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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.
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Sources: Washington Post CEO Will Lewis criticized Sally Buzbee's judgment in publishing a May 2024 article about a UK phone-hacking lawsuit that involved him — Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, objected to coverage of a legal development involving him in a phone hacking case.
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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 — The Wall Street Journal owes its readers — and the public — better. — The business broadsheet published and hyped …
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New York Times:
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 — The news was featured on MSN.com: “Prominent Irish broadcaster faces trial over alleged sexual misconduct.”
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@structstories and The Desk, more at Techmeme »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
SiriusXM will launch Mediaite's Press Club, a weekly show on events and people in media and politics, on June 8, hosted by Mediaite Editor Aidan McLaughlin — Several upstarts are trying to take advantage of it. — SiriusXM will launch “Mediaite's Press Club,” a new weekly hour-long show …
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OPB:
Rachel Smolkin, SVP of global news for CNN Digital, is leaving to become president and CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting — today announced that Rachel Smolkin has been chosen as the next president and chief executive officer, bringing a veteran journalist focused on changing audience needs to lead the organization.
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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.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, Music Business Worldwide, Music Ally and Twitch, more at Techmeme »
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Amazon acquires Indian video streaming service MX Player's key assets from Times Internet, a source says valuing MX at <$100M, below its $500M valuation in 2019 — Amazon has agreed to acquire key assets of Indian video streaming service MX Player from the local media powerhouse Times Internet …
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 — Last week, Zack Colman of Politico reported that Climate Nexus, a climate communications firm that's been a stalwart …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Regional UK news startup Mill Media, which offers online newsletters, plans to launch in London, as the Evening Standard scales back, and open a Glasgow office — Regional UK news start-up says there is an opportunity after years of savage cutbacks in local media industry
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Mill Media and City A.M.
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 — The decision, which will be implemented in January 2025, could significantly impact publishers.
Nikkei Asia:
An analysis finds 90K+ images of popular anime characters on generative AI image sharing sites; ~2.5K images had multiple similarities to the original artwork — —An animator working for a Tokyo-based production company — “This Pikachu” was drawn by generative AI.
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@hrfm_yamamoto and Nikkei Asia
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