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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Elon Musk names ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's CEO, to focus on business operations; Musk will focus on “product design & new technology” — - Former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino will be Twitter's next CEO.
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as NBCUniversal's chairman of global advertising and partnerships, set to be replaced in the interim by Mark Marshall — The executive will be succeeded in the interim by advertising sales and client partnerships president Mark Marshall
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Washington Post:
A profile of Linda Yaccarino, who has vast experience in ad partnerships, praised Elon Musk publicly, and told colleagues that people get hung up on his tweets — Twitter has struggled to generate revenue since Musk took over as CEO, as advertisers have fretted over his sweeping rollbacks of content moderation.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Sources: CNN tried to book Donald Trump for months; he agreed after his campaign reached an understanding that CNN would book Trump surrogates, which CNN denies — Questions also linger over what the network offered the ex-president in exchange for what some called a Trump infomercial
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Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
[Thread] On May 11's editorial call, CNN's Chris Licht says Kaitlan Collins “made a lot of news” and “America was served very well by what we did last night”
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Pete Syme / Insider:
Twitter appears to limit search results for news website Bellingcat; Elon Musk has suggested that Bellingcat's Texas mall shooting investigation was a “psyop” — - The investigative news website Bellingcat reported on the Texas mall shooter's apparent neo-Nazi beliefs.
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@arictoler, Politico, @eliothiggins, @eliothiggins and Associated Press
The Baron:
Reuters EIC Alessandra Galloni sets an AI use framework: journalists are responsible for greenlighting content that uses AI, disclosure is essential, and more — Reuters set out a framework for using artificial intelligence to support its journalism with “rigorous oversight by newsroom editors” …
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@palewire and @patwhite70
Washington Post:
A Florida bill weakening media protections against defamation claims fails to advance beyond a committee vote, after Governor DeSantis-friendly outlets resisted — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got most of what he encouraged the state legislature to pass as he gears up for a likely presidential run.
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@michaelkruse, The Rural Blog, @jjohnsonlaw, @exposingalec and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
New York Times:
Netflix has become an avatar for the striking writers' complaints, as the streaming era eroded working conditions, stagnated wages, and disrupted residual pay — Fear of protests prompted the streaming giant to shift an anticipated presentation for advertisers to a virtual event and a top executive to skip an honorary gala.
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Vanity Fair, @k_trendacosta, @carriecnh12, @christinastrain, @nytimesbusiness, @jennifersgrand, @slack2thefuture, @robsforman and Comic Book
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Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
A look at Tel Aviv-based Rayzone, whose surveillance system Echo, sold to governments globally, harvests and repurposes ad data to track people via their phones — The innovation at the heart of the advertising technology industry is automated auctions to trade real-time data about mobile phone users …
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@lhfang, @rondeibert, @savingprivacy, @rr_edmonds, @digitaldutta and @techwontsaveus
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
Jailed, exiled, and harassed, journalists in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras discuss the dangerous decline of press freedom under authoritarian leaders — Reporters in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras warn against the dangerous decline of press freedom in the region
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Reporters Without Borders, @harlanmandel and @risj_oxford
Joseph Cox / VICE:
A scammer made about CA$13K selling AI-generated “leaks” of fake Frank Ocean tracks on Discord, as distinguishing between real and AI music becomes difficult — Frank Ocean communities on Discord and leaked music forums were in a frenzy over newly discovered music from the reclusive artist.
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Music Ally, Plagiarism Today and Engadget
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate combines its film production and acquisition groups; the company is aiming to split off its pay TV and streaming business from its studio operations — Nathan Kahane will lead a consolidating content group under chairman Joe Drake. … In the new structure …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Report: the EU and UK gross box office grew 70% YoY to €5.1B in 2022 but was down 28% compared to 2017-2019; cinema attendance grew 63% YoY to 657M tickets sold — Gross box office in the European Union (EU) and the U.K. grew by 70% in 2022 compared with 2021 - from €3 billion …
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