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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers that led to a landmark press freedoms SCOTUS ruling and founded the Freedom of the Press Foundation, dies at 92 — Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, he leaked a top-secret history of the conflict, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case
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Source: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tells investors no major ad holding firms are recommending an ad pause now and highlights a focus on video and partnerships — Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalize the social media company's business beyond digital advertising …
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The Guardian:
As part of its new policy on AI, The Guardian says it will use AI only when it contributes to original journalism and to help with corrections and suggestions — Over the last three months, colleagues from our editorial, creative, engineering, product, legal, commercial and partnerships teams …
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Financial Times:
Sources: media companies like News Corp and The Guardian have discussed LLM copyright issues and a subscription fee with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, or Adobe — Google and OpenAI are discussing agreements to pay publishers over using content to train generative AI models
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Thomas Fox has left Fox News, in addition to Alexander McCaskill; both were producers for Tucker Carlson and are defendants in Abby Grossberg's lawsuit — The departures are the latest fallout since the network sidelined Mr. Carlson in April. — Two top producers …
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Alex McCaskill, the Fox News producer who wrote the chyron labeling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator”, has left the company — Sources identified the culprit to The Daily Beast as Alex McCaskill, a longtime producer on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
Mia Sato / The Verge:
How the “arms race” of SEO experts has left Google Search and the web drowning in garbage text, resulting in customers and businesses failing to find each other — The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.
Sarah Honosky / The Asheville Citizen Times:
An NC Superior Court jury finds two reporters guilty of trespassing for covering a 2021 protest in a park after its closing time; they are appealing, again — ASHEVILLE - After a weeklong trial and two hours of deliberation, a Superior Court jury found self-described leftist Asheville Blade …
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Spotify and Prince Harry and Meghan's production company Archewell Audio end their partnership less than a year after Meghan's podcast debuted on the platform — The couple's production company and the streaming service announced an end to their relationship, less than a year after Meghan's podcast debuted on the platform.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Cineworld CEO and his management team will receive a combined $30M-$35M cash payout to leave the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 in July — CEO Mooky Greidinger and his brother Israel to receive most of the cash after group emerges from Chapter 11
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites — The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes' contracts, and is another sign …
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David Enrich / @davidenrich:
[Thread] US prosecutors charge three men in connection with vandalism against two NHPR journalists who had investigated an executive's alleged sexual misconduct — Breaking: Federal prosecutors in Boston have filed criminal charges against three men for a string of attacks on the homes of @laurenchooljian and another @NHPR journalist last year. Story coming soon @nytimes Here's the backstory on the attacks >> https://www.nytimes.com/...
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