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Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel:
Israel's communication minister proposes a resolution halting all state business with Haaretz because the left-wing daily “undermines the goals of the war” — Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi proposes a government resolution to halt any state advertising …
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@alivelshi, @jaketapper, Mediaite, @trekbek.bsky.social and UPROXX
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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 …
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Public statements on the Israel-Hamas war roil Hollywood, as agencies drop clients and demote or fire staff and producers of Scream 7 fire Melissa Barrera
Public statements on the Israel-Hamas war roil Hollywood, as agencies drop clients and demote or fire staff and producers of Scream 7 fire Melissa Barrera
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Financial Times:
A New York law that suspended the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims spurred a flood of lawsuits and hope among advocates for a music industry reckoning — Almost 3,000 lawsuits have been filed in the year since the Adult Survivors Act passed — One evening in 2001 …
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CNN, Billboard, Variety, Digital Music News, CMU, Reuters, The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone, Vibe and The Daily Beast
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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Philip Reeves / NPR:
A snapshot from the Media Hub in Riga, Latvia, which offers refuge to exiled Russian and Belarusian journalists, like Kirill Martynov of Novaya Gazeta Europe — Russian independent news media is still functioning from Riga, Latvia. The exile presents challenges to newsgathering and press freedom.
Will Augerot / @willy_auge:
Lapham's Quarterly staff was furloughed indefinitely after the American Agora Foundation's board placed the magazine on hiatus in late October 2023 — A message from the staff of Lapham's Quarterly (@laphamsquart): [image]
Columbia Journalism Review:
An analysis of The New York Times and The Washington Post from September 1, 2022, until Election Day showed both favored political horse-race news, not policy — Researchers examine the self-serving fiction of ‘objective’ political news — Seven years ago, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election …
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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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.
NewsGuard:
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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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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Financial Times, @joegalarn, @benmullin, @karaswisher, @fifilamoura@eldritch.cafe, Next TV and HuffPost
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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