Mediagazer: Campbell Brown, ex-Meta VP of media partnerships, becomes senior adviser for TollBit, a startup building a marketplace between AI companies and media outlets (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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Uri Berliner / The Free Press:

A 25-year veteran editor at NPR says an “open-minded spirit” no longer exists there and blames ex-CEO John Lansing's focus on race and identity starting in 2020 — Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

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David Folkenflik / NPR:

Memo: NPR Chief Content Officer Edith Chapin defends NPR's journalism and commitment to reflecting a diverse array of views, rejecting Uri Berliner's assessment — NPR's top news executive defended its journalism and its commitment to reflecting a diverse array of views on Tuesday …

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Sources: ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News draft a letter urging President Biden and former President Trump to do televised debates ahead of the election — Speculation has swirled in the political world about whether the presumptive candidates will agree to the traditional face-to-face events, a campaign staple since 1976.

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Vince Morris / Washington City Paper:

An internal “traffic sheet” from a source shows the Washington Post website had ~55M monthly visits in February 2024, down 60% from ~140M visits in April 2020 — Newspapers across the country have experienced a drop in website traffic and circulation since Donald Trump left office …

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Wall Street Journal:

Roblox partners with PubMatic to show video ads on in-game billboards to users aged 13 and over; creators that opt to show the ads will get an ad revenue cut — Roblox Users Battle Tornadoes and Raise Pets. Will They Watch Ads, Too? Online-entertainment company hires ad-tech player PubMatic …

Discussion: @nowhere.bsky.social and @saraheneedleman

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Robinhood launches its independent media brand Sherwood News, with Joshua Topolsky as editor-in-chief — - It plans to focus on ad sales before expanding to other revenue streams, like events. … The content produced by Sherwood is editorially independent, says Topolsky …

Discussion: @walthickey, kottke.org, @jbenton, @loudmouthjulia, @manvbrain, @ranimolla, @nicolebarbosapr, @joshuatopolsky and Toby Bochan on LinkedIn

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:

Comcast says it sold a record ~$1.2B in ads for the upcoming Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Paris, with $350M+ of the ad sales coming from new sponsors — The opening and closing ceremonies are sold out, according to a statement from Dan Lovinger, head of Olympics sales for Comcast's NBCUniversal …

Discussion: Reuters, NBC Sports Pressbox, MediaPost, Sportico, Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Campbell Brown, ex-Meta VP of media partnerships, becomes senior adviser for TollBit, a startup building a marketplace between AI companies and media outlets — Media veteran Campbell Brown is joining TollBit as a senior adviser, Brown told Axios. The startup is building a marketplace between AI companies and media outlets.

Discussion: Toshit Panigrahi on LinkedIn and Campbell Brown on LinkedIn

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Puck acquires Artelligence, a Substack newsletter about the global art market with 32K free and paid subscribers; Puck now has 17 journalists and 12 newsletters — Puck has acquired Artelligence, a Substack newsletter about the global art market authored by veteran art director …

Discussion: @ourand_puck, Artelligence, Sara Fischer on LinkedIn, Liz Gough on LinkedIn and Marion Maneker on LinkedIn

Sheena Vasani / The Verge:

Rakuten Kobo announces its first color e-readers, the $220 Kobo Libra Colour and the $150 Kobo Clara Colour, available for preorder now and shipping on April 30 — Rakuten Kobo is launching its first color e-readers, the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kobo Clara Colour.

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Newshub:

WBD confirms plans to close its Newshub outlet in New Zealand on July 5, cutting ~300 jobs, leaving state-owned TVNZ with a near-monopoly on TV news production — Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has confirmed plans to close its Newshub news operation, as part of a wider restructuring …

Discussion: newsroom.co.nz, 1News, The Guardian, @nzherald@threads.net, @twpapau@threads.net, @sarah4ilam.bsky.social, Scoop, @awaterevalley.bsky.social, @stephenclarkenz, NZ Herald and RNZ

Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:

Q&A with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters on the deal with Nvidia to create AI tools trained on Getty's stock images, the need for AI industry standards, and more — The stock photo giant has entered into a deal with AI giant Nvidia to create AI tools trained on Getty's copyright-protected library of stock images.

Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:

WPP announces a collaboration with Google, integrating Gemini AI tools with WPP data to create scripts, product images, and more for ad clients like Coca-Cola — The groundbreaking partnership implies Google's robots could begin creating ads for world-leading brands like Coca-Cola. — Chat with SearchBot

Discussion: PRWeek, @carnage4life@mas.to, MediaPost, LifeHacker and The Media Leader, more at Techmeme »

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