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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
NPR stopped tweeting since it received a “state-affiliated media” label, which it calls a “false disclaimer”; Elon Musk says Twitter is re-evaluating the label — Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the platform's recent labeling of NPR as “state-affiliated media” …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NPR CEO John Lansing says Twitter adding a “US state-affiliated media” label is “unacceptable”; less than 1% of NPR's annual budget on average is from US grants
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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
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
The Moscow City Court plans to hear an appeal on April 18 from the lawyers of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, detained on spying accusations — A Moscow court will hear an appeal on April 18 that could decide where he is held or grant him bail
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Institute for Nonprofit News raised $38M from 231K+ donors for 303 newsrooms in 2022, including $24M for the top 50 newsrooms; the newsroom median was ~$36K — Across 303 participating newsrooms, NewsMatch brought in $38 million in individual donations. The largest 50 newsrooms brought in $24 million of the $38 million total.
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Xiao Xu / Globe and Mail:
Internal memo: Postmedia tells its journalists at Vancouver outlets to work from home permanently because it is shuttering newsrooms and subleasing the space — Postmedia is shuttering its Vancouver newsrooms and asking its journalists to work from home permanently.
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Substack writers are getting a pop-up saying Twitter “unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets”, a day after Substack unveiled its Twitter-like Notes — Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site …
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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”
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Eleanor Hawkins / Axios:
Muck Rack, a database of journalists, launches PressPal, an AI tool that can draft press releases, scan for keywords, and recommend specific media targets — Muck Rack, the public relations tech company, is joining the artificial intelligence race. … - PressPal's pitch recommendations …
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Paul Karp / The Guardian:
Australian media companies including The Guardian, News Corp, Nine, and AAP reject a law proposal that includes a right to sue outlets for invasions of privacy — Coalition of organisations says changes would have ‘devastating impact on press freedom’ and are not in public interest
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Michele Weldon / JAWS:
Alicia Shepard, the ombudsman for NPR from 2007 to 2011 and a journalist, author, academic, and advocate for ethical public journalism, died on April 1 at 69 — Alicia (Lisa) Shepard 1953-2023 — Award-winning journalist, author, academic and advocate for ethical public journalism …
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube adds a Podcasts tab to channel pages globally, between Live and Playlists, on its website and mobile apps, showing playlists creators marked as podcasts — While we're still waiting for podcasts to widely roll out (in the US) to YouTube Music, YouTube has added a “Podcasts” tab to channel pages.
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
The Raine Group, a merchant bank focusing on media and tech, is buying San Francisco bank Code Advisors, whose clients have included Twitter, Spotify, and WBD — The acquisition is an effort by the merchant bank to strengthen its Silicon Valley footing — The Raine Group …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
New National Enquirer Publisher Ted Farnsworth says the tabloid no longer uses “catch and kill” tactics to buy and bury unsavory stories about powerful people — “Catch and kill,” the tactic of buying and burying stories at the heart of the case against former President Trump …
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Nielsen starts reporting over-the-top local programming metrics, comparable to its over-the-air viewing numbers, letting stations calculate their full reach — Stations can determine full reach of local content across platforms — Nielsen said it has begun reporting metrics for over-the-top feeds …
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