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11:25 AM ET, June 7, 2024

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Washington Post:
Will Lewis criticizes reports that he tried to suppress stories on his ties to a phone hacking case and calls David Folkenflik an activist, not a journalist  —  In a statement Thursday, William Lewis pushes back at media outlets' accounts of events leading up to Post editor Sally Buzbee's abrupt departure on Sunday.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Will Lewis repeatedly offered an exclusive interview about WaPo's future, in exchange for dropping a story on claims he helped cover up UK phone hacking scandal  —  The Washington Post has written twice this spring about allegations that have cropped up in British court proceedings involving its new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his personal assets to pay Sandy Hook families under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, in a move that could end his ownership of Infowars  —  Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: WBD would like the NBA to consider a “fourth package”, which would carve out a small package of games rights, alongside Disney's, Amazon's, and NBCU's  —  The media company has signaled in recent days to the NBA that it would like to discuss the prospect of carving …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Some unionized journalists at the NYT, Reuters, and others criticize the NewsGuild over organizing costs and union leaders' left-leaning criticism of journalism  —  The Scoop  —  A top news union's organizing costs and some of its leaders' outspoken left-leaning criticism of journalism …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Post
Andreas Hale / ESPN:
Netflix's livestreamed boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson is rescheduled for November 15  —  The boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson has a new date.  —  After the scheduled July 20 clash between the Youtuber-turned-prizefighter and former heavyweight champion …
Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
Oregon's First Pamplin Media sells to a Southern newspaper chain, and EO Media, which publishes 12 titles, closes five papers and puts up the company for sale  —  A one-two punch this week is knocking out much of Oregon's remaining local newspaper ownership.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix is testing a homepage redesign on its TV app, replacing static tiles showing shows and movies with boxes that extend when the remote lands on them  —  Netflix is testing a big homepage redesign on its TV app.  The new look replaces the static tiles containing the shows and movies …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Twitch announces a program that lets DJs use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee; Twitch signed deals with UMG, WMG, Sony Music, and indie labels  —  Livestreaming platform Twitch announced a new program aimed at DJs today that will allow creators to use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee.
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
A woman who claims to be the inspiration for the Martha character on Baby Reindeer files a $170M defamation lawsuit against Netflix  —  - Californian suit says show outed her and ruined her life  — Netflix says it'll defend the $170 million claim vigorously
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
United Airlines starts showing personalized ads in its app and on seat-back screens, one of an increasing number of companies monetizing customer data  —  Carrier aims to monetize customer data for advertising purposes  —  United Airlines has begun showing personalized ads on its planes' seat-back screens …
Discussion: Marketing Brew and Gizmodo
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Cara, an artist-run, anti-AI social platform, grew from 40K to 650K users in the past week, as some Instagram artists leave over plans to train AI on user data  —  ‘Building a product is a bit like making art,’ said founder Jingna Zhang  —  Artists have finally had enough with Meta's predatory AI policies …
 
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Q&A with Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins on how being declared a foreign agent by Russia has affected his work, helping lawyers use open source evidence, and more
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Climate Nexus, a communications firm that incubated The Water Hub and gave updates during UN climate meetings, is closing June 21; The Water Hub will continue
CNN:
The WSJ article on Biden's mental acuity relies largely on comments from Republican sources and Kevin McCarthy, who praised Biden's performance a year prior
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A look at the now-shuttered news site BNN Breaking, which former staff say mostly published AI-generated content; Microsoft had licensed BNN content for MSN.com
New York Times:
Sources: Costco plans to stop selling books regularly at US stores year-round from January 2025, and will instead sell them during the holiday shopping period
 

 
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency

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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