Mediagazer: Samsung TV Plus partners with the MLB, PGA Tour, F1, and ONE Championship, announces new family, news, and music programming, and signs a Warner Music deal (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

6:30 AM ET, May 2, 2024

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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 …

Discussion: @emdrums, The Nation, @mattdpearce, @sulliview, @julesyaeger, @katienotopoulos, Associated Press, @studentpresslawcenter …, @oneunderscore__@threads.net, @lorakolodny@threads.net, @clarajeffery@threads.net, Philip Masciantonio on LinkedIn and The Wrap

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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 …

Discussion: Student Press Law Center, @thefireorg, @mtdukes@threads.net, @jackiealexander, College Media Association and @jackiealexander

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

Discussion: Daily Bruin, @dailybruin, @jangelooff, @davidkaye.bsky.social, @brianstelter@threads.net, @evanhill, @dailybruin, @thedartmouth, @cat__hamilton5, @brizzyc, @paulglader, Los Angeles Times, @cat__hamilton5, @jangelooff, @cat__hamilton5, @hadas_gold and The NewsGuild

Jem Aswad / Variety:

Universal Music Group and TikTok agree a new music licensing deal to bring UMG music back to the platform, including “improved remuneration” and AI protections — The months-long standoff between Universal Music Group and TikTok over royalty payments and AI policies is finally over …

Discussion: The Guardian, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Billboard, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Engadget, Rolling Stone, Deadline, Music Ally, The Verge, WebWire, Music Business Worldwide and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

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.

Discussion: Matt Pearce on LinkedIn and Free Press

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

Discussion: @ashleycarman@threads.net

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

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Samsung TV Plus partners with the MLB, PGA Tour, F1, and ONE Championship, announces new family, news, and music programming, and signs a Warner Music deal — Samsung TV Plus, the free FAST platform operated by the leading smart-TV maker, is breaking ground in the sports arena as part of a broader programming push.

Discussion: Advanced Television, Android Headlines, Samsung Newsroom, Media Play News, WORLD SCREEN and StreamTV Insider

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

Kyle Chayka / New Yorker:

As social media platforms pivot away from news distribution, a look at news sites like The Verge, which function like social media, with aggregation and more — As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online real estate.

Discussion: @michaelroston, @maxrivlinnadler, @maxwelltani, @chaykak, @chaykak, @michaelluo, @voxmedia, @chrismoranuk, The Overspill, @chaykak, @chaykak and @mjnblack, more at Techmeme »

Tom Jones / Poynter:

The Dallas Morning News hires Duke University professor Stephen Buckley as its public editor, an increasingly uncommon role across US media organizations — The news organization hopes to reestablish trust by creating “a bridge between the public and our newsroom,” the publisher says.

Discussion: DallasNews Corporation, Dallas Morning News, @jillgeisler, @poynter, @sarahscire, @amy_hollyfield, @sarahscire, @pmnapoli, @deggans and Media Nation

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

Three House Republicans call on NPR CEO Katherine Maher to appear at a hearing on May 8 following ex-staffer Uri Berliner's allegations of bias in news coverage — House Republicans are calling for NPR CEO Katherine Maher to appear at a hearing on May 8 following a now former staffer's allegations of bias in news coverage.

Discussion: @boblatta, @cathymcmorris, New York Times, @benmullin, Fox News, @benmullin, Inside Radio and Radio & Television …

Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:

Pen America's 2023 Freedom to Write index: at least 339 writers are in prison for exercising their freedom of expression, including 107 writers in China alone — Freedom to Write index says there are 107 people in prison for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’

Discussion: New York Times, PEN America, @hkdc_us, @penamerica, @karmanomad, @penamerica, @kenroth and @penamerica

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

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.

Karissa Bell / Engadget:
LinkedIn launches three Wordle-style puzzle games: theme-based guessing game Pinpoint, Sudoku and Minesweeper-style crossover Queens, and trivia game Crossclimb

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