal government announced its intention to support Canada's news industry, the reasons given …
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Association of Online Publishers report based on a sample of 12 UK publishers finds digital audio revenue in Q1 2022 hit £4.2M, up 500% YoY — Publishers reported a 500% increase in digital audio revenue in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Digital Publishers' Revenue Index (DPRI).
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David Pierce / The Verge:
An interview with The Weather Channel Chief Content Officer Nora Zimmett about TWC's new streaming service, why visualizing data is its “superpower”, and more — It's ... a cable network. Streaming. — The Weather Channel is not trying to win you over by spending big on its version of House of Cards.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Financial Times rebrands its How To Spend It magazine as HTSI, inviting readers “to interpret the ‘S’”, suggesting “save” or “savor”, as inequality rises — Newspaper says possible definitions of renamed HTSI include ‘how to save it’ as cost of living crisis bites
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Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
The Independent launched a new app on May 12 that combines its Daily Edition and Premium apps, as part of its goal to hit 4M registered users by the end of 2022 — The Independent's new app aims to use its combined subscription and ad revenue model to help the newspaper hit four million registered users by the end of 2022.
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
BuzzFeed says HuffPost operated profitably in 2021 after being acquired and subjected to job cuts; HuffPost is back to hiring again — Exit Content Preview — Under BuzzFeed's ownership, HuffPost has become a profitable media company. — Why it matters: Profitability hasn't necessarily been in the cards for every media venture.
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Reuters:
Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights body calls for the release of 16 recently arrested journalists and media personnel — Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights body called on Friday for the release of 16 journalists and media personnel after new arrests in recent days in the capital Addis Ababa and the restive region of Amhara.
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Kate Lyons / The Guardian:
Reporters say they have been blocked from filming or accessing events on the Chinese foreign minister's Pacific tour and press conferences have barred questions — Beijing's foreign minister signing bilateral deals with leaders but reporters are blocked, sometimes physically, from asking questions
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Santiago Villa / Global Investigative …:
Freelance journalist Nadja Drost and her team describe their reporting on US-bound migrants crossing the Darién Gap, which earned Drost a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 — Every year thousands of migrants from Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, South America, and the Caribbean cross …
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