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3:05 PM ET, June 24, 2024

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Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
Scrutiny of Will Lewis' past is essential because WaPo's credibility has been built upon readers' trust that its reporters don't engage in deceptive practices
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN is in charge of every aspect of Thursday's Biden-Trump debate, a major shift from previous years; rival channels will leave CNN's on-air watermark untouched  —  One network is in charge of every aspect of the Biden-Trump debate, a major shift from previous years.  Tens of millions of viewers are expected to be watching.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: BuzzFeed is struggling to sell Hot Ones owner First We Feast, which is profitable and has ~$30M revenue per year; interested parties balk at $70M price  —  - Several parties are interested but balk at $70 million price  — Proceeds of about $50 million would help company pay off debt
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Filing: Vivek Ramaswamy's BuzzFeed stake grew to 8.9%; sources: Ramaswamy recently met Jonah Peretti and wants Patrick Bet-David and two others on BF board  —  - Ramaswamy has continued to increase his stake, this morning disclosing that it's risen to 8.9%.
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New York Times:
Interviews with ~12 media executives, such as Brian Roberts, John Malone, Barry Diller, and Ted Sarandos, about the future of streaming, bundling, ads, and more  —  Who will survive?  Die?  Thrive?  And how?  We talked to nearly a dozen top media executives and asked them to predict what lies ahead.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix has discussed creating free versions of its service in some markets, namely in Europe and Asia, but is not considering a free plan in the US  —  While Netflix is the biggest streaming service in Hollywood, it is barely in the top 10 for advertisers.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Prices of ad-free Paramount+ With Showtime plan will raise by $1 to $12.99/month, and of Paramount+ Essential plan with ads by $2 to $7.99, starting August 20  —  As Paramount Global looks to push its streaming business into the black, it's hiking the prices for most Paramount+ plans later this summer.
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Sony Pictures Networks India names Disney+ Hotstar content chief Gaurav Banerjee as its new Managing Director and CEO  —  Sony Pictures Networks India has named Disney+ Hotstar content chief Gaurav Banerjee as its new Managing Director and CEO.  —  He'll replace N.P. Singh …
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Financial Times:
Sources detail growing tensions between Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, stemming from her struggle to steady X's financial health a year after being named CEO  —  Tensions between billionaire and his top executive have been rising as the platform's financial health has struggled
Mia Sato / The Verge:
The RIAA files two copyright-infringement cases against the AI music services Suno and Udio; Udio was used to create the viral song BBL Drizzy  —  A group of record labels including the big three — Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Records …
Kate Irwin / PCMag:
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Upwork Research Institute's Kelly Monahan says freelance jobs that require basic writing or translation have been disappearing on Upwork since ChatGPT's debut
 
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Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
An interview with Netflix's senior encoding technology director Anne Aaron about the company's cutting-edge codecs, preparing for livestreaming, and more
Anna Washenko / Ars Technica:
A history of text games and interactive fiction, from Infocom to 80 Days, and the roles of MUDs, Usenet, and open source in the 50 years of interactive fiction
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
How the Internet Archive plans to defend its digital lending practices as it appeals a US court's 2023 ruling; IA says it was forced to remove over 500K books
Youssef Taha / BBC:
Iran's Supreme Court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence for supporting anti-government protests and ordered a retrial, his lawyer says
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Jamie Kellner, who launched Fox and The WB, created Acme Communications stations group, and ran Turner Broadcasting as chairman and CEO, died on June 21 at 77
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers
Kevin Nguyen / The Verge:
Interviews with several journalists who helped saturate the web with Game of Thrones coverage, leveraging fans' obsessions for traffic via SEO and social media
Issie Lapowsky / Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation releases a report on its $107M+ in funding for digital media research, and how the research has impacted journalists, tech companies, more