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3:30 PM ET, May 11, 2024

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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.
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.
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Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
How Acquired, a podcast that offers case studies of successful companies in monthly four-hour episodes, became a favorite among C-suite and VP-level executives  —  How did Acquired become the business world's favorite show?  —  It's a wonky podcast about business history and strategy with four-hour episodes that drop once a month.
David Satin / The Streamable:
Fox says Tubi had ~80M MAUs in Q3, up from 67M a year ago, 22% YoY revenue growth, and a 36% YoY increase in total view time, 90% of which comes from on-demand  —  Tubi finished Fox's fiscal third quarter just behind Disney+ in terms of total TV viewing time, and may continue to climb.
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
Raksha Kumar / Reuters Institute:
Some Indian journalists who turned to YouTube to dodge censorship say the company is banning or demonetizing their news channels, citing government notices  —  As the country votes in this year's crucial election, news channels are being banned or demonetised in a move criticised by press freedom groups
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives  —  Mark Read says criminals set up Microsoft Teams call with senior executives in unsuccessful attack
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
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) …
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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
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
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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
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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
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

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