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1:55 PM ET, June 22, 2023

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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board defended itself for publishing Samuel Alito's op-ed “scooping” a ProPublica story about his ties to a billionaire  —  The Wall Street Journal is dismissing criticism it is facing for publishing an Op-Ed from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito …
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Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley:
[Thread] US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito uses a Wall Street Journal op-ed to respond to ProPublica questions for a report, instead of issuing a statement  —  Justice Alito appears to be trying to get out ahead of a new ProPublica report that will address a trip he went on with billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer. Weirdly, it is published as an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/...
New York Times:
Sources: a group of buyers, including Fortress, plans to acquire Vice Media out of bankruptcy for $225M; of all the bids, only Fortress' was deemed “qualified”  —  The company was part of a group of bidders that offered $225 million to acquire the bankrupt media company.
CNN:
A Russian court denies Evan Gershkovich's appeal against the extension of his pre-trial detention; in May, Gershkovich's detention was extended to August 30  —  Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost his appeal against the extension of pre-trial detention in Moscow on Thursday on spying charges, which he denies.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
A profile of UK gossip newsletter Popbitch, which has 300K subscribers, and co-founder Camilla Wright, as she considers becoming “part of a bigger organization”  —  “I'm starting to wonder, for the first time, whether it would be a good time to be part of a bigger organisation.”
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
BBC Studios acquires Copenhagen-based production company STV, helping the BBC grow its presence in Scandinavia; STV will be rebranded under BBC Studios moniker  —  BBC Studios has acquired pan-Scandinavian production company STV.  —  The acquisition will help the British production …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Geraldo Rivera says his last appearance on Fox News' The Five will be next week and “growing tension” wasn't worth it; he plans to remain a Fox correspondent  —  Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” …
Lou Paskalis / Fast Company:
Advertisers can fight the collapse of newsrooms by bringing back $1B to news, discarding fear of ads alongside hard news, and rebranding news as an ESG effort  —  The news business is in trouble.  This month, hundreds of the remaining journalists still employed by Gannett …
 
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Carolyn Giardina / The Hollywood Reporter:
Secret Invasion credits creator Method Studios says “no artists' jobs were replaced” when using AI and the tools “complemented and assisted our creative teams”
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Insiders at WBD Poland say its anti-government reporting is being used as an excuse to potentially shut down operations, which includes its news network TVN
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Comcast-owned UK broadcaster Sky launches Sky Live, a camera designed to add social, fitness, and gaming features to its smart TVs via USB-C and HDMI, for £290
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
NYC-based newsletter platform beehiiv raised a $12.5M Series A led by Lightspeed and says the service has 7,500 active newsletters with 350M monthly impressions
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon:
Ron Wyden, Mike Lee, and Richard Durbin reintroduce the bipartisan PRESS Act to shield journalists from government surveillance; a similar House bill is planned
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Denmark's biggest daily, Politiken, is boosting engagement, pageviews, and subscriptions using “super articles” inspired by The New York Times' Snowfall in 2012
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire:
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson call WBD CEO David Zaslav to advocate for Turner Classic Movies' leadership team, hit with layoffs
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
YouTube TV expands its Multiview feature test to let some subscribers view up to five news, sports, and weather streaming channels at the same time