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7:35 PM ET, April 6, 2023

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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 …
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
Discussion: Talking Biz News
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 …
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”
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 …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Semafor:
Tests show that Twitter stopped showing “Stay informed” labels, added in February 2022 to flag tweets linking to Russia, China, and other state-controlled media
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
Reuters:
India says China barred two Indian journalists from Beijing; China says the country had to take “countermeasures” after India asked a Xinhua journalist to leave  —  India and China broke into fresh diplomatic sparring on Thursday, accusing each other of creating visa hassles …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Bloomberg:
Six-year-old Paris-based digital media company Brut raised €35M to €40M, bringing its total funding to ~$153M; the outlet has ~500M monthly unique viewers  —  A youth-focused media company that churns out fast-paced videos has netted another billionaire backer, bringing the total to four of the world's wealthiest people.
Discussion: @bloombergasia
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Cable news networks' wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump's arraignment suggests a return to the mutually beneficial model that let Trump monopolize coverage  —  The wall-to-wall coverage of Trump's arraignment demonstrates how quickly the lessons of 2016 have been forgotten.  —  The Trump Show is back.
Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
A gender fluid teen refutes parts of a Free Press story, including their mother's regrets over their use of a puberty blocker, and slams the reporting process  —  Bari Weiss' new outlet, the Free Press, reported that the teen's mother regrets approving puberty blockers.  The teen says the story is full of misinformation.
 
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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
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