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12:50 PM ET, April 6, 2023

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Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
A gender fluid teen refutes parts of a story in Free Press on their mother's regrets over their use of a puberty blocker, and criticizes 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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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  —  Twitter is no longer taking steps to limit the reach of Chinese and Russian state-controlled media outlets …
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
Washington Post:
Study: ChatGPT cited nonexistent Washington Post, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times articles and fabricated a sexual harassment story about a law professor  —  The AI chatbot can misrepresent key facts with great flourish, even citing a fake Washington Post article as evidence
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Cable news' wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump's arraignment suggests a return to the mutually beneficial model that helped 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.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Court doc: in a 2015 meeting, David Pecker, then-CEO of the National Enquirer's owner, agreed to help Trump's 2016 bid; Pecker later suppressed negative stories
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
The Dominion-Fox lawsuit judge says he would compel Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to appear in court for the defamation trial if Dominion requests a trial subpoena  —  - A Delaware judge said Wednesday he would compel Fox Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in court during …
Bloomberg:
Six-year-old French digital media company Brut. raised ~ $43.7M, bringing its total raised to ~$153M; the outlet has ~500M monthly unique viewers globally  —  A youth-focused media company that churns out fast-paced, news-related videos has netted a fresh billionaire investor …
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.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India amends its IT law to ban social media platforms from hosting “misleading” content about the government and requiring that they use its fact-check unit  —  India amended its IT law on Thursday to prohibit Facebook, Twitter and other social media firms from publishing …
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Nielsen says it has started reporting metrics for over-the-top feeds of local programming comparable to over-the-air viewing  —  Stations can determine full reach of local content across platforms  —  Nielsen said it has begun reporting metrics for over-the-top feeds of local programming …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Producer Burt Sugarman brings clips from the TV show The Midnight Special to YouTube, featuring 1970s-era music artists like Linda Ronstadt and Fleetwood Mac  —  Through the first few decades of television, the last piece of music late-night viewers heard was “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a station signed off.
Matt Walljasper / Atlanta Magazine:
A look at independent local outlets in the Atlanta area, including Decaturish and Capital B, often using nontraditional revenue models and reporting methods  —  Dan Whisenhunt started Decaturish “purely out of spite”—he'd been applying unsuccessfully for jobs at a certain major local news outlet …
 
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Disney names Hulu President Joe Earley as Disney Entertainment's D2C president, effective immediately, succeeding Michael Paull, who is leaving after six years
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CNN:
Sources: The White House plans to declare Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained in Russia, triggering US government resources to work toward his release
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Over 12 former and current CNN colleagues detail Don Lemon's troubling treatment of women, “diva-like behavior”, and more, dating back nearly two decades