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8:10 AM ET, June 8, 2022

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Kara Swisher is leaving The New York Times to return to Vox Media, where she will host a new interview podcast, saying, “I want to make whatever I want to make”  —  Kara Swisher, the prominent tech reporter, commentator and Recode co-founder, is leaving her role as columnist …
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Memo: Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee reiterates “in the strongest of terms” rules banning harassment, discrimination, and attacks on colleagues  —  DEMOCRACY DIES ON TWITTER  —  The Washington Post's executive editor Sally Buzbee on Tuesday issued yet another internal memo …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: The Washington Post suspended reporter David Weigel for one month without pay for retweeting a sexist joke from YouTuber Cam Harless on Friday
The Daily Beast:
Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee asks staff to treat each other with respect and kindness after two reporters argued on Twitter over a sexist joke
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Unlike ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC, Fox News will not carry Thursday's primetime January 6 Committee hearing, airing the proceedings on Fox Business instead  —  UPDATED, 4:57 PM: When the January 6th Committee holds its first primetime hearing on Thursday, Fox News Channel will stay …
Anna Merlan / VICE:
PR firm Vocal Media “recruits, trains, and pays influencers” to promote progressive causes, exemplifying just how lightly TikTok enforces disclosure rules  —  Vocal Media “recruits, trains, and pays influencers” to promote liberal causes on TikTok.  It's easy to see how less-benign actors could use their model.
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC plans to abolish 58 librarian and archivist jobs, making journalists research and archive their own stories, citing “extensive digitisation”  —  A further 17 contract positions will also be axed with many of the staff affected based in regional areas
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
A British freelance journalist and a companion have gone missing while traveling down Brazil's Itaquai River to conduct research for a forest conservation book  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — As another day went by without any sign of a British journalist who went missing in the Amazon, diplomats …
Astrid Galván / Axios:
Congress members ask the State Department and USAID to review a US-funded program meant to protect Mexican journalists; a record 11 have been murdered in 2022  —  A group of Democratic members of Congress wants the Biden administration to review a U.S.-funded program meant …
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed stock dropped 41%+ on June 6, 2022, after the lockup for executives and major institutional investors from selling their shares expired on June 1, 2022  —  Move marks worst one-day percentage drop in digital-media upstart's short trading history  —  BuzzFeed Inc.'s stock plummeted 41% …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Newsquest reports a £45.2M profit on £142M revenue in 2021, up from a £45.1M loss and £139.7M revenue in 2020; average staff numbers fell 18% YoY to 1,489  —  Newsquest Media Group swung back into £45.2m profit last year following a £45.1m loss the year before.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Apple strikes a unique deal for an F1 movie requiring a theatrical run of 30+ days, with the revenue shared equally between Apple and the filmmakers  —  The unique deal, which calls for a wide theatrical release with a meaningful window, will have the creative team paid three ways …
 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify named Maya Prohovnik, its director of R&D for talk content, as its head of talk, replacing Michael Mignano, who announced in May he is leaving
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
The family of Ehud Yonay, whose 1983 article inspired the 1986 movie Top Gun, sues Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement in the sequel Top Gun: Maverick
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
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