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New York Times:
The NYT announces plans to disband its sports desk and rely on coverage from The Athletic online and in print; NYT sports journalists will move to other roles — Coverage of games, players and leagues will now primarily come from The Athletic, the sports website that the company bought last year.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of The Athletic's publisher, David Perpich, who helped the NYT grow into games, cooking, and more, as he tries to make The Athletic profitable by 2025
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family sell the San Diego Union-Tribune to an affiliate of MediaNews Group, the newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital — Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family have sold the San Diego Union-Tribune to competing publisher MediaNews Group …
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James Gregory / BBC:
In a letter to the BBC, a lawyer for the teen allegedly paid £35K by a BBC presenter for sexually explicit photos says the claims made in The Sun are “rubbish” — Claims made by the mother at the heart of the BBC presenter scandal are “rubbish”, a lawyer representing the young person has said.
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Rachel Ohm / Press Herald:
US nonprofit The National Trust for Local News plans to acquire all Masthead Maine's assets, including five of Maine's six daily newspapers and 17 weeklies — The National Trust for Local News has agreed to purchase 5 of the state's 6 daily papers and 17 of its weeklies in an effort to preserve local journalism.
New York Times:
A look at a planned Fox News defamation case by Ray Epps, a Trump voter who attended January 6 and Tucker Carlson named in a conspiracy theory in ~20 episodes — Tucker Carlson, before he was sidelined by Fox, repeatedly endorsed a conspiracy theory about an Arizona man, who may sue for defamation.
Axios:
Source: Instagram plans to add branded content tools to Threads, offering marketers paid promotion; Threads won't introduce ads before reaching a critical mass — Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, a source told Axios, giving marketers a way to get involved …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times leans into its B2B business with FT Professional rebranding, citing that 75% of the FT's paying readers come from B2B subscriptions — B2B subscriptions account for 75% of the FT's paying readers. — The Financial Times is targeting growth in its B2B division …
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Michael Lipin / Voice of America:
Q&A with CPJ's Yeganeh Rezaian on jailed female Iranian journalists Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi and how Iran handles high-profile political prisoners — WASHINGTON - A U.S. media rights group says Iran has kept two jailed female journalists in legal limbo for more than a month …
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@pressfreedom, @voadirector and @michael_lipin
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Los Angeles Times debuts De Los, a free, standalone vertical to reach English-dominant Latinos on its website and young news readers on Instagram and TikTok — “There is no future for the L.A. Times without Latino subscribers, because that's who lives here.”
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Clarrie Feinstein / Toronto Star:
Postmedia Network, the publisher of the National Post and Toronto Sun, and Nordstar Capital, which owns Toronto Star and Metroland Media, call off merger talks — Talks called off due to regulatory and financial uncertainty around the deal and because parties were unable to agree on terms.
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@jeffjarvis, @rickanderson, @richardwarnica, @drjacobsrad and Reuters
Reuters:
Meta told an Australian inquiry on foreign interference that it plans to build “state-affiliated media” and “fact-checking” labels on Threads “expeditiously” — Social media giant Meta Platforms (META.O), owner of Facebook and Instagram …
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
To fight back against cord-cutting, Charter plans to offer a lower-cost programming tier without RSNs and league-owned networks in Q3, likely for $10/month less — The nation's second-largest cable operator has developed a new programming model to deal with the regional sports network crisis.
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