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11:10 AM ET, April 7, 2023

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 Top News: 
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” …
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Substack tells writers Twitter “unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets”; Twitter seems to have disabled likes and RTs for tweets with Substack links  —  Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site …
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
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is exploring selling a majority stake in Noggin, its streaming service for preschoolers, as it aims to prioritize Paramount+ and Pluto TV  —  Potential sale comes as entertainment conglomerate looks to prioritize Paramount+, Pluto TV streaming platforms
Discussion: The Streamable
Timep / The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy:
Two journalists for independent outlets in Lebanon have been sued for defamation by state agencies after publishing articles critical of the government  —  We the undersigned group of civil society and media organizations from around the world come together to stand in solidarity …
Daniel Frankel / Next TV:
The Disney+ Basic ad-supported tier, launched in December, is now available on Roku after Disney and Roku negotiated terms of a revenue split  —  Disney+ Basic launched four months ago unstreamable on America's biggest connected TV platform  —  The partially ad-supported version of Disney …
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?
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 …
 
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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
Discussion: Axios
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
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
 Earlier Picks: 
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
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
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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Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: after closing several video game studios, Microsoft plans more cuts, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division

Wall Street Journal:
In a blog post, Neuralink details a problem with its implant in patient Noland Arbaugh's brain that reduced data collection after the implant's threads came out

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Dell warns customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen data for ~49M customers, but says financial and payment data was not stolen
 
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