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Axios fires Tampa Bay-based reporter Ben Montgomery after he replied to an email about a Governor DeSantis event, “This is propaganda, not a press release.” — News: Axios fired @gangrey on Monday over this email https://twitter.com/...
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed News EIC Karolina Waclawiak says that to get to profitability, the outlet plans to publish more, focus on resonating topics, and pursue investigations — ‘What we can control is how many stories we publish each day,’ BuzzFeed News editor in chief tells newsroom
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
The US charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, tied to GTV Media, with defrauding his online followers out of $1B+ and arrests him; the DOJ seizes $634M — The U.S. government on Wednesday charged exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with fraud, accusing him of orchestrating …
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Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Sources: Diamond expects to lose some MLB rights via bankruptcy but could retain, a source says, the sports rights for 16 NBA and 12 NHL teams the company owns — Diamond Sports Group expects to come out of its bankruptcy process with fewer teams' rights, with the cuts coming from its baseball roster …
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Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Diamond Sports, which operates the Bally Sports channels, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, listing both assets and liabilities as between $1B and $10B
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Bankruptcy docs: Diamond Sports owes $1.8B to US Bank, $77.2M to Dolan Broadcast, $40.1M to DirecTV, $30.8M to Arizona Diamondbacks, $15M to Intelsat, and more
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Michael J. Socolow / The Conversation:
While Americans across the political spectrum have a growing disdain for journalism, media criticism comprises an essential component of a vibrant democracy — Everyone seems to hate what they call “the media.” — Attacking journalism - even accurate and verified reporting - provides a quick lift for politicians.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Q&A with Vice Media co-CEOs Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala on Nancy Dubuc's exit, a potential sale and buyers, divesting assets like Refinery29, and more — But despite the newness of their current roles, Lokhandwala and Dixon are already well versed in the inner workings …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A journalists' union in Athens apologized for downplaying repeated warnings about Greece's rail system; some blame a larger deficit of accountability journalism — Two weeks ago, a passenger train and a freight train collided on the line between Athens and Thessaloniki, in Greece.
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US Copyright Office says protections for AI-assisted artistic works depend on whether AI's contributions reflect the author's “own mental conception” — The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible.
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: the NBA wants to triple its revenue from TV deals; Amazon is interested in the NBA rights but has no intention of overpaying for a multiyear package — The NBA is one of the most popular sports leagues in the world. It also has high hopes for squeezing far more money out of media outlets …
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Financial Times:
With the “easy money” era over, Disney CEO Bob Iger wants to bring focus to the company, which could mean selling its Hulu stake or an ESPN investment or sale — Since Bob Iger's second term as Disney chief executive started in November, some of America's most prominent media executives …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snap plans to begin publishing its guidelines for serving personalized Snapchat content after previously sharing them with publishing partners and some creators — Snapchat on Wednesday said it will begin publishing guidelines that detail what types of content gets algorithmically distributed in its app to users.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Fortune CEO Alan Murray told staff that pageviews grew 90% YoY in 2022 to 427M, syndication revenue grew 87% YoY, and social referral traffic grew 300% YoY — Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murray sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: — Hello Fortune team!
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