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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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Sources: The WSJ lays off at least 11, primarily on its visuals desk and in video roles; some laid off were in the “Journalists as Creators” YouTube partnership — CHOPPING BLOCK — The layoffs, which came after months of cuts, impacted the social media and video desks.
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As streamers cut spending globally, sources say Netflix remains the only major US platform still commissioning across Southeast Asia, albeit on a smaller scale — Producers in Southeast Asia are facing a very different, much quieter landscape to the one in front of them just 12 months ago …
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Quark Henares on LinkedIn and Christian Grece on LinkedIn


The New York Times hires Matthew Rose, who has held multiple senior editing posts at The Wall Street Journal, as editorial director for its Opinion section — Matthew takes on the role of editorial director, overseeing the guest essay, international and video teams.
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Matthew Rose on LinkedIn and @tunkuv


Sources: three Paramount Global directors, including Dawn Ostroff and Nicole Seligman, are expected to leave the board as Paramount discusses a Skydance merger — Dawn Ostroff and Nicole Seligman were on the independent special committee tasked with finding the best deal for all shareholders
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FCCC survey: reporting conditions in China have improved since the pandemic, but foreign journalists still face visa problems, surveillance, and harassment — Reporting conditions in China have improved since the global pandemic but foreign journalists still face obstacles including visa problems …


Rep. Adam Schiff introduced a bill that would require companies training generative AI models to disclose all of the copyrighted work they used to do so — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) unveiled legislation on Tuesday that would require companies using copyrighted material to train …
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Hundreds of political and news content creators ask Meta to reverse its default Threads and Instagram setting opting accounts out of seeing “political content” — The change, they say, has significantly affected creators who are Black, female, disabled and LGBTQ


ESPN and Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions strike a nine-year media rights deal, which includes Monday Night Football's ManningCast and other programming — The deal, which runs into 2034, will include the ‘Manningcast’ for Monday Night Football and other programming.
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CBS News rebrands CBS News Streaming Network as CBS News 24/7 and plans to expand its programming, including CBS News Confirmed, to examine misinformation — CBS News announced a new name and a new slate of programming for its CBS News national stream, doubling down on live coverage and unparalleled reporting from CBS News & Stations.
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UK-based nonprofit newsroom Open Democracy cuts staff, citing inflation and uncertain funding; source: the cuts are expected to impact around 10 of its 52 staff — The cuts are expected to impact approximately ten of Open Democracy's 52 staff. — Non-profit newsroom Open Democracy …
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Simon & Schuster celebrates its 100th anniversary, as KKR's investment helps start new imprints and hire editors, while most other publishers seek to cut costs — The milestone comes after a particularly turbulent period, when the publisher was put up for sale and bought by a private equity firm.