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6:00 PM ET, May 31, 2023

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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Multiple New York Times journalists say they remain concerned and disappointed that a puffy profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes made it to publication  —  As Holmes headed to jail Tuesday, business editor Ellen Pollock was put on the spot to defend a soft-focus profile …
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 …
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
Liz Bowie / The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore Banner CEO Imtiaz Patel plans to step down July 7 to join Gannett senior leadership; Brian McGrory will help lead the nonprofit as it seeks a new CEO  —  Our nonprofit news organization is made possible by subscribers and donors who value storytelling that impacts and uplifts communities.
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: @bysarahkrouse
Mia Sato / The Verge:
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.
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: The Wrap, NBC News and WORLD SCREEN
 
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Ben Smith / @semaforben:
In an internal note, Wired EIC Gideon Lichfield says he plans to leave the magazine in mid-September 2023, “unless a new editor is ready to start sooner”
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Google TV adds the Live tab to some devices in Germany, including Joyn and Zattoo streaming channels, the first time the feature has been offered outside the US
Discussion: Broadband TV News, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
BBC:
The UK jails five men who sold a £10-per-month subscription for illegally streaming English Premier League soccer games, generating £7M+ from 50K subscribers
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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
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
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
 

 
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Scott Stein / CNET:
Meta opens up its VR OS called Horizon OS to third parties and says Asus and Lenovo are both planning Meta Horizon OS-compatible headsets

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
Source: UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare was compromised on February 12, nine days before the ransomware attack; the company paid a ransom to the hackers

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon ends drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, which began in 2022, and plans to expand them to Tolleson, Arizona, in 2024 and other US regions in 2025

 
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