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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 …
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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 …
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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 — 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
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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
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Jaleesia Fobbs / KRDO:
Gannett plans to move printing of The Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado to Denver, affecting ~51 employees, and is putting the Chieftain's building on the market — PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)—A recent press release statement by the Pueblo News Guild is announcing that Gannett, the corporate owner …
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Pueblo Chiefton, Denver Post and @tracywumps
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
TalkTV issues an apology and pays “substantial damages” to a UK migrant rights charity after a presenter called the organization's members “human traffickers” — TalkTV has issued an apology and paid “substantial damages” to a migrants' rights charity over defamatory claims …
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@talktv and @jolyonmaugham
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 — Silver, a former professional poker player, was in the business of measuring probabilities. Many readers mistook him for an oracle.
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@newyorker, @palewire, Poynter, @akamisterjayem, @lxeagle17, @thorongil16 and @mattyglesias
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 — I. — Today, let's talk about the Reddit protests that temporarily took down the site today — and how …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode
Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode
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