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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says X plans to start showing preview headlines for links again, but did not offer details on a timeline or give an example of how the cards will look — Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month.
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@elonmusk, @carnage4life@mas.to, @paultassi, @rmac18, @elonmusk, @artemr, The Wrap, Variety and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Chris Brown / CBC News:
Since October 7, at least 50 journalists have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with the vast majority from Gaza; Israel's military denies targeting them — Reporters covering the war claim they're being deliberately targeted — When a rocket fired by Israel's military flattened buildings …
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An analysis of 30 posts on X from large accounts with false or misleading claims on the Israel-Hamas war found 200 ads from 86 brands and others below 24 posts — NewsGuard identified ads for 86 major advertisers — including top brands, educational institutions, governments, and nonprofits …
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@elonmusk, @stevanzetti, @seth_hettena, @safety, @mcuban, @elonmusk, @lauren@mastodon …, @jbarro, @cmcalgary, @ttecclesbrown, The Daily Beast, @mikebenzcyber, @davidcorndc, @haaretzcom, @newsguyusa@threads.net, Social Media Today, @jttiehen, Benzinga, The Messenger, CNN, @Leonyin@mastodon.social, The Forward, Mercury News and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Source: Jeff Zucker's vision for The Telegraph includes a potential expansion into the US, where he believes a market has emerged for a center-right news outlet — The veteran TV executive is poised to take control of two prominent British news outlets, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and may expand them into America.
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@benmullin, @joegalarn, @karaswisher, @fifilamoura@eldritch.cafe, Next TV and HuffPost
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The Moscow Times:
Russian state TV channel Rossiya 24 says its military correspondent Boris Maksudov died from injuries sustained from a drone attack in Ukraine — Updated with news of Maksudov's death. — A journalist working for Russian state television has died from injuries sustained in a drone attack in Ukraine, the network said Thursday.
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Mari Cohen, an editor at Jewish Currents, a digital and print magazine focused on the Jewish left, as readership rises during the Israel-Hamas war — “We're very conscious of trying to hold this large community of people who are really struggling.”
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@s_peppered, @hanaatameez and American Press Institute
Ira Boudway / Bloomberg:
As Utah Jazz takes charge of its broadcasts, the NBA, MLB, and NHL will be watching whether teams can thrive without a steady RSN revenue stream — With its regional sports network shuttered, the team has taken charge of its broadcasts. The rest of the NBA—as well as baseball and hockey—is watching.
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@anotherdancohen, @iboudway, Caroline Klein on LinkedIn, @tytalkstv and The Messenger
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
ProPublica's union complains that ProPublica is helping the Post-Gazette's management endure a strike by supplying the outlet with stories via its partnership — The media nonprofit's union wants to stop a collaboration with a newspaper whose reporters are on strike.
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@zacktanner, @dicktofel, @willsommer and @legalcat.bsky.social
Reuters:
Disney says a record 518M people in India watched matches during the cricket World Cup on its TV channels, and its app hit 59M viewers during the finals — A record 518 million Indian viewers watched the recently concluded men's cricket World Cup matches on Walt Disney-owned television channels during …
John Carreyrou / New York Times:
How Carl Rinsch's sci-fi TV series became a costly fiasco for Netflix, which burned $55M+ without receiving a single episode, an example of streaming excess — After suitors flocked to a sci-fi project by Carl Rinsch, director of a single movie, the winner handed over money and control.
Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Media campaigners say proposals in the European Media Freedom Act to stop the hacking of journalists' phones and guarantee press independence have been diluted — Fears proposals on hacking journalists' phones and press independence in European Media Freedom Act have been diluted
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@liliebayer, @pressgazette and @criticalvas
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An independent review of a police investigation into UK woman Nicola Bulley's disappearance finds failings in how non-reportable background briefings were used — Review says non-reportable background briefings could have been used effectively. — The relationship between the media and police must be …
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@carlevecrime, @pressgazette, @mariannaspring, @fhamiltontimes and The Times
CNN:
Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media suspends an ad campaign on X one month after announcing a partnership with X; it's unclear whether the partnership is still on — Paris Hilton's entertainment company 11:11 Media has pulled an advertising campaign from Elon Musk's X just one month after announcing …
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