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Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Tucker Carlson releases his two-hour interview with the Russian president Vladimir Putin for free on his website and on X — The former Fox News host sat with the Russian president in Moscow — Tucker Carlson released his two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president whose military …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin says he would “not rule out” releasing Evan Gershkovich, but maintains claims the WSJ reporter committed espionage — “At the end of the day, it does not make any sense to keep him in prison in Russia,” Putin told Tucker Carlson during their two-hour interview.
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
A profile of OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap, tasked by Sam Altman with striking a deal with Axel Springer, which may offer a road map for additional media deals — Brad Lightcap helped seal the startup's deal with publisher Axel Springer. Now he's experimenting with the company's business model.
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Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
News Corp CEO says it is in advanced talks with major AI companies to license its content and that Sam Altman understands “the social importance of journalism”
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@edmundlee@threads.net, @edmundlee@threads.net, @johnbuckley_, @katie_robertson, The Guardian and The Wrap
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
X signs a two-year deal with the WWE for a new exclusive weekly video series called WWE Speed featuring timed matches of 5 minutes or less, coming spring 2024 — ‘WWE Speed’ will stream timed matches meant to end in five minutes or less on the Elon Musk-owned platform.
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Mike Tanier / Defector:
A journalist who covered the NFL for Football Outsiders, The Messenger, and The NYT talks about his experience working for them and the state of sports media — I covered the NFL for three media outlets in the last calendar year: Football Outsiders, The Messenger, and The New York Times.
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@nfl_dougfarrar, @miketanier, @seamoosi, @lemieuxlgm and Awful Announcing
Kevin Lind / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on the necessity and the difficulty of writing about structural issues like dark money, the change in SCOTUS coverage, and more — In 1999, Dahlia Lithwick happened to be in Washington, DC, when the federal government was suing Microsoft over antitrust violations.
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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
A US jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann damages of $1M+ in his defamation suit against two right-wing bloggers claiming he manipulated his research data — The verdict comes amid heightened attacks on scientists working on climate change, vaccines and other issues
Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
Sources: Sinclair is exploring strategic alternatives for the Tennis Channel, including bringing in an equity partner; Sinclair purchased it in 2016 for $350M — Sinclair Inc. is exploring bringing in an equity partner for the Tennis Channel as well as other strategic alternatives for the network …
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@fos, @aericfisher, Awful Announcing, The Streamable, Bloomberg, Bloomberg and Cord Cutters News
Sammy Hudes / The Canadian Press:
Memo: Bell Media plans to sell 45 radio stations and end some TV newscasts in stations such as CTV and BNN Bloomberg, after its parent BCE announced layoffs — Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs — Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
An interview with Piers Morgan on ending his live broadcast show Piers Morgan Uncensored on News UK's TalkTV to focus on YouTube — The Scoop — The British broadcaster Piers Morgan is giving up his live, daily, hour-long evening news show for a YouTube-first, digitally native …
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Martin K.N Siele / Semafor:
Sources: Kenya's media giants are weighing a legal fight with the government for awarding a contract to The Star, a newspaper with only 3% market share in 2022 — NAIROBI — Executives at two of Kenya's largest media houses are considering legal challenges to what they believe …
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@semaforafrica and @gengetonedon
Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
The city of Minneapolis agrees to pay $950K to settle a suit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment while covering George Floyd protests — The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected …
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