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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A politics editor quits The Messenger; sources detail organizational confusion and tensions over demands to mass-produce articles based on competitors' stories — The company's high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists.
Financial Times:
Sources: days after Linda Yaccarino's appointment, media agency GroupM tells its clients that Twitter is no longer “high risk”, a designation from November 2022 — WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino
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The Verge, The Information, @catthekin, @johnlegere, The Week, @titterdaily, @mshannahmurphy, @jason_kint, @goldengateblond, @pt, @ivanthek, Comic Book and Media Matters for America
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK appeals court orders Carole Cadwalladr to pay 60% of Arron Banks' libel trial costs, or £1M+, plus £35K in damages, despite finding her Ted Talk “lawful” — Brexit donor Arron Banks entitled to damages over Carole Cadwalladr's Ted Talk, appeal judges have ruled.
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@carolecadwalla, The Guardian, @arusbridger, @ianclucas, @gauravsabnis, @claresambrook, @althecat, @claresambrook, @pipsinks, @malloryontravel, The Guardian, @guardiancomms, @carolecadwalla, @dgurdasani1, @dgurdasani1, @arron_banks, @denismacshane, @danielmgmoylan, @bournemouth4eu, @jkosseff, @emilybell, Reporters Without Borders, @bremaininspain, @jason_kint, @epkaufm, @frank3davies, @stepbd, @marcowenjones, @mariaressa, @carolecadwalla, @marcowenjones and @jacobbe79601492
Justine Bateman / Newsweek:
An actress and filmmaker argues now is the last time “any labor action will be effective in our business”, unless strong rules for the use of AI are introduced — What does it mean to be human? — You look human, you act human, you learn lessons, you have challenges, you feel emotions.
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@valleymrk, @sandrabernhard, @alexandercubis and VentureBeat
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
An interview with brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, whose podcast The Blog Era chronicles the time when a network of quasi-anonymous publications remade hip-hop — The new podcast from the brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal explores what made hip-hop blogs matter — and why they faded away.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
President Biden's last-minute Australia trip cancellation stuck media outlets with big bills, showing that such trips are impractically costly for most outlets — Some correspondents think it could prompt media bosses to pull back from covering the president on future overseas tours
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The Hill, @farhip, @emptywheel, @dceiver, @jkbjournalist, @michaelsocolow, @washingtonpost and @krisnelson@legal.social
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
For the second time, Russia rejects US officials' request to visit WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, after the US denied visas to Russian journalists in April 2023 — In barring U.S. officials from visiting Evan Gershkovich, Moscow blames Washington over visa status of its reporters
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@suneengel and The Moscow Times
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News hires The Economist's G. Elliott Morris as its editorial director of data analytics for the news division, which includes overseeing FiveThirtyEight — EXCLUSIVE: ABC News is hiring The Economist's G. Elliott Morris to be the editorial director of data analytics for the news division …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A look at SCOTUS' Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh rulings and why Justice Thomas' explanation for Section 230's existence bodes well for the internet — Our long national wait for how the Supreme Court would rule regarding Section 230 is over, and the answer is... we need to keep waiting.
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@digiphile, @jess_miers, The Nation, TechCrunch, Technology & …, Washington Post, Next TV, The Hill, CNBC, CNN, Politico, Reason, ABC7, MediaPost, Quartz, Fast Company, Variety, The Messenger, Fox Business, The Verge and Boing Boing
Raphael Helfand / The Fader:
Bandcamp workers vote 31-7 in favor of forming the union Bandcamp United and await certification by the NLRB, to be followed by a collective bargaining process — Bandcamp workers voted 31-7 today in favor of forming Bandcamp United. — Back in March, a year after their company was purchased …
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Bandcamp Updates, @bandcampunited and @bandcampunited
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Amazon takes a 50% subscription fee cut for the streaming services on Prime Video Channels while YouTube is offering 40% or less for Primetime Channels — YouTube and Netflix are the most-watched streaming services in America. But it is Amazon that has come closest to building …
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@sizpatel and TechCrunch
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK B2B information and events business Informa, which owns Industry Dive, acquires Winsight, which owns Foodservice Director and Restaurant Business, for $380M — Winsight's brands include titles such as Foodservice Director and Restaurant Business. — B2B information and events business Informa …
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