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7:30 AM ET, April 7, 2023

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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
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
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”
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.
Discussion: Postmedia
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 …
Axios:
Studios are betting big on familiar brands and franchises for movies, including toys and video games, as investment in streaming content and profit worries grow  —  If there's one thing that can lure customers back into the theaters, it's familiar and beloved brands. … - The solution?
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 …
Discussion: Axios and The Wrap
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 …
 
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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
Discussion: Bloomberg
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
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
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
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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
Financial Times:
Sensor Tower: US advertising on TikTok grew by 11% in March 2023 despite the threat of a ban, with Pepsi, DoorDash, Amazon, and Apple among the top spenders
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