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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Gannett is hiring a full-time Taylor Swift reporter to cover Swift's fanbase and her effect on pop culture as she embarks on the next stage of her Eras Tour — The chance to report on Taylor Swift full-time just debuted. — Millions of Americans encounter the immovable force that is Taylor Swift …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Bob Boilen, who created NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered and directed All Things Considered for 18 years, says he's leaving NPR after 35 years — EXIT STAGE LEFT — Bob Boilen, the NPR Music stalwart whose desk has played host to countless musicians for the famed Tiny Desk Concerts series …
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Taylor Lorenz / Rolling Stone:
Extremely Online book excerpt: how Julia Allison invented the concept of a content creator in the mid-2000s, for which journalists and others villainized her — In her book ‘Extremely Online,’ journalist Taylor Lorenz details how Julia Allison invented the concept of being a content creator a decade before it caught on
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New York Times:
WGA leaders are scheduled to meet with some A-list showrunners who want strike negotiations, including Kenya Barris, Noah Hawley, Dan Fogelman, and Tyler Perry — Some showrunners, eager for progress in the Hollywood strike, want the Writers Guild of America to meet with studios.
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
The Dallas Morning News, which reported a $0.9M net loss in Q2 2023, offers buyouts that could eliminate as many as 40 jobs across the company, or a 6% cut — The buyouts could eliminate as many as 40 jobs — a 6% reduction in head count — across the company
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour reflects on her career and how covering genocide led her to adopt her motto: “be truthful, but not neutral” — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.
Daniel Tilles / Notes From Poland:
Poland plans to create a free state streaming service to let citizens watch on their phones national sports teams' matches and films produced with public funds — Poland's government has outlined plans to create a state streaming service - which media have dubbed a “national Netflix” …
Stephanie Kaloi / The Wrap:
Southern California Public Radio CEO Herb Scannell says he is retiring, three months after LAist laid off 12% of its reporters amid news of $500K+ CEO salaries — The announcement comes three months after 12% of LAist staffers were let go in heavily criticized layoffs
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Former FaZe Clan staff describe a mismanaged creator organization, as its market cap falls from $725M at its 2022 SPAC merger to below $15M; FaZe fired its CEO — The board fired CEO Lee Trink following a steep decline in the shares — Three months after its July 2022 debut on the Nasdaq …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail product director Simon Regan-Edwards says the newspaper has ~160K subscribers, including 90K digital and Mail+ is now a “substantial” revenue stream — Executives from two of the UK's biggest newsbrands share lessons from their digital products.
Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI announces its text-to-audio tool Stable Audio, which can generate 20, 45-second tracks per month for free or 500, 90-second tracks for $12/month — What comes after building generative AI technology for image and code generation? For Stability AI, it's text-to-audio generation.
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Tim Starks / Washington Post:
Researchers: the iPhone of Meduza owner Galina Timchenko was infected with Pegasus in Germany, the first known case of the tool being used against a Russian — Unclear is who planted the spyware while the founder of the Meduza news outlet was in Germany — The iPhone of a prominent Russian …
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