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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A look at WSJ's rocky reboot under Emma Tucker, who addressed editing bottlenecks and pushed for ambitious stories, while unnerving the newsroom with layoffs — The British-born editor has injected America's business paper of record with ambition and verve, while unnerving the newsroom with unapologetic cuts.
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Staff at Australia's Nine passed a motion of no-confidence in CEO Mike Sneesby on Friday and prepare to take industrial action, after he announced ~200 job cuts — Chief executive Mike Sneesby says ‘economic headwinds’ and end of Meta deal are to blame for lost jobs
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Hunter Biden sues Fox News over its six-part “mock trial” series The Trial of Hunter Biden, alleging the network targeted him to “harass” and “humiliate” him — Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit in New York City against Fox News on Sunday evening …
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022 — Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
B2B information and data provider Wilmington sells its UK healthcare business, which includes Health Service Journal, to PE firm Inspirit Franklin for £26M — HSJ has been owned by Wilmington since 2017. — Health Service Journal will move under private equity ownership following a sale by owner Wilmington.
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Some Hollywood writers and actors are struggling to meet salary or work requirements to keep their union's health insurance plans, following the 2023 strikes — After the 2023 work stoppages and amid a larger industry contraction, creatives face difficulties meeting minimums to keep their union plans …
CBS News:
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, says neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges — Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to take another look at a pair of laws from Florida and Texas …
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Silla Brush / Bloomberg:
BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash — The acquisition deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets, and also expands its Aladdin technology systems …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit that produces Sesame Street, names Sherrie Westin as its new CEO, as it plans to “reimagine” Sesame Street starting in fall 2025 — The non-profit that produces ‘Sesame Street’ will have its first female CEO since the show's creator, Joan Ganz Cooney.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The two California bills to help fund local journalism would penalize Google and Meta for news' decline and benefit hedge funds that are destroying newspapers — There is still hope that California's perilous, protectionist legislation for news could be reformed, but not without effort.
Discussion:
@jeffjarvis
James Risen / The Intercept:
A reporter who fought a seven-year legal battle to protect sources says Julian Assange's case sets a dangerous precedent that may severely hurt US press freedom — When Julian Assange abruptly found himself back in Australia and freedom this week after reaching a plea deal with the U.S. government …
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Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic — WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Atlantic using Poe's Assistant bot.
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