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1:30 PM ET, May 31, 2023

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 Top News: 
Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Defector trying to create a journalists' utopia that isn't ethically compromised and the accompanying trade-offs, like less revenue and fewer sources  —  Defector in pursuit of a journalists' utopia  —  Deadspin, the influential sports and culture blog that all but imploded a few years ago …
Jeff Sanders / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Sinclair's Diamond Sports, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, lets its broadcast rights to the San Diego Padres expire; temporary free streams on the MLB app are likely  —  Temporary free streams on the MLB app are likely, while both direct-to-consumer and traditional cable options are pursued
Jane Bradley / New York Times:
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Digiday:
Source: Twitter has been selling ad inventory through the mobile advertising marketplace InMobi in one test market since May 13, and plans to gradually expand  —  Twitter's beleaguered ads business is on a bit of a roll these days.  —  With the appointment of a top media executive …
BBC:
The UK jails five men who sold a £10 per month subscription to illegally stream English Premier League games, generating over £7M from 50K subscribers  —  Five men who illegally streamed Premier League football matches to tens of thousands of people have been jailed.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Parrot: global demand for films and TV shows in Asian languages reached a 25% share in Q1 2023, up from ~15% in Q1 2020, driven by Chinese and Japanese content  —  WATCH NOW  —  Netflix is investing $2.5 billion to make Korean shows, says VP of Korean content
Discussion: NBC News and WORLD SCREEN
Lucy Skoulding / The Independent:
In a letter to UK culture secretary, ITV CEO says she has ordered an external review into Phillip Schofield's statement and departure from This Morning  —  Barrister will carry out review of facts around This Morning star's departure from programme  —  Phillip Schofield quits ITV after presenter admits lying over affair
Discussion: The Guardian and Deadline
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Cox Media, Fox Corp, and CBS agree to pay a combined $48M to settle antitrust claims of price fixing for spot advertising on broadcast TV; Cox will pay $37M  —  Cox Media Group LLC, Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and CBS Corp have agreed to pay a combined $48 million to resolve civil antitrust claims …
Ben Smith / @semaforben:
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal:
Studios notified authors whose books are being turned into movies and TV shows that they are putting book adaptation deals on hold until the WGA strike ends  —  Studios from Netflix to Amazon put book-adaptation deals on hold amid writers' strike  —  Joshua Ferris thought two of the books …
Discussion: @bysarahkrouse and The Ringer
 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Google TV adds the Live tab to some devices in Germany, with streaming channels from Joyn and Zattoo, first time the feature has been offered outside the US
Discussion: Broadband TV News, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
Mia Sato / The Verge:
After a fake Pentagon “explosion” image went viral, Twitter adds Community Notes to images, with an image's notes appearing on “recent & future matching images”
Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: India denied visa renewals to the last two Chinese journalists in the country; of 2022's four Indian journalists in China, at least two can't return
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
JioCinema breaks the global record for the most concurrent views to a live-streamed event with 32M+ viewers for the May 29 IPL final; Hotstar had 25.3M in 2019
Roula Khalaf / Financial Times:
The FT's editor says the newsroom will have a team to experiment responsibly with AI to help with tasks like mining data, analyzing content, and summarizing
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
A coalition of UK media industry bodies issues a statement challenging the Conservative party's £137/journalist fee to attend its October 2023 party conference