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5:35 PM ET, April 9, 2024

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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.
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
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.
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 …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube channel Dude Perfect raised $100M+ from Highmount Capital to build out their business in new areas and expand their core programming  —  The Dudes plan to use the cash infusion “to pursue bold new opportunities and projects” beyond traditional channels.
Axios:
South Carolina-Iowa women's NCAA title game drew 18.7M viewers on April 7, a new record for a women's college game and a five-year high for any basketball game  —  - Her star power helped make this women's basketball season the most-watched in fifteen years.
Walter Hickey / @walthickey:
Robinhood launches its independent media brand Sherwood News, with Joshua Topolsky as editor-in-chief  —  Today we launched Sherwood News! Here's some of the features we launched today!
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds shopping features, including creator-curated product lists for users to browse called Shopping Collections and a hub with info on commission rates  —  YouTube announced on Tuesday that it's launching new Shopping features that allow creators to curate shoppable collections …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
News Corp reports The Sun revenue down 5% to £305.2M, losses down 48% to £65.9M in the year to July 2, 2023, The Times revenue up 3% to £385.8M, profit down 17%  —  2022/2023 financial results for Times Media, News Group Newspapers and News UK Broadcasting.
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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
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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
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive is hosting the new Aruba Collection, which contains 101,376 items from Aruba's National Library, National Archives, and other institutions
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
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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
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
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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