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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Madhumita Murgia on being appointed as The Financial Times' first AI editor, her “global remit”, the consumer risk of anthropomorphizing AI, and more — Madhumita Murgia describes herself as an accidental tech journalist. As a biology student …
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@earriagada, @madhumita29, @spj_tweets, @sarahscire and @niemanlab
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack says its newsletters have 20M+ monthly active subscribers and 2M paid subscriptions, up from 1M in November 2021, as Big Tech rival offerings shutter — There are more than 2 million paid subscriptions to writers on Substack, Axios has learned — up from 1 million last reported in November 2021.
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On Substack, @annehelen, @michellerempel, @hamishmckenzie, @tvgrimreaper, @jasonlk, @kantrowitz, @jaycodon, @kantrowitz and @walthickey
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Jonathan Capehart quit The Washington Post's editorial board in December 2022 over a Georgia senate runoff editorial, leaving the board with no POC — Jonathan Capehart quit the Washington Post editorial board after a dispute over an editorial about 2024 politics …
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Mediaite, @chuckrossdc, @alexthomp, @deggans, @sifill_, @scottgreenfield, @briandevine, @lionelmedia, @lisamccray, @eugene_scott, @jimnaught, @sarafischer and @mikeallen
James Pomfret / Reuters:
Two Reuters reporters were impersonated on Telegram, Instagram, and other services to gather details about activists' protests against China's COVID-19 controls — Two Reuters journalists had their identities faked by an unknown person or people who then used sham social media accounts …
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@melissakchan, @jamespomfret, @asadhashim, @badiucao, @newley, @billymallard, @petesweeneypro and Talking Biz News
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard adds a beta feature to its iOS app that lets Mastodon users see posts from people they follow, as Twitter integration is expected to become unreliable — Magazine app Flipboard is joining the Fediverse — the group of interconnected servers powering a range of open source …
Financial Times:
Some marketers worry that Meta's AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple's ATT to generate multiple ads, forces them to relinquish too much control — Social network claims successes with tool to counteract Apple's privacy changes that resulted in billions in lost revenue
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The Drum, @cristinacriddle, @rihardjarc, @mattnavarra, @fbbagholder, @carlquintanilla and Inside Radio, more at Techmeme »
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner says the outlet plans to phase out its German print editions, affecting Bild and Welt, in the coming years and focus on the US — The media conglomerate aims to eliminate print editions in the medium term — BERLIN—The German owner of Politico …
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@ajs, Reuters, @anthony, @bopanc, @madhavchanchani and @mkarnitschnig
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Nexstar reports 2022 revenue up 12.1% YoY to $5.21B and Q4 revenue up 19.3% YoY to $1.49B as US midterms push Q4 political ad revenue up 1,306.9% YoY to $265.9M — Nexstar reported its fourth-quarter 2022 earnings Tuesday, revealing its core ad sales fell 3.3% from Oct. 1-Dec. 31 …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Court of Appeal rules that Brexit donor Arron Banks should receive libel damages from freelance journalist Carole Cadwalladr over her Ted Talk claims — Arron Banks should receive libel damages from freelance journalist Carole Cadwalladr over claims made in a Ted Talk that he had a …
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The Guardian, Reporters Without Borders, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @davidwooding and @dbanksy
New York Times:
Court docs: in a January 2023 deposition, Rupert Murdoch said that several Fox News hosts endorsed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump — Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul, spoke under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.
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Fox News lawsuit filing: Dominion alleges that Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner confidential info about Joe Biden's political ads and debate strategy in 2020
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: former Paramount Global executive David Nevins in recent weeks offered to buy Showtime for $3B+, backed by General Atlantic, but was turned down — David Nevins was latest Showtime suitor to be rebuffed by Paramount over past few years — Former Paramount Global PARA -2.15%decrease …
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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Penguin Random House forms adult publishing division Crown Publishing Group, after its CEO and US CEO left and a judge blocked its Simon & Schuster acquisition — The country's largest publisher has had a rocky few months since a deal to buy a rival fell through, and some of its top executives left.
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Publishers Weekly, Publishing Perspectives and @abuckslater
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with iHeartMedia's Conal Byrne on overseeing podcasting at the company, the industry maturing, RSS, radio and podcast ads, subscriptions, and exclusivity — Amid layoffs and a looming recession, folks are concerned about the audio industry. iHeart's podcast head Conal Byrne is not worried.
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