Mediagazer: Columbia University's student radio station WKCR deftly covered live news late on April 30 as police entered the campus, amplified via Instagram Live and Twitch (Katie Notopoulos/Business Insider)

A coalition of collegiate and professional press freedom groups urges campus administrators to respect the rights of student journalists covering protests — College Media Association, Associated Collegiate Press, Society of Professional Journalists, Student Press Law Center and Foundation …

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Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider:

Columbia University's student radio station WKCR deftly covered live news late on April 30 as police entered the campus, amplified via Instagram Live and Twitch — - On Tuesday night, the NYPD entered Columbia University to break up ongoing protests. — Other press couldn't go on campus …

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Hadas Gold / CNN:

Journalists covering protests on college campuses have been denied access and faced assaults and arrest, as some student media websites struggle with outages — Journalists tasked with covering violent unrest on college campuses across the US have been arrested and barred access as police moved …

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Matt Pearce:

A California state senator unveils a bill to impose a data-mining fee on Big Tech companies to fund $500M a year in local journalism jobs through tax credits — Right about now, California Sen. Steve Glazer is unveiling a bill to impose a data-mining fee on Big Tech to fund $500 million in local journalism jobs a year.

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Audible tests a lower-priced AU$8.99/month tier, Audible Standard, in Australia, without credits that roll over, as Spotify expands its audiobook offerings — - Audible's new Standard Plan in Australia is about 50% cheaper — Subscribers receive one title a month but don't own the works

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Jack Marshall / TOOLKITS:

LinkedIn is testing Sponsored Editorial Content, letting publishers like the WSJ stitch pre-roll ads into their organic video content on the platform — LinkedIn is testing a new program enabling publishers to stitch pre-roll ads from partners directly into the organic video content they post to the platform.

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Source: Gannett has paused hiring for some jobs in its smaller community newsrooms, after executives promised to restaff them in 2023 and early this year — Outlets with few or no staff members likely to stay that way for a while — For most of 2023 year and all of 2024 so far …

Discussion: @poynter, @jeffjarvis@threads.net and @seloesch

David Bauder / Associated Press:

Poll of US adults: 53% are very concerned about news outlets reporting disinformation during the 2024 election; 42% worry about use of AI to create stories — Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues.

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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:

Source: Quartz is ending its partnership with the Associated Press; Gannett and McClatchy both scaled back their AP partnerships earlier in 2024 — Quartz is getting rid of its AP partnership, per a source. Seems like cost-cutting as G/O continues to put its titles up for sale. But Quartz is also at least the third media company to drop the AP this year. Gannett and McClatchy both scaled back their AP partnerships.

Discussion: @zachreports, @qz_danh and @scottnover

Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider:

Source: Apple is testing an AI-enabled Safari browser with a Web Eraser feature for better content blocking, AI-powered text summarization, a new UI, and more — Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features …

Discussion: @siddhantsahu92, BGR, @tomgara, @chronotope, @scottkrauss, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, Quartz and 9to5Mac

Umar Shakir / The Verge:

Snapchat announces the ability to edit messages for up to five minutes after sending them, rolling out “soon” and available first for Snapchat+ subscribers — Snap is launching a slew of new features in Snapchat, including the ability to edit already sent messages allowing you to rectify a …

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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:

Paul Farhi's weeklong unpaid suspension from The Washington Post in 2022 has been rescinded under a deal between WaPo and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild — Paul Farhi, a veteran media reporter and former top writer at The Washington Post, announced on Wednesday that he had won …

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