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8:05 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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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.
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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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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
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Jessie Pang / Reuters:
Versions of the Glory to Hong Kong protest anthem are missing on iTunes, Spotify, and Instagram Reels in Hong Kong, after the government sought an injunction
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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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
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
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The European Commission warns Apple about required interoperability of iOS and iPadOS with third-party devices under the DMA, giving Apple six months to comply

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