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9:25 AM ET, June 15, 2023

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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  —  The National Music Publishers' Association sued Twitter Inc. Wednesday, alleging it violates the copyright of songwriters by using …
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.
Alex Sujong Laughlin / Defector:
A look back at Gimlet Media, now basically dead, and the venture capital gold rush for podcasts that forced Gimlet to chase profit at any cost  —  Gimlet Media is basically dead.  —  Last week, Spotify announced it was laying off 200 workers and combining Gimlet and Parcast into one original podcast studio within the company.
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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 …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Gottlieb, former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker, who edited Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, and more, dies at 92  —  At Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker, he polished the work of a who's who of mid-to-late 20th century writers.
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
Nick Perry / Associated Press:
New Zealand sentences two men who ran the wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to more than two years in prison, ending an 11-year extradition battle  —  Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.
Discussion: Reuters and RNZ, more at Techmeme »
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought Uber ads in Q1, up from 315K in Q4  —  The company, which sees ad sales as a key growth area, will debut long-form videos on Uber Eats, Drizly and its ride-hailing app
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 …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Streamlabs launches Podcast Editor, offering text-based editing, content reformatting for other platforms, and more, now in the $19 per month Ultra package  —  Announced today by Streamlabs' parent company Logitech, the new Podcast Editor includes AI-assisted tools like text-based editing …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: the media sector announced at least 17,436 job cuts so far in 2023, the highest YTD level, surpassing 16,750 cuts till May in 2020  —  The media industry has announced at least 17,436 job cuts so far this year, marking the highest year-to-date level of cuts on record …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian announces a global ban on gambling advertising, arguing that taking money from services that can lead to addiction is unethical  —  Ban will apply worldwide to all of media group's online and print outlets, including the Guardian, Observer, and Guardian Weekly
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
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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
 
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Sulina Connal / The Keyword:
Google reaches agreements with over 1,500 publications in 15 countries under the EU Copyright Directive and shares other updates on its journalism partnerships
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC makes political editor Andrew Probyn redundant, one of the up to 100 job cuts at the broadcaster before a major restructure kicks in on July 1
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@onionincunion:
The Onion Union says G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller laid off 13 employees, including four Onion Union members, and blasts management for not consulting the union
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
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