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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
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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Financial Times:
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
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Katie Paul / Reuters:
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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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
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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Liz Bowie / The Baltimore Banner:
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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Zach Seward / ZMS:
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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Deepa Parent / The Guardian:
Ahead of a trial of two female journalists who covered Mahsa Amini's death, Iran's reporters describe beatings, threats, and imprisonment for covering protests — 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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Wall Street Journal:
Studios invoked force-majeure rights in recent weeks to hold deals with authors whose books are being adapted into movies and TV shows 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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Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
Q&A with the co-founders of Good Tape, a new biannual print magazine that aims to feature a mix of journalism and cultural criticism about audio storytelling — This is Hot Pod, The Verge's newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. … Hope everyone is well rested after the holiday weekend.
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The Information, @askhalid and Columbia Journalism Review
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
WAN-IFRA survey of 101 editors, journalists, and other newsroom staff: ~49% say their newsroom is actively working with generative AI, mostly for text creation — The WAN-IFRA survey indicated it is management, rather than individual journalists, driving adoption.
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@jjaron, @eliothiggins, @tom___scott, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @benfenton and What's New in Publishing
Mary Yang / NPR:
A look at Sino Monthly, a Chinese-language magazine with six full-time staff that costs $1.25/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.
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@niemanlab, @sarahstonbely and @jsamditis
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: former NFL punter Pat McAfee's ESPN contract is for five years and worth ~$85M; for its $17M, ESPN gets 230 shows per year to 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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