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9:20 AM ET, April 9, 2024

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
LA Times names Terry Tang as executive editor, the first female editor in the paper's 142-year history; Tang has been interim executive editor since January  —  Terry Tang, who has been leading the Los Angeles Times newsroom since late January on an interim basis, has been formally named executive editor.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Fortune names Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as its CEO, making her the first woman to lead the publication, taking over Alan Murray; she had been CFO and CSO since 2019  —  “The overarching goal for the company is growth,” Anastasia Nyrkovskaya said in an interview.Carly Zavala for The New York Times
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Aymann Ismail / Slate:
Q&A with Ido David Cohen, who covers Israeli media for Haaretz, about the new law banning foreign networks like Al Jazeera, its impact on Israeli outlets, more  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be moving ahead with his pledge to ban Al Jazeera following the recent passage of a new law in the Israeli Knesset.
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
How competition between states like Oklahoma and Texas to attract Hollywood productions is driving their subsidies higher, even with a poor return on investment  —  To attract movie and television production, states must try to offer the best incentives.  The competition drives spending on Hollywood subsidies ever higher.
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive is hosting the new Aruba Collection, which contains 100K+ items from Aruba's National Library, National Archives, and other institutions  —  By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation's history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding …
Max Kim / Los Angeles Times:
A look at South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's war on public broadcaster MBC and other media organizations in the name of fighting “fake news”  —  When police showed up last year at Im Hyun-ju's home in Seoul with a search warrant, the 43-year-old journalist watched in disbelief …
Discussion: Reuters, @maxsoeunkim and Fox News
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK-based The News Movement's EIC and co-founder Kamal Ahmed leaves to join The Telegraph as director of audio, its second co-founder to leave in recent months  —  Ahmed, one of five co-founders of The News Movement, will co-host The Daily T with Camilla Tominey.
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
TikTok expands TikTok Lite, which gives people financial incentives to watch its videos, to Spain and France, as the app's growth in Europe slows  —  TikTok's growth in Europe has slowed down so much that it's rolling out a new app that gives people financial incentives to watch its videos.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting Android and iOS users generate and revise playlists using text prompts  —  Spotify already found success with its popular AI DJ feature, and now the streaming music service is bringing AI to playlist creation.
 
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Washington Post:
Internal Kremlin documents from May 2022 to August 2023 show an ongoing campaign to promote American isolationism via fabricated news articles and social media
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Irish entrepreneur Michael O'Rourke brings UK news and lifestyle newsbrand Joe Media out of administration in a £3.6M deal, after a similar rescue deal in 2020
Discussion: The Sunday Times
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
How local US news outlets in the total solar eclipse's path are covering the event, using it as an opportunity to broaden their appeal beyond current audiences
Claire Atkinson / The Media Mix:
Sources: The Overseas Press Club is split about naming a new award after Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist killed by an Israeli soldier
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Bloomberg:
Nielsen data from 2021 to 2023: nine of the 10 most-watched streaming programs are reruns, but a majority of the 100 most popular titles are original series
Corey Hutchins / Inside the News in Colorado:
More than 30 Colorado newsrooms, led by COLab, launch a statewide initiative to better cover the 2024 US elections by focusing on voter concerns
Discussion: Media Nation
Bloomberg:
Sources: if Skydance and National Amusements merge, David Ellison would become CEO of the combined company; Ellison aims to spend billions to rebuild Paramount