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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: in a staff call, Chris Licht responded to an Atlantic profile, saying he will strive to win back trust, move his office back to the newsroom, and more — CNN chief Chris Licht told staffers Monday he wants to help them make the news rather than being a central figure in it.
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Brian Stelter / New York Magazine:
Over 40 CNN staffers share their anger and fear after The Atlantic's 15,000-word defenestration of Chris Licht and the network announcing David Leavy as its COO — Staffers' confidence is shaken, but the CEO is vowing to “fight like hell to win back their trust.”
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Internal document: Twitter's US ad revenue from April 1 to the first week of May fell 59% YoY to $88M; sources say that performance is unlikely to improve soon — In internal forecasts, the company projected that ad sales would keep declining, handing a tough challenge to its new chief executive.
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Sahar Elhabashi / Spotify:
Spotify cuts ~200 jobs, or 2% of its staff, at its podcast unit, combines Parcast and Gimlet into a renewed Spotify Studios, and reports 100M+ podcast listeners — Below is an adaptation of an internal update on Spotify's Podcast Business from Sahar Elhabashi, VP, Head of Podcast Business.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Disney CEO Bob Iger announces that Disney+ will be available on the $3,499 Apple Vision Pro headset, which has a movie theater feature, at launch in early 2024 — At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Disney+ will be available on the tech giant's new Apple Vision Pro at launch.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Hundreds of Gannett journalists walked off the job on June 5 to protest the decimation of local newsrooms, in the biggest labor action in the company's history — The union representing the company's newsroom employees has urged a vote of no-confidence against the C.E.O. at a shareholder meeting on Monday.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A survey of 44 Ukrainian outlets: ~64% have more staff than before Russia's war, ~50% say grant funding is up by 50%+, and 44% get financial help from readers — Research suggests Ukraine's local newsrooms are on firmer financial footing this year. — The past year has seen an increase …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Podcast network Wondery hires N'Jeri Eaton, formerly Netflix's head of audio and Apple Podcasts' head of content, as head of co-productions for limited series — N'Jeri Eaton, former head of audio at Netflix and head of content at Apple Podcasts, is joining Wondery as head of co-productions for limited series.
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Jenna Moon / Semafor:
TV and radio stations in some Russian cities on Ukraine's border broadcast a deep fake video of Putin declaring martial law on June 5; Russia blames a “hack” — The News — A deep fake video depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin declaring martial law and warning …
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
A look at The Frost, a 12-minute movie created by Waymark using DALL-E 2, as startups like Waymark and Runway make AI tools for fast and cheap video production — Exclusive: Watch the world premiere of the AI-generated short film The Frost. — The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe in its first few shots.
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Press Gazette:
Mirror Group says there is “no evidence” Prince Harry was hacked and calls a suggestion that its journalists hacked Princess Diana's phone “total speculation” — Prince Harry's individual case against Mirror Group Newspapers opened on Monday.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
A profile of Sean Bailey, who is in charge of Disney's live-action remakes and finds ways to make stories less retrograde, putting Disney in cultural fights — Sean Bailey is in charge of live-action remakes of films like “The Little Mermaid.” It's a job that puts him in the middle of a partisan divide.
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