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The Times withdrew a story about Boris Johnson and his wife without explanation after printing it in some editions; MailOnline and aggregators removed a rewrite — Report had claimed Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as chief of staff when foreign secretary, but then it was deleted
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UK's No10 confirms that members of Boris Johnson's team intervened to have the Times story about his wife pulled but denies that Johnson was personally involved — Number 10 has confirmed that members of the Prime Minister's team intervened before a story about his wife Carrie Johnson …
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@politicshome, @adampayne26, @hoffman_noa, @greg_jenner, @hahellyer, @jmpsimor, @hannaflint and The Guardian
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Internal documents: Fox News agreed to a ~$15M settlement with Melissa Francis, a former female host who sued the network alleging gender-based pay disparities — Melissa Francis alleged her male colleagues made far more than women. She won an unusually large settlement, according to documents viewed by The Post.
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sinclair plans to soft launch its local sports streaming service Bally Sports+ in five markets on June 23, ahead of a full launch in the fall — Sinclair will soft launch its local sports streaming service in five markets on June 23, with a full launch still scheduled for the fall.
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
As Paramount+ launches in UK and Ireland, a Q&A with Paramount's CEO of streaming Tom Ryan about its global rollout, goal of 100M subscribers by 2024, and more — Elsewhere in Europe, Paramount+ has set firm dates to launch its standalone streaming offer in Italy in September …
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Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Q&A with some early Ms. editors and writers on the feminist magazine's early days, when it was hard to sell ads, the term “Ms.” was not used broadly, and more — Ms. Bennett is a contributing editor in Opinion who writes on gender, politics and culture. Previously, she was The Times's gender editor.
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@msmagazine, @mariaramirezny, @letahong, @mollyjongfast and StephenKMackSD's Newsletter
Jeremy Fassler / Mother Jones:
Simon & Schuster will distribute January 6 committee's final report but with a foreword by an ex-Trump speechwriter who spread misinfo about the Capitol attack — Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.
Clare Duffy / CNN:
A look at the AP's decision last week to name Tom Verdin as Democracy News Editor, managing coverage of voting rights, election processes, and more — New York CNN Business — Last week, the Associated Press announced the creation of an unusual new position: a democracy editor.
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Similarweb: NYT website visitors grew 52% YoY to 524.6M in May, helped by its Wordle acquisition, making it the fastest growing top news sites in the world — The New York Times was the fastest growing top news sites in the world in May 2022, according to Press Gazette's latest ranking …
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@mikejjennings and @adebradley
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Ofcom finds that Channel 4 is in breach of its license conditions after an incident at a broadcast center in September 2021 led to a two month subtitle outage — U.K. media regulator Ofcom has found broadcaster Channel 4 in breach of regulations over a subtitle outage that occurred in 2021.
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Police arrested several CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert staffers on Thursday at a US Capitol building, charging them with unlawful entry after taping a skit — Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, best known for portraying Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. … Smigel has appeared as Triumph on the Late Show previously.
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Standard Media CEO Deb McDermott tells Tegna employees she has “no intention” of reducing news or station-level staff after the completion of the Tegna takeover — In a highly unusual move during a takeover, Standard Media CEO Deb McDermott tried to calm rumors and concerns about staff cuts.