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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
One politics editor has quit The Messenger; sources detail tensions over organizational confusion and demands to mass-produce articles based on rivals' 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 Week, @catthekin, The Information, @johnlegere, @titterdaily, @mshannahmurphy, @jason_kint, Neowin, @goldengateblond, @pt and @ivanthek
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, @arusbridger, @ianclucas, The Guardian, @pipsinks, Reporters Without Borders, @guardiancomms, @carolecadwalla, @dgurdasani1, @dgurdasani1, @arron_banks, @denismacshane, @danielmgmoylan, @bournemouth4eu, @jkosseff, @emilybell, @bremaininspain, @jason_kint, @epkaufm, @marcowenjones, @frank3davies, @stepbd, @mariaressa, @carolecadwalla, @marcowenjones and @jacobbe79601492
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.
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.
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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@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 for Russian journalists in April — In barring U.S. officials from visiting Evan Gershkovich, Moscow blames Washington over visa status of its reporters
Discussion:
@suneengel and The Moscow Times
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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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 …
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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Dow Jones Newswires
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 …
Discussion:
@sizpatel, TechCrunch and Screen Rant
Raphael Helfand / The Fader:
Bandcamp workers vote 31-7 in favor of forming a union, Bandcamp United, and await certification from the NLRB — Bandcamp workers voted 31-7 today in favor of forming Bandcamp United. — Back in March, a year after their company was purchased by Epic Games, Bandcamp workers announced …
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Bandcamp Updates, @bandcampunited and @bandcampunited
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