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Sources say Jeff Bezos is taking a more active role in The Washington Post's operations as staff morale craters and the paper is on pace to lose ~$100M in 2023 — The Amazon founder, who purchased The Washington Post for $250 million in 2013, has taken a more active role in the paper's operations this year.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Disney CEO Bob Iger and ESPN head Jimmy Pitaro have held early talks with the NFL, the NBA, and MLB about bringing them on as minority ESPN investors — - ESPN has held early talks about strategic partnerships with the NBA, NFL and MLB that could include the leagues taking an equity stake in the business, sources told CNBC.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
News reporters shouldn't write off AI assistance for first drafts of stories that aren't publishable; tools don't have to be perfect to be useful to journalists — Dystopian, yes — but tools don't have to be perfect to be useful to journalists. — Every other semester …
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: an Insider executive editor updates staff on AI experiments and recommends not using AI tools for quoting facts, data analysis, or getting up-to-date info
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New York Times:
Texas A&M's president quits after questions about administrative and political pressure in the school's failed effort to hire Black journalist Kathleen McElroy — The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the effort to appoint Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program.
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify plans to raise its US ad-free premium tier's price for the first time, by $1 to $10.99/month, and increase prices globally in the coming months — Audio company had avoided raising prices, but faces investor pressure to increase profitability
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek pleads guilty to CSAM transportation and possession, but not distribution; the US DOJ arrested Meek in February 2023 — The harrowing legal saga—the type of story that could've appeared on Meek's former network— has reached its conclusion.
Uyiosa Elegon / The Objective:
Three years after the George Floyd protests drew a wave of financial support, Black journalism entrepreneurs say they are struggling to sustain their newsrooms — Many Black-led outlets — digital and legacy media alike — are still trying to figure out how to sustain their work.
Check My Ads Institute:
A look at the Publir ad network, whose founders have ties to The Federalist Society and RealClearPolitics, and how it funnels ad revenue to The Donald forum — At the end of 2022, The_Donald quietly started running ads. — The_Donald, a MAGA forum banned by Reddit for its role in organizing …
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
By letting the Hollywood strike drag on, legacy companies like Disney, NBCUniversal, and Paramount risk the devastation of the traditional network TV model — This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
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Justin Garcia / Tampa Bay Times:
Lawyers for journalist Timothy Burke demand the return of his equipment from the US DOJ and argue he legally obtained controversial Fox News video outtakes — Burke's legal team says his phone and computers were seized “in violation of the law.” — Tim Burke's home office is gutted.
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs — It looks like Elon Musk really wants users to pay for Twitter Blue. … In another controversial change, Twitter will restrict …
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David Robb / Deadline:
In a 23-page document, the AMPTP disputes SAG-AFTRA's “misleading” claims of the negotiations status as of July 13, before talks broke off and the strike began — UPDATED with SAG-AFTRA response: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is disputing SAG-AFTRA's …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Former White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield joins CNN as an on-air political commentator; Bedingfield left her White House post in February 2023 — Former White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield has joined CNN as an on-air political commentator.
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