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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A deep dive into The New York Times' big bet on its Games team, which grew from ~15 people in 2015 to ~100, about the same size as the newspaper's Business desk — Wordle. Connections. Spelling Bee. Ye olde Crossword. The Times is home to beloved brainteasers that are helping boost the paper's bottom line.
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Liz Bowie / The Baltimore Banner:
The Baltimore Banner names Bob Cohn as its CEO, following Imtiaz Patel's departure in July 2023; Cohn was the president of The Atlantic and now The Economist — The Montgomery County resident has helped drive digital transformation and revenue growth at The Atlantic and The Economist
Yona Tr Golding / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Human Rights Center Investigations Lab co-founder Alexa Koenig on the promises and challenges of OSINT for journalism, OSINT ethics training, and more — On October 17, the parking lot outside Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians had amassed, was hit by an explosive of uncertain origin.
TIME:
Memo: Time EIC Sam Jacobs promotes Kelly Conniff from senior executive editor to deputy editor, in charge of day-to-day and strategic decisions — Dear all, — I am delighted to announce that Kelly Conniff has been promoted to Deputy Editor. In this role, Kelly will be my partner …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with The Guardian Deputy Editor Owen Gibson on the newspaper's voluntary contributions model, global ambitions, audience relationship, and more — Deputy editor Owen Gibson on the title's global ambitions and relationship with its audience. — The Guardian aims to continue growing the …
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MacArthur Foundation:
The MacArthur Foundation announces $48M in grants to support Press Forward, including $32.5M for a national pooled fund for local news at The Miami Foundation — - Strengthening local newsrooms that have the trust of local communities; — Improving infrastructure for local news production and dissemination;
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gower Street Analytics predicts 2024 global movie ticket sales of $31.5B, down 5% YoY, and 2024 North American box office revenue of $8B, down 11% YoY — Leading London-based box office analytics firm Gower Street attributes the downturn to Hollywood's historic labor strikes and the resulting slowdown in production.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
NowThis hires Sharon Mussalli as its CEO, its first since spinning off from Vox Media in April 2023; nonprofit Accelerate Change owns the social media outlet — The publisher is now owned by the nonprofit Accelerate Change — The social publisher NowThis, whose trending news …
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Owen Grover on LinkedIn and Sharon Mussalli on LinkedIn
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Copilot can now compose songs, including lyrics, instruments, and voices, from a sentence, due to a new integration with generative AI music app Suno — Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft's AI-powered chatbot, can now compose songs thanks to an integration with gen AI music app Suno.
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Axios:
Washington Post interim CEO Patty Stonesifer tells staff that the newspaper has met its headcount reduction goal of eliminating 240 jobs via voluntary buyouts — The Washington Post has met its headcount reduction goal through voluntary buyouts, interim CEO Patty Stonesifer said in a note to staff on Tuesday.
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Brady Snyder / Android Central:
Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries for which Bard and SGE respond to, starting in early 2024, in preparation for elections worldwide — The move is intended to curb misinformation as the 2024 election nears — What you need to know
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Reuters:
The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem files a petition with the Israeli Supreme Court to give international media immediate access to the Gaza Strip — The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem filed a petition on Tuesday with the Israeli Supreme Court requesting immediate access for international media to the Gaza Strip.
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Middle East Eye and FPA
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