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An interview with Deborah Turness, who joined as BBC News' first CEO in 2022, on investing in fact-checking brand Verify, BBC Studios, BBC.com plans, and more — BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness has promised more investment in fact-checking and transparency brand BBC Verify …
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A look at factors that prolonged the WGA strike, including different priorities for streamers and studios, and how dialog might prevent another standoff later — Why did it take five months? — That's the vexing question that entertainment industry insiders are wrestling with even as they cheer …
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@tvmojoe, The Verge, NPR and Comic Book


Instagram head Adam Mosseri reiterates Threads' position on hard news, saying that Threads does not intend to “amplify” news because it's currently “too risky” — Instagram's new Twitter-like app Threads is not prepared to truly challenge Elon Musk's X …
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@mosseri@threads.net, @jason_kint, Bloomberg, @jonkeeganstories@threads.net, @iddybud@threads.net, @jasonszep@threads.net, @ajb0211@threads.net, @raysteelewfyi@threads.net, @ckopyar@threads.net, @gaberivera@threads.net, @sarahfrier@threads.net, @yayitsrob@threads.net, @timsilverbonito@threads.net, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @daultonvenglar@threads.net, @luckytran@threads.net, @mateosboy@threads.net, @originalspin@threads.net, @matthewbreen0@threads.net, @drewharwell@threads.net, @craigmod@threads.net, Bloomberg, @miasato.2@threads.net and @jamespollard@threads.net


Sources: in a testy staff meeting about layoffs, interim Washington Post CEO Patty Stonesifer said “this is a really good business that we overshot on expenses” — A meeting between Washington Post leadership and staff grew contentious over its buyout program.
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Washington Post, @glennthrush, The Wrap and The Guardian
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The Washington Post is offering voluntary buyouts over the next few weeks, aiming to cut ~240 jobs out of 2,500 to offset digital subscription and ad challenges
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Washington Post, @willoremus@mastodon.social, @nkulw, @benmullin, Media Nation, @farhip, @kemettler, The Messenger, New York Post, Poynter, @postguild, @postguild, @postguild, @postguild, @postguild, @davidfolkenflik, NPR, NPR, Press Watch, @blogdiva@mastodon.social, @brianvastag@sciencemastodon …, The Information, The Daily Beast, The Hill and @oliverdarcy@threads.net


A look at the work of a small group of journalists based full-time in the now blockaded Gaza Strip, reporting for the BBC, the AP, Reuters, AFP, and Al Jazeera — “As I drove around, it felt as if there had been an earthquake,” writes the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Rushdi Abu Alouf …
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Variety, Associated Press, @rushdibbc, Screen, Insider, Committee to Protect …, Washington Post, Mediaite, CNN, Adweek, CBS News, Al Jazeera and The Desk


Producer Alexandra Poolos sues CBS, CBS News, and parent company Paramount Global for gender discrimination, claiming she was wrongly terminated from 60 Minutes — A former producer on “60 Minutes” is suing CBS, CBS News and parent company Paramount Global for gender discrimination …
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Adweek, Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, The Wrap, Newser, @menendezrand, Deadline and Reuters


Internal memo: NPR traffic loss has been negligible in the six months since it left Twitter, after the platform labeled NPR “US state-affiliated media” — The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn't worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
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@tchambers@indieweb.social, Fortune, @randfish@mastodon.social, @Johannab@wandering.shop, @emmalbriant@mastodon.online, @Zeb_Larson@zirk.us, @thesiswhisperer@aus.social, The Times of Israel, @paul@oldfriends.live, @claesdevreese@mastodon.social, Pixel Envy and Los Angeles Times, more at Techmeme »


Piper Sandler survey of 9,000+ US teens: 29.1% of their daily video consumption time is on YouTube, beating Netflix for the first time at 28.7%, and ~7% on Hulu — - Teenagers in the United States say they watch more video on YouTube than Netflix, according to a new survey from investment bank Piper Sandler.


A look at nonprofit news service ICT's three-person mountain bureau at the University of Montana School of Journalism, covering Indigenous peoples in the region — About a year and a half ago when the nonprofit Native news service ICT was considering locations for a new regional bureau, Montana rose to the top.


Studies: DMG Media, News UK, and Reach control 90% of the UK national newspaper market and 40%+ of the audience reach across the UK's top 50 online news brands — Report finds that three UK publishers control 90% of print reach and 40% of online reach. — There are “dangerous levels …
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@gordy_mc1ntosh, @josiahmortimer and @pannusf10


FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposes requiring TV providers to issue rebates to multichannel subscribers in the event of a blackout of broadcast stations — - Joe Biden Condemns Hamas “Act Of Sheer Evil” In Attacks On Israel, Says Americans Among Hostages; Journalists Describe Scene Of Massacre At Kibbutz
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The Desk, The Verge, Variety, Radio & Television … and Next TV


China releases Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who was jailed in August 2020 on ill-defined security allegations of sharing Chinese state secrets overseas — The Australian journalist was freed and is back home in Melbourne after being detained in August 2020 over national security-related accusations
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Bloomberg, Bloomberg, BBC, @drewpavlou, @andrewbgreene, @zdaniel, @leo_puglisi6, @kieran_gilbert, @stephendziedzic, @birmo, Newser, @albomp, @bendohertycorro, NPR, @senpaterson, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, Associated Press, CNN, Al Jazeera and New York Daily News