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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more — “So much of the media coverage — and the trial itself — started at the point at which we've determined that [Lucy] …
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts — It's the latest revolt by journalists at a newspaper owned by Alden Global Capital. — Chicago Tribune journalists filed suit Thursday …
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Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, @royalpratt, @ctguild, Associated Press and @jsmithrichards
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries — Reddit announced on Wednesday that it is reintroducing its awards system after shutting down the program last year.
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The Verge and r/reddit, more at Techmeme »
Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before — Major League Baseball's Sunday morning package on Roku, called “Sunday Leadoff,” is worth a total of $30 million over three years …
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Sports Media Watch, @tvgrimreaper and Awful Announcing
Hayley Wong / South China Morning Post:
The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release — - Zhang Zhan, arrested in 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date, advocates say
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@statedeptspox, Daily Mail, UPI, BBC, @angoffinet and @ameshaa
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries — Gannett, the media company that owns hundreds of newspapers in the US, is launching a new program that adds AI-generated bullet points …
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Dan Ackerman on LinkedIn, Futurism, @roc_howe, @rocnewsguild, @kennysmith@mstdn.social, @miasato.2@threads.net, Digiday and Futurism
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to OpenAI tools including ChatGPT via Reddit's Data API and to add AI features to Reddit; RDDT is up 12%+ — Reddit (RDDT.N) has partnered with OpenAI to bring the social media platform's content to popular chatbot ChatGPT …
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The Verge, CNBC, Reddit Upvoted, The Register, Conan Hines on LinkedIn, Quartz, Ars Technica, Sherwood News, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, Fast Company, Associated Press, @lilyraynyc, @mikeisaac, @kyliebytes, @andrewcurran_, @haydenfield, @shiringhaffary, @leanmediaorg, @kantrowitz, @ryanjones, @lilyraynyc, @reddit, @openai, @sipi@union.place, Search Engine Journal, Norman Brauns on LinkedIn, Reuters, Engadget, @juliancday@writing.exchange, Axios, Benzinga, @crumbler@threads.net, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter and @aarongreenspan.com, more at Techmeme »
Emily Tomasik / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views — Most Americans say it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.
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@mediathoughts
Committee to Protect Journalists:
The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20 — The Committee to Protect Journalists led a coalition of civil society organizations urging the United States Department of Justice …
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Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released — Many employees have expressed concern that a new group of six editors called the Backstop will be unnecessary and slow down NPR's journalism.
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Inside Radio, NPR, Columbia Journalism Review, @lowkell, @lydenfreeagent, @donlinn, @jayrosen_nyu, @obviousdwest@hachyderm.io and Current
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims — Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they're suing.
CNN's Reliable Sources:
Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources — The Donald Trump hush money trial is dragging reporters into uncomfortable territory and laying bare the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources.
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The Hill, @chriscillizza, @jeffplatsky, @bgrueskin, @clydehaberman, @mindys4biden, Reuters Institute, @katiephang@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @saintbridge@threads.net, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @webby2001@threads.net, @oliverdarcy@threads.net, Breitbart and Daily Kos
Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits — The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...
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@danibergstrom and @mattdpearce
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Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
New York's $90M employment tax credit for local news outlets currently excludes publicly traded TV and radio companies as well as nonprofit news outlets
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