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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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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: the Never Back Down super PAC is working to give reporters covering Ron DeSantis more access, despite the governor's pride in his combative operation — The News — The presidential campaign-in-waiting and super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are trying to warm …
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@maxwelltani, @maggienyt, @jayrosen_nyu, @mckaycoppins, The Daily Beast, Forbes, @sallygold, @_ethangrey, @maggienyt, @jbillinson, @bgrueskin, @jayrosen_nyu, @economyben, Associated Press, The Hill and CNN
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
A critique of the Supreme Court press corps, which covers justices as untouchable and ignores issues like ethical lapses, and suggestions for improving the beat — This is a part of Disorder in the Court, a weeklong series on the legal press and the most explosive Supreme Court in generations …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @hilella, @ericschultz, @joedudekjd, @jyuter, @susanematthews, @grantstern, @susanbordson, @newsjennifer, @kevinmkruse, @jisraelbalderas and @davidoatkins
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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Axios, @benmullin, @flitteronfraud, @benmullin, @nytimesbusiness and @benmullin
Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
Shutterstock plans to acquire Giphy from Meta for $53M in cash, after the UK CMA blocked Meta's acquisition in 2022; Meta can still access Giphy content — Stock photos repository Shutterstock Inc (SSTK.N) said on Tuesday it would buy animated-images platform Giphy Inc from Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) for $53 million in cash.
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Shutterstock, Inc., TechCrunch and The Information, more at Techmeme »
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: ESPN's DTC streaming service will be a standalone product like ESPN+ but will include all of ESPN's programming and is likely 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 …
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Barrett Media, Awful Announcing and ProFootballTalk
Anne Branigin / Washington Post:
A look at The Wall Street Journal's decision to drop courtesy titles like Mr., Ms., and Mx., leaving The New York Times as the most notable holdout remaining — The Wall Street Journal is the latest newspaper to drop titles such as “Mr.,” “Ms.” and “Mx.” — The Wall Street Journal has gone …
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@austinramzy and @thesarahkelly
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Nielsen: from May 15 to May 19, CNN averaged 429K daily viewers, its lowest week since June 2015; Fox News had its worst key demo ratings since September 2001 — This reporting is featured in this week's edition of Confider, The Daily Beast's media newsletter. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.
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UPROXX
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
As music revenue slows, record labels may force Spotify, which has never changed its US base plan's price, to follow Apple, Amazon, and others in raising prices — Good evening from Cannes, where I saw a three-hour Argentine heist movie, a Pedro Almodovar short starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, and Martin Scorsese's latest.
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@guillermosmind, Billboard, @pkedrosky, @kouroshshafi, @lucas_shaw, @realkunalashah, @tiagodf and @lucas_shaw
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Max introduces a higher-priced tier: Ultimate Ad-Free for $20/month, offering four concurrent streams, 100 offline downloads, and 1,000+ 4K UHD films and shows — With HBO Max turning into Max, Warner Bros. Discovery is introducing a higher-priced plan — $19.99 per month …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach is beta testing My News Assistant, an AI-powered website that aggregates the thousands of articles published daily across its 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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HoldtheFrontPage and @pressgazette
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Filing: E. Jean Carroll asks to amend her 2019 defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, seeking a “very substantial” amount for his comments at CNN's town hall — The former president's repeated denials that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages, her lawyer wrote.
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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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