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1:05 AM ET, May 21, 2023

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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.
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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.
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
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.
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 …
Discussion: Dow Jones Newswires
 
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Jason P. Frank / Vulture:
YouTube star Hank Green announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, will undergo chemotherapy, and will take a break from some of his projects
New York Times:
Five TikTok creators sue to overturn Montana's law that is set to ban the app on January 1, 2024, arguing the law violates their First Amendment rights and more
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: Disney plans to remove dozens of Disney+ and Hulu shows on May 26; the company announced a $1.5B to $1.8B impairment charge on its May 10 earnings call
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter increases its video upload limits for Blue subscribers from one hour and 2GB to two hours and 8GB, but the maximum resolution remains at 1080p
Patrick Oster / Bloomberg:
Real estate billionaire Sam Zell, whose $8.3B leveraged buyout of Tribune Co. led to layoffs of 4,200 people and bankruptcy, dies at 81
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Christiane Amanpour says she and CNN CEO Chris Licht exchanged “robust” views over Donald Trump's town hall, becoming the first CNN anchor to publicly dissent
 

 
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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Kuo: A20 chips in iPhone 18 models will be made using TSMC's 2nm process, as TSMC's trial production of 2nm chips reached yields well above the 60%-70% range

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Democratic senators helping Trump's strongest Senate allies repeal Section 230 could give the Trump administration unprecedented power to control online speech

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Tencent unveils Hunyuan T1, a new reasoning AI model powered by its Hunyuan Turbo S AI model, and claims it rivals DeepSeek's R1 in both performance and pricing

 
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