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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
The WHCA says it is “deeply concerned” that CNN blocked repeated requests to let the White House travel pool in studio for tonight's presidential debate — scoop: The White House Correspondents' Association says it's “deeply concerned” that CNN “has rejected our repeated requests to include the White House travel pool inside the studio.” The full statement: [image]
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@cbcpac:
The head of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC calls on CNN to give credentials to Black-owned media outlets for tonight's debate; none were credentialed so far — Full statement from @RepGregoryMeeks: [image]
Associated Press:
The Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft, saying OpenAI violated copyrights — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time strikes a multi-year content licensing deal with OpenAI; Time will gain access to OpenAI's tech and tools to develop new products — - It also gives the AI giant access to Time's real-time content to help answer user queries as news unfolds. — Under the agreement …
Brian Stelter / The Atlantic:
A look at WaPo's leadership issues under Jeff Bezos, as his hands-off approach and selection of publishers left the paper without a long-term strategy — How the world's greatest businessman drove his newspaper into a ditch — If you want to understand the current crisis at The Washington Post …
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Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
Paramount has shut down its Comedy Central website, which held The Daily Show clips and the full run of The Colbert Report, after its shutdown of MTV News' site — First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer. — ComedyCentral.com had been home …
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David Roeder / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Public Media names Vox co-founder Melissa Bell as its new CEO, starting September 3; CPM owns the Chicago Sun-Times and public radio station WBEZ — The founder and former publisher of Vox Media will take over in September. — Melissa Bell, former publisher of Vox Media …
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Haleluya Hadero / Associated Press:
Seven nonprofits including the Freedom of the Press Foundation file a brief saying the US law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban is unconstitutional — A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok's parent company to sell the platform …
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to launch its Xbox TV app on Amazon's Fire TV Sticks in July in 25+ countries, letting Game Pass Ultimate subscribers access Xbox Cloud Gaming — The Xbox app will provide access to Xbox Cloud Gaming so subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can stream a variety of games directly to Fire TV devices.
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Comcast is adding the sports-focused Fubo app to supported Xfinity Flex, Xumo TV, and Xumo Stream boxes — Customers of Comcast's broadband product Xfinity Internet now have access to sports-centric streaming service Fubo on the company's lased streaming boxes.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sewell Chan, EIC of The Texas Tribune, is named executive editor of CJR; Tribune managing editor Matthew Watkins will become EIC when Chan departs in September — He joins after leading The Texas Tribune for three years. — Sewell Chan, the editor in chief of The Texas Tribune …
Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine:
Two groups of Sandy Hook families disagree on whether Infowars' parent company FSS should go into bankruptcy or whether they should take control of FSS assets — In 2021 and 2022, two sets of families of the 20 children murdered during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting won separate defamation suits against Alex Jones.
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