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12:20 PM ET, April 12, 2023

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New York Times:
NPR plans to stop using Twitter as the social network “is taking actions that undermine our credibility” by implying that NPR is not editorially independent  —  The broadcaster said that the label undermined its credibility “by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.”
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Joanna Partridge / The Guardian:
In a Twitter Space, Elon Musk said Twitter will change @BBC's “government-funded media” tag to “publicly funded” and he had “utmost respect” for the broadcaster  —  Billionaire also says pain level from owning site is ‘extremely high’ but the business is ‘breaking even’
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
Twitter considers outlets to be “Government-funded Media” when “the government provides some or all” of their funding and “may” be involved in editorial content
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
A look at Rupert Murdoch's mounting problems; sources blame the 92-year-old's erratic behavior for the disarray in both his media empire and personal life  —  With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple, and other services to block developers training AI services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs  —  Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material  —  Universal Music Group …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fox News will host the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate, set to be held in Milwaukee; the debate will also be live streamed on Rumble  —  Fox News will host the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee later this year, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel announced on Wednesday.
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look back at the UK tabloid phone-hacking case, ahead of the Dominion-Fox case: Rupert Murdoch and Fox survived the scandal and press rules changed little  —  A little over ten years ago, a long-awaited report, authored by Lord Justice Leveson, examined the incestuous relations between …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Guardian US names Dana Canedy, the former publisher of Simon & Schuster, as managing editor, reporting to Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed  —  Ms. Canedy, the first Black woman to serve as the publisher of Simon & Schuster's flagship imprint, will oversee the newsroom's daily operations.
Discussion: The Guardian and @justinbaragona
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
ESPN, Slate, and NPR explain why they're putting more podcasts on YouTube: more traffic thanks to Shorts and reach that allows them to monetize a new audience  —  ESPN, NPR, and Slate are experimenting with watchable podcasts.  —  It has recently come to my attention that some people prefer to watch podcasts.
Melissa del Bosque / New Yorker:
A look at the work by a collective of 30+ Mexican reporters to solve journalist Miroslava Breach Velducea's assassination in 2017 after a corrupt investigation  —  After the death of a reporter who investigated narcopolitics, her colleagues formed a secret collective to bring the killers to justice—and challenge a culture of impunity.
 
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
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