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Cameron Barr, The Washington Post's senior managing editor, is leaving at the end of June after 19 years at the Post and over seven years as managing editor — Barr, who joined The Post in 2004 after several years as a foreign correspondent, helped oversee teams that won 12 Pulitzer Prizes
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Disney has reached its target of 7,000 layoffs, or 3.2% of its total global headcount of 220,000; source: more cuts are planned internationally over time — Disney reached its 7,000 layoffs goal, handing out notices to the remaining employees impacted in its third round of job cuts …
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The Daily Wire says Twitter canceled a deal to release its What Is a Woman doc on Thursday and said it would “throttle” it due to “instances of ‘misgendering’” — Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing tore into Elon Musk and Twitter for allegedly threatening …


Multiple New York Times journalists say they remain concerned and disappointed the outlet published a soft-focus profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — As Holmes headed to jail Tuesday, business editor Ellen Pollock was put on the spot to defend a soft-focus profile …
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Meta threatens to remove news content from its platforms in California 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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Baltimore Banner CEO Imtiaz Patel plans to step down on July 7 to join Gannett's senior leadership; Brian McGrory will lead the nonprofit during its CEO search — Our nonprofit news organization is made possible by subscribers and donors who value storytelling that impacts and uplifts communities.
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AMC Theatres is transferring the entire library of films on its streaming service over to Fandango-owned Vudu; AMC will earn a portion of revenue — Four years after AMC Theatres launched its on-demand streaming service, AMC Theatres On Demand, the company is now transferring its entire library …
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OPEC bars Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal from its Vienna meeting this weekend; sources: Saudi Arabia's energy minister instigated the decision — Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones denied invites in decision driven by Saudi Arabia's energy minister


A look at the grotesque world of AI true-crime-victim TikTok, where AI deepfakes, based on images of children who were abused, describe their own ghastly demise — TikTok accounts are posting horrifying artificial intelligence-generated clips of murder victims — mostly children — describing their own ghastly demise
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Wattpad revamps its Creators Program with requirements including a commitment to writing 500 words/week; the company has paid out $3.8M in stipends since 2022 — Storytelling platform Wattpad is revamping its creator program and making it more accessible for writers, the company announced on Thursday.


William O'Neil, who founded financial news and research outlet Investor's Business Daily before selling to News Corp in 2021, dies at 90 — Oklahoma-born entrepreneur promoted a data-rich formula for stock market investing — William J. O'Neil, who grew up poor in Oklahoma during …
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Quartz co-founder Zach Seward, who has served at the publication as CEO, reporter, editor, and editor-in-chief, says he is leaving the company on June 9 — I'm stepping down from Quartz after more than 11 years as, variously, co-founder, reporter, editor, chief product officer, CEO, owner and, most recently, editor-in-chief.
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