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6:35 PM ET, May 10, 2024

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Louis Staples / Rolling Stone:
Ahead of the Eurovision finals on May 11, tensions over the Israel-Gaza war complicate the organizers' efforts to maintain an appearance of political neutrality  —  At the glittery, eccentric spectacle, controversy and protests about Israel's inclusion overshadow the music.  Can the contest ever be apolitical?
John Ourand / Puck:
Sources: Netflix is nearing a deal to stream two NFL games on December 25  —  It looks like Netflix will wind up carrying the two NFL games scheduled for December 25, per a bevy of sources.  It's a first-of-its-kind deal, and almost certainly not the last.
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Studies show a negativity bias in US coverage of the economy and gas prices, particularly cable news, as the tone of economic news moves away from reality  —  A new study adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years  —  Journalists at LAist have been offered buyouts ahead of a potential round of layoffs at the local public radio station …
Jonah McKeown / Catholic News Agency:
Three Catholic radio stations file a petition against the FCC over requirements mandating that radio and TV stations publish info about staff race and gender  —  A trio of Catholic radio networks has filed a petition against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
Discussion: @niemanlab
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
How the NYT and nonprofits City Bureau and Invisible Institute trained custom machine learning tools to help with their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations  —  Awarded investigative stories are increasingly relying on machine learning, whether covering Chicago police negligence or Israeli weapons in Gaza
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Talk radio station WABC suspends Rudy Giuliani and cancels his daily show, saying he broke rules by trying to discuss discredited claims about 2020's election  —  The radio station disciplined Rudolph W. Giuliani after he violated company policy by trying to discuss the legitimacy of the 2020 election on the air.
A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Lineup Publishing says it plans to relaunch Deadspin next week; it appears the new Deadspin will focus on sports betting  —  Deadspin's latest revival is slated to take place next week, although its new Malta-based owners have given no indication about the editorial direction for the sports site.
Discussion: Awful Announcing and @byajperez
Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces a $500M campaign to extend its influence globally and diversify revenue as Oscars ratings drop  —  Looking to safeguard its future in a world in which the Oscars have lost some of their ratings luster, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts …
The Assembly NC:
The Assembly, a three-year-old digital magazine “on power and place in North Carolina”, announces it plans a Greensboro bureau, with local philanthropic funding  —  The Assembly, a three-year-old digital magazine on power and place in North Carolina, is announcing the launch …
 
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Zachary Small / New York Times:
Jason Gastrow, aka Dunkey, who has nearly 7.5M YouTube subscribers after reviewing games for over a decade, starts Bigmode, a publishing company for indie games
Christopher Kuo / New York Times:
The British Board of Film Classification adopts updated guidelines for how it rates movies; in the US, no systematic process for updating guidelines exists
Discussion: BBFC
The Australian:
Australia's federal government plans to create a joint parliamentary select committee to investigate Meta abandoning payment-for-content deals with news outlets
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
ElevenLabs, which uses AI tools to create and edit synthetic voices, previews an AI model that can generate lyrics and samples of songs from text prompts
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter