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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Twitter replaces the week-old “US state-affiliated media” label on NPR's account with a new label describing the nonprofit media company as “Government Funded” — Twitter removed the “state-affiliated media” label it had affixed on NPR's account this week …
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Twitter labels the @BBC account “Government Funded Media,” but not @BBCNews and other news-related accounts; the BBC asks Twitter to change the inaccurate label — UPDATE: The BBC has said it is speaking to Twitter in an effort to change the “government funded media” tag on its official account.
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Matt Taibbi / Racket News:
Matt Taibbi plans to use Substack Notes instead of Twitter after learning Twitter is blocking Substack links because the company is upset about Substack Notes — Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter. Since being able to share my articles …
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The Verge:
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech” — / Substack's founders say this serves as a reminder of why writers need a platform that 'puts them in charge …
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Matt Novak / Forbes:
Elon Musk claims Substack links “were never blocked” and Substack tried to “download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone” — Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO's conflict with the online publishing site Substack …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
In a reversal, Twitter lets users like, retweet, and reply to tweets with Substack links, but searches with “Substack” still just give results for “newsletter” — In a reversal of a limitation the platform put in place earlier in the week, Twitter is once again allowing users …
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The Verge:
Twitter starts marking Substack links with a warning stating the link “has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe”
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Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Sources detail WBD CEO David Zaslav's efforts to revive the studio by backing classic franchises, investing in new films, repairing ties with talent, and more — After a painful first year, CEO David Zaslav is backing classic franchises and investing in new films to revive the legendary studio
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@richlightshed and The A.V. Club
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Deadline:
Four Congress members urge the DOJ to investigate the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, which led to a “hollowing out”, less content for consumers, and layoffs — Four Democratic lawmakers want the Justice Department to investigate Warner Bros Discovery, claiming that the merged company …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A profile of Wall Street Journal EIC Emma Tucker, the former Sunday Times editor, on navigating internal Murdoch politics and the fight to free Evan Gershkovich — Emma Tucker got her first inkling that something bad might be happening on the afternoon of March 29.
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@katebevan, @johnvoelcker, Talking Biz News, @shawnmccreesh and @carlstwitt
The Guardian:
Russian media: the Federal Security Service formally charged Evan Gershkovich with carrying out espionage for the US and the WSJ reporter denied all accusations — Wall Street Journal reporter denies charges, while US Senate leaders issue bipartisan call for his release
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Bill Kovarik / Nieman Lab:
The detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia marks a throwback to old Soviet tactics of accusing foreign correspondents of espionage
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@spj_tweets, @rosental, New York Daily News and Semafor
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Tests show Elon Musk's Twitter removed limits on Kremlin-linked accounts, including Putin's, with some showing in For You feeds, reversing an April 2022 policy — Elon Musk's social media site lifts restrictions on Kremlin-linked tweets — Twitter has removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts …
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Patrick Maynard / Poynter:
The US DOJ says the agency has no plans to drop charges against Julian Assange, after some compare the arrested WikiLeaks founder to the WSJ's Evan Gershkovich — Long before Russia cracked down on critical speech, advocates say, the US government worked to change the rules by which whistleblowers must play
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@thedeskdotnet, @pasdeconneries, @melbourne4wiki, @freedomofpress and @poynter
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