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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
The US Supreme Court declined to revisit the landmark 1964 First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan; Clarence Thomas dissented from the refusal — (CNN)The Supreme Court declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan.
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
By overturning Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS has abandoned any pretense of being an apolitical actor, which the media needs to accept to increase scrutiny and coverage
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
MSNBC names Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow as the host of its weekday 9pm show four days per week, the only Asian American to host prime-time cable news — MSNBC President Rashida Jones said that Ms. Wagner's experience covering politics would be crucial as the network prepares to cover the midterm elections.
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Newmark J-School:
CUNY's Newmark J-School names Graciela Mochkofsky, who launched its bilingual master's program in 2016, as new dean starting August 1, succeeding Sarah Bartlett — Graciela Mochkofsky, who has distinguished herself as a journalist, author, and academic in two languages on two continents …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the top 25 US newspapers' print circulations was down 12% YoY on average in the six months to March 2022; the WSJ fell 11% YoY and the NYT fell 9% YoY — The largest US newspaper circulations fell 12% in the year to March 2022, new figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku is adding eight NBC local news channels to the Roku Channel, its first local news offering, with more channels to be added in the coming months — Roku is thinking local: In the streaming platform's first local news programming pact, Roku is adding eight NBC local news channels to the Roku Channel …
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Shirley Zhao / Bloomberg:
Netflix plans to grow its investments in Asia Pacific, which has 15% of its 221.6M subscribers and is forecast to be the biggest driver of further expansion — Netflix Inc. is looking to Asia after its shock first-quarter slowdown, seeking to both maintain growth in the one region …
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Oscar Gonzalez / CNET:
A look at “debate streamers” on Twitch and YouTube, who are using logic, humor, and compassion to change people's minds and talk them out of conspiracy theories — They are changing minds one stream at a time. — Hunter Avallone makes a living arguing politics with strangers on Twitch and YouTube.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
CAA closes its acquisition of talent agency ICM following DOJ approval in a deal valued at $750M, reducing the Big Four agencies to the Big Three — The deal, which Variety has learned is valued at $750 million, giving a pro-forma valuation of $5 billion to the merged agency, was first announced in September 2021.
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Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger:
Veritonic, an audio ad measurement company, raised a 7.5M Series A led by Lavrock Ventures, bringing its total funding to $14M — The audio advertising market is heating up, and investors are getting in on the action. — Audio analytics platform Veritonic announced Tuesday it raised $7.5 million …
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Michael Malone / Next TV:
Endangered, a documentary chronicling a year in the lives of four journalists in countries where press freedom has been considered a given, premieres today — Film about the challenges facing journalists worldwide premieres June 28 — Endangered, a documentary about the perils facing journalists around …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Malcolm Gladwell's audio company, Pushkin Industries, signs a first-look deal with A24 to adapt its podcasts for films and TV — Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell's audio company, Pushkin Industries, is teaming up with the independent entertainment studio A24 to adapt its works for films and TV.
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Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine:
An in-depth look at why some BuzzFeed stockholders were unable to trade when the company went public, a situation lawyers say is unusual — Some ex-employees, it turns out, were able to trade while others could only watch the shares plummet. — Earlier this month, the staggeringly bad market performance …
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