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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.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: the Never Back Down super PAC has led an effort to give reporters covering Ron DeSantis more access, despite the governor's typical combative attitude — The News — The presidential campaign-in-waiting and super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are trying to warm …
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: ESPN's direct-to-consumer streamer will be a standalone service like ESPN+ and is expected to launch in 2025 or 2026 — Get plugged in on the latest in sports media — In Sept. 2021, we debuted this newsletter with a deep dive about how ESPN would likely go direct-to-consumer within …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach is testing My News Assistant, an AI-powered website that aggregates the thousands of articles published daily across its over 80 online brands — My News Assistant is currently in beta testing. — Reach is testing an AI-powered website that brings together stories …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A profile of Comcast president Mike Cavanagh, who took over NBCU after Jeff Shell was fired, as he deals with Linda Yaccarino's exit, writers strike, and more — Mike Cavanagh, a veteran of the financial crisis, has just been given a leading part in the unending drama of Hollywood.
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@benmullin and @benmullin
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
An interview with CNN's Shimon Prokupecz on covering the Uvalde, Texas school massacre, being stonewalled by the police, speaking to victims' families, and more — Nearly a year since the Texas school massacre, and ahead of a network special, the CNN correspondent addresses journalistic challenges …
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Fox News, @shimonpro, The Daily Beast, @kaitlancollins and Adweek
Scott Galloway / No Mercy / No Malice:
The WGA incorrectly assessed the situation and will exit the strike impaired, similar to the British coal miners' 1980s strike that ended with a weakened union — Forty years ago, 190,000 British coal miners went on strike. The U.K. government, which owned the mines, met none of the strikers' demands.
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Vanity Fair, @profgalloway, @gabemollica, @profgalloway, @alanjlsmith, @jeffrey723, @spencerreiss, @silveriomia, @jasondunn, @jbflint and @bigmeaninternet
David Folkenflik / NPR:
In a 145-page report, US investigators detail abuses of power by Trump's appointee helming the US Agency for Global Media that put its “missions at risk” — On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020 …
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Rolling Stone, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik and The Messenger
Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
How startups use “dynamic music” tech to adapt recorded music and create bespoke soundtracks in real time attuned to listeners' moves in games, workouts, and VR — Cutting edge technology now allows music to change its shape to fit our virtual and real world lives.
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@wordsbykristin
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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@alexandercubis, @valleymrk, @sandrabernhard 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.
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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