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9:35 PM ET, May 1, 2024

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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.
College Media Association:
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Rebooting
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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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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon is testing a new discovery page on Audible to give users recommendations about what to listen to next based on their Prime Video viewing behavior
Discussion: The Verge
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 …
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 …
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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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK's The New European appoints James Ball as its first political editor, as it expands its political coverage ahead of the UK general election
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Substack now lets writers paywall their Chat discussion spaces and says active Chat participants are 12% more likely to retain their subscriptions
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News takes down a six-part streaming series that staged a mock trial of Hunter Biden, a day after Biden's legal team threatened to sue the network
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Comcast expects its cable TV customers to lose access to 15 Bally regional sports networks at midnight in a fee dispute with Diamond Sports Group
BBC Studios:
The BBC launches BBC Verify US to combat disinformation, led by Analysis Editor Ros Atkins and based in DC, as part of its 2024 US elections coverage plans
Natalie B. Compton / Washington Post:
A profile of Rick Steves, whose travel company makes $120M yearly, published 110 books, filmed 12 seasons of his travel show, and produced 750+ podcast episodes
Jacob Bryant / The Wrap:
Fubo cuts ties with WBD after renewal negotiations for their partnership fell through, citing WBD's “abuse of massive market power” as cause for the decision