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8:55 PM ET, June 25, 2024

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Trevor Timm / The Guardian:
Assange's plea deal doesn't create an official precedent, but he still had to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for a “crime” outlets commit regularly  —  Instead of just dropping the case, the Biden administration got a guilty plea and set a dangerous tone for reporters everywhere
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Associated Press:
Julian Assange pleads guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a deal with the US, letting him go free after spending five years in a British prison  —  A plane believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday.  Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge …
Max Tani / Semafor:
In the last month, Sam Stein, Burgess Everett, and now Jack Shafer have decided to leave Politico; sources: Alex Ward and Lara Seligman are leaving for the WSJ  —  The unfolding internal crisis at the Washington Post has obscured drama playing out across the river in Rosslyn, Virginia.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: The New York Times is working to move its top podcasts behind a paywall, with the goal of eventually tying most, if not all, to a subscription service  —  Publisher plans to limit access to shows like ‘Serial’ to subscribers, cap number of free episodes of ‘The Daily’
Zoe Samios / Australian Financial Review:
Australia's Seven West axes three top executives amid 150 job cuts at the company, as its commercial deal with Meta, estimated to be worth ~$15M annually, ends  —  Seven West Media chief executive Jeff Howard has lost some of his most senior lieutenants including the head of sport …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Associated Press is launching The AP Fund for Journalism, an independent 501(c)3 charitable organization to raise $100M+ to expand state and local news  —  - “It will help to sustain what we do, grow what we do, and add new and incremental journalism services for the industry," Veerasingham told Axios in an interview.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Reddit says it will update its robots.txt “to be as clear as possible” that companies using an automated agent to access Reddit need to abide by its terms  —  The warning comes after reports that AI companies regularly ignore instructions not to scrape.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on updating the company's famous culture memo, its advertising ambitions, bundling, game streaming, AI use cases, and more  —  The co-CEO who replaced co-founder Reed Hastings details the company's new culture memo, its ad ambitions, and what's next for Netflix.
Raphael Minder / Financial Times:
Polish state energy group Orlen plans to sell its media company Polska Press, acquired under the former right-wing government, to show political independence  —  Orlen's acquisition of newspaper business under former rightwing government has drawn criticism
Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:
Evan Gershkovich will stand trial for espionage on Wednesday in closed-door proceedings, meaning no reporters, friends, or family will be allowed  —  U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will stand trial for espionage in Russia on Wednesday in a court whose proceedings are classified as a state secret.
Amaris Castillo / Poynter:
How an emergency membership drive in April 2024 brought back the furloughed staff at L.A. Taco, an independent site focused on food, culture, and community  —  Is it enough for the independent food, culture and community publication to survive?  Its leadership isn't sure.
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs and an object lesson in hubris for similarly unethical AI companies
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Christina Couch / Nieman Lab:
Freelance writers, media producers, others sue the Department of Labor over new guidance for classifying independent contractors, saying it creates uncertainty
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
MTV appears to have fully pulled down MTV News website, scrubbing two decades' worth of content from its archives; Paramount Global shut down MTV News in 2023
New York Times:
Sources: UK police saw Will Lewis as an impediment to their phone hacking investigation; plaintiffs say Lewis gave the “green light” to delete News Corp. emails
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
A US bankruptcy court trustee discloses plans to shut down Infowars and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5B in lawsuit judgments that Alex Jones owes
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

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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