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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
A Baltimore judge orders the release of Adnan Syed, whose 1999 murder trial gained widespread attention via the Serial podcast, after overturning his conviction — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Internal email: Bustle Digital Group is shuttering its tech title Input and laying off 19 staffers, including 10 at pop culture outlet Mic, mostly in editorial — The downturn in the digital advertising market has affected yet another publisher, marking at least the third official round of layoffs prompted by the slowdown since May.
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Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation announces $4.75M for the Institute for Nonprofit News, $2.85M for LION Publishers, and $2.01M for CUNY's Center for Community Media — Knight commits more than $9 million to uplift vital networks for nonprofit, for-profit, diverse local news publishers
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
An ad blackout during the Queen's funeral cost UK broadcasters, radio stations, digital platforms, and outdoor ad giants a lot of revenue despite extra sales — Block on adverts around coverage will hit broadcasters hard and could cancel out payday for newspapers from extra sales
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Paramount-owned Channel 5 was the only UK broadcaster that didn't air any royal-related coverage during the Queen's funeral, showing The Emoji Movie instead — While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV broadcast the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 instead broadcast …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
After crypto prices crashed, Spotify and other media companies abandoned plans to make podcasts, TV shows, and movies based on NFTs — Good afternoon from Los Angeles, the home of the best team in Major League Baseball. You can scroll down for some news about the next CEO of Warner Music, but first...
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Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Future says CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne has “informally indicated” that she plans to step down by the end of 2023, after a report caused Future stock to drop 15%+ — FTSE 250 group's stock falls 15% after news Zillah Byng-Thorne intends to step down
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The Guardian, Sky News and MorningstarUK
Errin Haines / The 19th:
A survey of 20,799 US adults: 63% agree news is critical to democracy but 31% feel coverage almost never accurately reflects issues faced by people like them — This week, The 19th made history again. Our poll of more than 20,000 Americans across race, age, gender, education, income …
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
After Will Smith's Oscar slap, sources detail Apple's dilemma over releasing Emancipation, the $120M Civil War drama starring Smith that wrapped earlier in 2022 — The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year. Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.
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Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
A profile of GQ editor Will Welch, appointed in 2018, as he tries to revitalize the storied men's magazine to reflect a “new masculinity” in the post-#MeToo age — When he got the job as top editor, a friend told him, “Yikes.” Now, with an assist from Brad Pitt, he has remade the men's magazine for the post-#MeToo age.
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@mr_berman, @rafa_mangual, @hhavrilesky, @s_evangelina and @donetodeath
Cordilia James / Wall Street Journal:
Closed captions on videos are used widely by people under 40 years old, going beyond accessibility and translation to improve understanding and aid multitasking — As automatic captioning on TikTok and creative audio descriptions on Netflix go mainstream, so does accessibility — Closed captions are cool now.
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@joannastern, @mattnavarra, @chloealbanesius, @sub8u and @itstheannmarie, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
Sources detail growing pains at LA Times relating to its billionaire owner Dr. Soon-Shiong, as he and his family face allegations of meddling with coverage — This past May, a young reporter for the Los Angeles Times working a weekend shift filed a 190-word story about people suspected …
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