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4:55 PM ET, March 13, 2024

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled The Don Lemon Show's partnership with X, hours after taping an interview with Musk on March 8 for the show's debut episode  —  The former CNN host interviewed the tech mogul last week, with the chat set to be the launch episode of his new ‘Don Lemon Show.’
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
The US House passes a bipartisan TikTok bill that forces a sale or ban of the app; the legislation faces an uncertain Senate path without a companion measure  —  The swift rebuke shifts attention to the Senate, where the bill faces significant political barriers and constitutional concerns
Stephanie Sugars / US Press Freedom Tracker:
A review shows $1.6M+ in attorneys' fees were awarded to journalists and outlets suing for public records access in the past 12 months; taxpayers paid the fees  —  Stephanie Sugars from Freedom of the Press Foundation  —  When officials wrongly keep constituents in the dark and journalists fight …
Jane Croft / The Guardian:
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Neil Young brings his music back to Spotify after requesting its removal in January 2022, saying “Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation”  —  Neil Young is bringing his music back to Spotify more than two years after requesting its removal from the platform …
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
The UK media's extreme deference over covering Kate Middleton during her medical absence highlights its double standards in its Meghan Markle coverage  —  “Where Is Kate Middleton?” yet another headline blared on Monday.  The public speculation following her unspecified abdominal surgery …
The Moscow Times:
Kremlin-linked RIA Novosti says Russia has charged Mikhail Zygar, former EIC of broadcaster Dozhd, with spreading “fake news” about Russian army atrocities  —  Russian authorities have pressed criminal charges against journalist Mikhail Zygar for spreading “fake news” …
Zac Ntim / Deadline:
Argentina's far-right government claims to have found a $4M deficit in the INCAA film body's budget and pushes through controversial plans to cut state funding  —  The government of Javier Milei, Argentina's far-right leader, has pushed through highly controversial plans to defund all state funding …
Discussion: Variety
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI announces partnerships with Le Monde and Prisa Media to bring French and Spanish language news content to ChatGPT and help train OpenAI's models  —  The startup has made a global effort to reach licensing agreements with publishers.  —  OpenAI has inked licensing deals …
Discussion: Reuters and OpenAI
Chris Welch / The Verge:
YouTube revamps its TV app to make the viewing experience more interactive and giving greater prominence to chapters, comments, and video descriptions  —  YouTube is constantly tinkering with its app design across different platforms and screen sizes, and today, the company shared the latest changes coming to its TV-optimized app.
 
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Patricia Hernandez / Polygon:
How MrBeast dominates this ostentatious YouTube era, using a fast, frantic, and omnipresent editing style, as his videos slowly evolve to focus on storytelling
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
Literary journal Guernica retracts an article by Israel-based liberal writer Joanna Chen on connecting with Palestinians, after 12+ staff resigned in protest
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Filing: the NYT denies OpenAI's claims that the NYT “hacked” ChatGPT to create misleading evidence of copyright infringement, calling the claims “grandstanding”
Kunal Purohit / Al Jazeera:
Ahead of India's 2024 general election, at least 10 Bollywood movies that have either been released recently or releasing soon amplify BJP's political agenda
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
UTA fires and sues Michael Kassan, partner and CEO of UTA-owned MediaLink, alleging misappropriation of funds; Kassan countersues UTA over MediaLink acquisition
Zach Seward:
SXSW talk: Zach Seward, NYT's editorial director of AI initiatives, catalogs some of journalism's best and worst uses of machine learning and generative AI
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Filings: Roku reveals a breach that compromised 15K+ accounts between December 2023 and February 2024 and tells users hackers didn't get sensitive personal info