Mediagazer: Five former colleagues of exiled Uyghur journalist Kasim Kashgar have been imprisoned in China's Xinjiang region, seemingly over their ties to the VOA reporter (Liam Scott/Voice of America)

Sources: the NBA is closing in on deals with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon that would bring in ~$76B in media revenue over 11 years; the deals will include WNBA rights — The National Basketball Association entered its first TV negotiations in a decade with a problem: Its main business partners seemed to be on shaky footing.

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

CEO Nicholas Thompson shares why The Atlantic partnered with OpenAI: publishers can benefit from tech platforms, as long as they avoid becoming wholly dependent — Shortly before The Atlantic announced “a product and content” partnership with OpenAI, the magazine published a piece …

Discussion: The Atlantic, @sarahscire, @jessicalessin, LinkedIn, Business Insider and MIT Technology Review

Reuters:

China-linked app NewsBreak used AI to write 40+ inaccurate local US stories since 2021 and in March added a note that its content “may not always be error-free” — Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States …

Discussion: @reuters, @wexler, @niubi, @nastyoldwomyn, @reuters, @reuters, @robdecola, @pearswick, @magneticcrow@catcatnya.com and @nanditab1

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Bloomberg Media unveils product updates, including more deep-dive long reads on Businessweek, set to become a monthly in July, and reports 540K subscribers — Bloomberg Media is betting on increased website functionality and deeper reporting to keep it ahead of generative AI-based information providers.

Discussion: Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn

Liam Scott / Voice of America:

Five former colleagues of exiled Uyghur journalist Kasim Kashgar have been imprisoned in China's Xinjiang region, seemingly over their ties to the VOA reporter — Former colleagues of exiled Uyghur journalist Kasim Kashgar have been imprisoned in China's Xinjiang region …

Ash Parrish / The Verge:

An interview with Netflix VP of External Games Leanne Loombe about the popularity of interactive fiction games on the service, reality TV shows, and more — And while the “serious gamer” might be enticed by the pending arrival of The Case of the Golden Idol or Don't Starve Together …

Discussion: The Sun and BGR

Luc Cohen / Reuters:

Netflix plans to donate $1M to the Innocence Project to settle a defamation lawsuit by ex-prosecutor Linda Fairstein over a 2019 Central Park Five show — Netflix (NFLX.O) settled a defamation lawsuit brought by best-selling author and former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein …

Discussion: Vibe, @theferocity.bsky.social, UPI, The Wrap, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter

Rebekah Entralgo / The NewsGuild:

Unions at eight Tribune publications including The Virginian-Pilot and Orlando Sentinel ratify their first contract with Alden after five years of talks — After five long years of negotiations between Alden Global Capital and a joint bargaining committee, journalists at eight Tribune …

Discussion: @newsguild

Sharon Otterman / New York Times:

The Columbia Law Review's website was taken offline by its board of directors after the journals' student editors published an article criticizing Israel — The board of directors of the student-run publication said that the article, by a Palestinian human rights lawyer, had not been subject to sufficient review.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Intercept, @jameeljaffer, CNN and Associated Press

Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class action lawsuit against Google over allegations the company abused its digital ad dominance can proceed — London judges ruled a class action lawsuit to proceed against Google potentially seeking billions of pounds in damages over allegations …

Discussion: MediaPost, The Register, City A.M., Advanced Television, @pressgazette, Press Gazette, @pressgazette and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:

Substack adds the ability for writers to send videos to their subscribers via its direct messaging feature Chat — Newsletter platform Substack is introducing the ability for writers to send videos to their subscribers via Chat, its direct messaging feature, the company announced on Wednesday.

Discussion: On Substack

Mike Scarcella / Reuters:

A federal class action suit against the NFL over claims of using agreements to control Sunday Ticket distribution, letting DirecTV raise prices, heads to trial — The National Football League and subscribers to its “Sunday Ticket” televised game package are headed to trial on Wednesday …

Discussion: The Desk, New York Post, Courthouse News Service and Bloomberg