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2:10 PM ET, May 22, 2023

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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 …
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.
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 …
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
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Politico, The New York Times, and other outlets plan to sit out the GOP presidential primary debates due to the cost and the potential for brand damage  —  The Scoop  —  Some major media outlets have decided to sit out the Republican presidential primary debates.
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.
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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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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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
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
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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
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
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
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