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Deepa Parent / The Guardian:
Ahead of a trial of two female journalists who covered Mahsa Amini's death, Iran's reporters describe beatings and threats for covering protests in the country — Ahead of a trial of journalists who covered the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, reporters describe beatings and threats as government agents try to wipe out independent media
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@nazaninnour, The Times of Israel, @chrisvanhollen, @richardbranson, Reuters and The Hill
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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
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: ex-NFL punter Pat McAfee's ESPN contract is for five years and worth ~$85M; ESPN gets 230 shows per year that the network can sell advertising against — Pat McAfee's deal with ESPN is for five years and around $85 million, The Post has learned. — With the contract …
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@wadeplem, Awful Announcing, @nickthepicker, @el_budget, The Big Lead, @_willcompton, @garrettsprints and Fox 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 …
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Deadline, @bysarahkrouse and The Ringer
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 …
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@thelostogle, @lukeoneil47, Washington Post, @patricklenton, @macaulaybalkan, @lukeoneil47.bsky.social, @apocalypticanow.bsky.social, @mediaevan, @defectormedia, @maxrivlinnadler, @kottke, @sorayaroberts, @libbycwatson, @inthefade, @dannyfunt, @saksappeal, @drewmagary, @mckinneykelsey, @kslane, @freddydeknatel, @biblioracle, @annatarkov, @kateconger, @mikeisaac, @laurawags, @caseynewton.bsky.social and Awful Announcing
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 …
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@larakiara, @jason_kint, @mayazi, @dmarti, @myles_younger and @uofdigital
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
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NBC News and WORLD SCREEN
Mia Sato / The Verge:
After a fake image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon went viral, Twitter adds Community Notes to images, set to appear on “recent and future matching images” — Twitter is expanding its crowdsourced fact-checking program to include images, shortly …
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MediaPost, The Drum, Mashable, @communitynotes, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, @communitynotes and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
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.
Financial Times:
OPEC bars Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal from its meeting this weekend; sources: the decision was instigated by Saudi Arabia's energy minister — Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones denied invites in decision driven by Saudi Arabia's energy minister
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@carlquintanilla, @energzdeconomy, @zerohedge, @rory_johnston and @energypeddler
Mary Yang / NPR:
A look at Sino Monthly, a Chinese-language magazine that costs $1.25 per issue and has become a staple for New Jersey's Chinese community — EDISON, N.J. - Bundles of free newspapers are stacked by the doors of Chinese supermarkets in New Jersey. Plastered with brightly colored ads …
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@niemanlab
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Meta says it would remove news content in California from its platforms if the state government passes a proposed law forcing tech companies to pay publishers — Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California …
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Nieman Lab, @andymstone, @emzanotti, @_greatdelusion, @gretchenapeck, @pdavis_llc, @gaufre, @mattdpearce, @humanstein, @athertonkd and @progresschamber
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