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6:30 PM ET, June 14, 2023

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify shifts its podcast strategy from being a sort of HBO that releases exclusive shows to providing tools for podcast creators, similar to YouTube's model  —  Over the past four years, Spotify Technology SA has announced a succession of splashy deals showing off how much money it's willing …
Washington Post:
The 13-day Insider strike ends, as its union and management reach a deal that boosts the pay minimum to $65K/year and includes a pledge for no more 2023 layoffs  —  The 13-day labor struggle prompted managers to write their own stories and the editor in chief to tear down union fliers.
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
A group of Insider employees confronted EIC Nicholas Carlson on a Brooklyn street as he pulled down pro-union flyers from lampposts; some flyers showed his face  —  The top editor of the Insider news site was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters as a labor strike dragged into its second week.
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
After a Fox News chyron called Biden a “wannabe dictator” who is “having his political rival arrested”, Fox says it was taken down immediately and addressed  —  “There is a cost to us as a news organization to knowingly broadcast untrue things,” Rachel Maddow told MSNBC viewers.
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CNN:
How CNN broke Donald Trump's arraignment news after the judge banned electronics in the courthouse, including by hiring local students as production assistants  —  The operation was devised on the eve of the arraignment.  —  The judge presiding over the Miami federal courtroom …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply  —  The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that …
Nic Newman / Reuters Institute:
Reuters' 2023 Digital News Report: despite fragmentation, users' dependence on social media platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook declines and TikTok gains  —  This year's report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world.
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Maria Ressa says she resigned in 2022 from RISJ's advisory board due to concerns about how it compiles its Digital News Report, particularly in the global south  —  Exclusive: methodology used by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism risks undermining media in global south, says Ressa
Sammy Hudes / Canadian Press:
Bell Media's parent plans to cut 1,300 jobs and close or sell nine radio stations; EVP Robert Malcolmson lamented the process around Bill C-18 and Bill C-11  —  Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE Inc.) is cutting 1,300 positions, around three per cent of its workforce, and closing …
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Disney plans to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea to focus on DTC streaming  —  Disney is to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
The US National Music Publishers' Association sues Twitter, alleging the company violates the copyright of songwriters by using ~1,700 songs without permission
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall says Phillip Schofield's relationship with a young colleague was “deeply inappropriate” and confirms internal rumors about the situation
Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
The data-based political journalism that Nate Silver has represented can be flawed but is still preferable to the Beltway-gossip model that preceded it
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Ben Collins / Nieman Lab:
In a memo to judges of the Walter Cronkite Awards, NBC News reporter Ben Collins urges American media to “not give an inch to lies and the liars who tell them”
Ted Rohrlich / LAist:
Memo: Southern California Public Radio says it plans to cut 10%+ of staff in response to a revenue shortfall primarily due to a fall in Hollywood studio ads
Nicole Carpenter / Polygon:
Swedish gaming giant Embracer Group, which bought Dark Horse Media in 2021, says it will close studios, cancel games, and cut staff after a $2B deal collapsed
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
US-based creator startups have raised $8.6B+ since 2021, but at least seven have shut down since 2022 as they were solving irrelevant problems for most creators
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Reddit's API pricing changes stem from LLMs driving up the value of the site's data, an upcoming IPO, and third-party apps generating no revenue for the company
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Internal memo: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tells employees that the platform is “on a mission to become the world's most accurate real-time information source”