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Matt Novak / Forbes:
Twitter adds a “US state-affiliated media” label to NPR's account, seemingly contradicting Twitter's previous policy that used NPR as an example of an exception — Twitter added a warning to NPR's Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NPR CEO John Lansing says Twitter adding a “state-affiliated media” label is “unacceptable”; on average, <1% of NPR's annual budget comes from federal grants — Elon Musk tweets that the change to the public broadcaster “Seems accurate”
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Substack unveils Notes, letting users share posts, quotes, images, links, and more, shown in a short form feed that “may look like familiar social media feeds” — Substack announced today that it's introducing a new Notes feature that is designed to let users share posts, quotes, comments, images, links and ideas.
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Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
Lawyers say WSJ's Evan Gershkovich faces steep odds in Russian court, including a secret trial, government influence, and uncertainty about access to his lawyer — WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich will face steep odds in Russian court that gives few means for defense
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Over 12 current and former colleagues detail Don Lemon's troubling treatment of women, “diva-like behavior”, and more, dating back nearly two decades — Back in 2008, Don Lemon was co-anchoring CNN's “Live From” weekday show with Kyra Phillips, a gig that he landed after he arrived …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
In a letter to the Delaware judge in the Dominion lawsuit, Fox News names Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity among witnesses to be made available at the trial — Attorneys named other hosts and executives as witnesses in the case brought by Dominion Voting Systems
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Despite Twitter's decline, reporters keep using it due to established audiences, the drama of Elon Musk's erratic leadership, and alternatives lacking features — Today, Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a series …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Court doc: David Pecker, then-CEO of National Enquirer's owner, agreed to help Trump's campaign in a 2015 meeting; Pecker later helped suppress negative stories — - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg unveiled new details Tuesday about the role the National Enquirer's then-publisher played …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon plans to relaunch MGM international streaming service as MGM+ International in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Netherlands, with Lionsgate Titles — MGM+ has also concluded a content deal with Lionsgate for a package of premium films and television series and under this arrangement …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A look at BloombergGPT, an LLM announced on March 30 and trained on general purpose datasets and Bloomberg's archives of news, filings, financial docs, and more — The news and data giant has — with a relatively small team — built a generative AI that it says outperforms the competition on its own specific information needs.
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Amos Zeeberg / Wired:
How surveillance industry blog IPVM's investigations of Chinese mass face recognition systems caught the attention of US policymakers and national news outlets — Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Apple lost a bid to register a trademark for Apple Music for live performances after a US appeals court ruled for a musician who owns trademark for “Apple Jazz” — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) lost a bid to register part of a federal trademark for “Apple Music” on Tuesday …
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