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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.
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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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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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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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Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, ProFootballTalk and Puck
Chloe Xiang / VICE:
Some blue-check Twitter accounts, one pretending to be Bloomberg, spread an AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon; the stock market briefly dipped — An AI-generated image of a fake explosion near the Pentagon went viral thanks to blue-check Twitter accounts. — Chloe Xiang
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Biden nominates veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez as FCC Commissioner, and nominates Democrat Geoffrey Starks and Republican Brendan Carr for new FCC terms — The White House also nominated Democrat Geoffrey Starks and Republican Brendan Carr for new terms on the Commission.
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Bloomberg, Variety, The Hill, The Desk, The White House, Deadline, Washington Post, Radio & Television …, TVNewsCheck, Reuters, The Verge, Free Press and RADIO ONLINE, more at Techmeme »
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Politico, the New York Times, and other outlets plan to sit out the GOP presidential primary debates due to costs and the potential for brand damage — Some major news organizations are sitting out of participating in the Republican presidential debates. — THE SCOOP
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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 …
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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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David Folkenflik / NPR:
In a report, US investigators detail the abuses of power by Michael Pack, the Donald Trump appointee who led the USAGM, and how he 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
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Cinedigm rebrands as Cineverse, and says its namesake streaming service that launched last fall is the sixth-largest streamer globally with its 22K+ titles — EXCLUSIVE: As its stock price continues to languish, Cinedigm is following through on its stated plan to rebrand the company …
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MediaPost, The Desk, The Wrap, Variety, Cineverse Corp., WORLD SCREEN and Media Play News
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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