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Tariq Panja / New York Times:
Sources: FIFA is close to giving Apple the global rights for its 2025 World Cup-style soccer competition in the US, likely for ~25% of FIFA's first $4B estimate — The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
In its first open call for funding, Press Forward announces support, over two years, of $100,000 each for 100+ newsrooms focused on underserved audiences — It includes $100,000 each in general operating support for more than 100 newsrooms — We now know the focus for the first open call …
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Ian Youngs / BBC:
Huw Edwards, the BBC news anchor who has been off air since July 2023 after reports that he paid a young person for explicit images, resigns on “medical advice” — Huw Edwards has presented major national events for the BBC including general elections and the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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Sean Piccoli / Deadline:
Ex-American Media CEO David Pecker was the first witness at Trump's hush money trial, as prosecutors outline National Enquirer's role in “catch and kill” scheme — UPDATE: David Pecker, the former CEO of the celebrity magazine and tabloid company American Media, was first witness today …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Memo: Aaron LaBerge, the CTO of Disney Entertainment and ESPN, will leave the company after June for personal reasons, to become the CTO of Penn Entertainment — The Walt Disney company logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Dec. 1, 2023.
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Washington Post:
Analysis: the 25 most-cited US news organizations lost 75% of their Facebook user engagement and 58% of their Instagram interactions between Q1 2022 and Q1 2024 — Waves of layoffs and policy shifts are forcing campaigns to change tactics, potentially transforming the 2024 election
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New York Times:
The American Sunlight Project, led by ex-US DHS exec Nina Jankowicz, launches to fight a “campaign by conservatives” to undermine disinformation researchers — The group intends to fight what its leader, Nina Jankowicz, and others have described as a coordinated campaign …
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Four top editors from Texas, California, and Canada talk about the challenges of running a metro newspaper in the digital era, keeping readers engaged, and more — “People will pay you to make their lives easier, even when it comes to telling them which burrito to eat.”
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Kaela Roeder / Technical.ly:
The Washington Post partners with Virginia Tech for an AI tool that answers readers' questions based on data taken from WaPo's previous coverage — In partnership with Virginia Tech, the legacy paper is leaning into the tech “revolution,” said Sam Han, head of data and AI. — Words by: Edited by:
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@profnaren, @washpostpr, @roederkaela and @sanghanictrvt
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Newsletter service Ghost says it plans to add ActivityPub support in 2024; rival service Buttondown also plans ActivityPub support — Interoperable social media is having a real moment — Open platforms keep gaining support out there — newsletter platform Ghost just published what amounts …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Axel Springer sees the WSJ as a “top acquisition target”; CEO Mathias Döpfner pushed to fire BI's Nic Carlson after Bill Ackman's pushback on coverage — The WELT-Wirtschaftsgipfel is a major moment in the German business calendar — and in particular for its host, the media giant Axel Springer.
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Matt Burgess / Wired:
Researchers: files on a misconfigured North Korean server suggest local animators worked on upcoming Prime Video and Max TV shows, possibly via a Chinese front — Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
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