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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
IBM suspends its advertising on X after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, Xfinity, and NBCU's Bravo alongside pro-Nazi material — Tech company's move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino's efforts to convince brands Elon Musk's platform is safe
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Over a dozen Jewish celebrities and creators confronted TikTok executives on a call, urging them to do more to address antisemitism and harassment on the app — TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content. “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
TikTok removes videos promoting Osama Bin Laden's “Letter to America” that justified the 9/11 attacks, but calls reports that they were trending “inaccurate” — - George Santos “Blatantly Stole From His Campaign” And Deceived Donors, House Ethics Committee Report Says; Congressman Won't Seek Reelection
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Study: there are ~6,000 local newspapers left in the US, down from 8,891 in 2005; 4,790 publish weekly and 204 counties, or 6.4%, don't have a local news outlet — The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: the Los Angeles Times bans staff members who signed an open letter condemning Israel's bombing of Gaza from covering the war for at least three months — The Los Angeles Times is prohibiting staff from covering the Gaza war for at least three months if they signed …
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Dan Sheehan / Literary Hub:
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Boyer resigns as The New York Times Magazine's poetry editor, calling out “ghoulish euphemisms” about Palestinians' suffering — It's been a hell of a 24 hours for writers demonstrating moral courage. — Last night at the National Book Awards …
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
How The Washington Post decided to publish an extremely graphic report on mass shootings, aiming to show the brutality and devastation and avoid desensitization — ‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post's executive editor told Poynter.
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ned Blackhawk wins the National Book Award for nonfiction and Justin Torres wins for fiction; 12+ nominees issue a statement seeking an Israel-Hamas cease-fire — Justin Torres' novel “Blackouts,” a daring and illustrated narrative that blends history and imagination in its recounting …
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Anne Branigin / Washington Post:
A profile of legal reporter Meghann Cuniff, who became popular via social media, particularly Black Twitter, for covering hip-hop stars' trials and tribulations — Covering the trials of hip-hop celebs made Meghann Cuniff a star on social media. Now, she's translating legalese for the masses.
Kayla Wassell / Cord Cutters News:
Samsung updates TV Plus with a dedicated music destination, a Best of Kids section, and more news coverage, and says the app's global viewership is up 60% YoY — Samsung TV Plus released a slew of new channels, titles, and an extensive product update to help find new content on the free platform.
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How Audacy's ~$1.5B bet on CBS Radio backfired: radio is struggling, podcasts and streaming audio did not make enough revenue to replace lost ad sales, and more — - Field family gambled, lost on $1.5 billion CBS Radio merger — Young listeners and sponsors bailing on struggling industry
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube updates its guidelines to allow monetizing videos that display nudity while breastfeeding if a child is present, non-sexually graphic dancing, and more — YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity …
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