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9:25 PM ET, June 9, 2022

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: The Washington Post fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has recently been extraordinarily critical of her colleagues and the newspaper's leadership  —  New York CNN Business —  The Washington Post on Thursday fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has been extraordinarily critical …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Marty Baron's failure to enact a new social media policy is presenting a major test for Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on her one-year anniversary in the top job
Hamish McKenzie / Disjointed:
A Substack co-founder reflects on keeping the promises of free tools and writers' ownership of their content and mailing lists, even if it means they leave  —  Reflections on a relationship with a writer who loved and then fell out of love with Substack  —  In the summer of 2018 …
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Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey:
[Thread] Substack VP slammed a Wired piece stating Substack “actively recruits and pays extremists” and the author's refusal to correct; Wired removes the claim  —  We keep seeing false claims about Substack that seem designed to mislead. Here's just one recent example, which the outlet refuses to correct. We believe the best way to fight misinformation is through open debate, so here are the facts. 1/x https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: some US outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta could stop paying for news; annual fees averaged $15M+ for WaPo, $20M+ for NYT, and $10M+ for WSJ  —  Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Disney fires Peter Rice, its chair of Disney General Entertainment Content; Disney confirms Rice's top lieutenant, Dana Walden, will succeed him  —  Some in the entertainment business had seen him as a possible candidate to succeed Bob Chapek as Disney's chief executive.
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Check My Ads, a nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation by pressuring online ad exchanges, announces a campaign against Fox News' website and YouTube channel  —  A nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation online that has taken money out of the pockets of several prominent far-right websites …
David Zurawik / CNN:
Comparisons between Thursday's January 6 hearings and those for Watergate or Army-McCarthy are misplaced given today's fragmented, on-demand, siloed media  —  (CNN Business)From a prime-time setting to hype of revelations that will “blow the roof off the House,” TV hearings set to start Thursday …
Molly Olmstead / Slate:
A look at EWTN, a Catholic media outlet that claims to reach nearly 400M households and whose news coverage over the past decade has started to mimic Fox News  —  In June of 2020, the three hosts of a Catholic radio show were talking about the news of the day.
New York Times:
Warner Bros. Discovery names Luis Silberwasser as its global sports chief, responsible for NBA talks at a time when the value of live sports rights is soaring  —  The executive, Luis Silberwasser, will be responsible for crucial talks with the N.B.A. at a time when the value of live sports rights are soaring.
Yousef Saba / Reuters:
Disney+ launches in the Middle East and North Africa; Digital TV Research: Netflix has 6.8M subscribers in the region, Starzplay has ~2M, and Amazon has 1.4M  —  Disney+ (DIS.N) launched its streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa on Wednesday, vying for market share in a region …
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Ben Hunte / VICE:
Two trans freelancers drop their commissions to write pieces for the Guardian's Pride special coverage citing its “ingrained prejudice against trans women”
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Digital interim chief Alex MacCallum plans to leave on June 30, and Wendy Brundige will take over the role; CNN Digital CTO Robyn Peterson is also leaving
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
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Martin Baccardax / TheStreet:
Roku's stock closes up 9.06% after a report says employees have been discussing a possible Netflix acquisition in recent weeks; Roku is down 56.31% in 2022