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9:25 AM ET, May 24, 2023

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's intent in buying Twitter apparently was not only to dismantle a traditional media tool but also to turn Twitter into a right-wing media heavyweight  —  It was only a year ago that Elon Musk, then simply the guy who was hoping to buy Twitter, insisted that his politics sat squarely at the center of the national spectrum.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a discussion with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks  —  The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times reaches a tentative deal with the NewsGuild of New York that would set a salary minimum of $65K; a vote is expected in the coming week  —  The new agreement, if ratified, will give union members immediate salary increases of up to 12.5 percent.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month  —  Streamer intros “extra member” option priced at $7.99/month for adding access to those outside account holder's household
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
A US West Coast editor quit before The Messenger launched; she said she was hired for long-form journalism but the job demanded aggregated content and clickbait  —  “What was presented to me as the job and what the job was was two entirely different things,” said Bender, an editor who quit the much-hyped startup days before its launch.
Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's Max, formerly HBO Max, does not provide specific credits for writers, directors, and other creatives, instead grouping them under “Creators”  —  The former HBO Max no longer provides specific credits for writers, directors and other creatives.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google launches topic authority to surface content for Search and News based on the source's notability of topic or location, reputation, and original reporting  —  Google has announced a search system named “topic authority” to help surface relevant, expert, and knowledgeable content in Google Search and Google News.
Discussion: @pt, @rustybrick, @glenngabe and TechCrunch
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google plans to experiment with running Search and Shopping ads, which are fully customized based on users' queries, inside its conversational AI Search tool
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Belarus pardons Roman Protasevich, the journalist sentenced to eight years after he was arrested on a Ryanair flight; former allies say he has turned on them  —  Roman Protasevich became a symbol of the struggle for democracy when Belarus forced down a plane and arrested him.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
A look at New York Magazine's investment in newsletters, growing its subscribers from ~500K in 2019 to pass 1M across its 30 email products in December 2022  —  The publisher has used pop-up, subscriber-only newsletters to boost retention  —  Since retooling its newsletter strategy in 2019 …
Discussion: @markstenberg3
Jay Peters / The Verge:
News sharing app Artifact now lets users flag articles as clickbait, monitoring reported articles to potentially reduce distribution or change their headlines  —  Feel like an article is clickbait-y?  Artifact, the AI-powered news app from Instagram's co-founders, now has a tool that lets you feel like you can do something about it.
Discussion: @davezatz, Gizmodo and TechCrunch
Georgetown University:
Georgetown and the Knight Foundation commit $30M to establish the Knight-Georgetown Institute to connect researchers, journalists, and tech leaders on policy  —  Georgetown has partnered with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest $30 million in a nonpartisan institute …
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
How playwrights worked to find a compromise with the WGA amid the writers' strike to allow the Tony Awards on June 11 to go on, without a written script  —  The screenwriters' strike threatened next month's broadcast, a key marketing moment for the fragile theater industry.
 
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Will Gendron / Insider:
Spotify is building AI tools trained on its hosts' voices to create targeted ads, per Bill Simmons, the founder of the Spotify-owned podcast network The Ringer
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
In Mirror Group Newspapers' phone hacking trial, Alastair Campbell says he believes Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan ordered reporters to hack his bank account
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard rolls out support for integrating accounts from decentralized social networks Bluesky and Pixelfed, after adding support for Mastodon in February 2023
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Daily Wire plans to put all its podcasts on Twitter beginning on May 30, after YouTube demonetized videos from Daily Wire host Matt Walsh in April 2023
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
A Russian court extends Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention until at least August 30, per state news agency Rapsi, after investigators requested more time
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast unveils Now TV, a $20/month streaming package for Xfinity customers offering 40+ live channels, 20 FAST channels, and a Peacock Premium subscription
Elias Leight / Billboard:
Endel, a startup that uses AI to make “functional music”, partners with UMG to transform the label's tracks into soundscapes for sleeping, relaxing, or studying
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The uproar after right-wing outlet Daily Signal accused Fox of being pro-trans for following state laws signals an ongoing backlash after Tucker Carlson's exit
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
BuzzFeed debuts Botatouille, a free chatbot that suggests recipes from its food brand Tasty, and plans to offer AI-personalized services to sell subscriptions