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Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
ABC News plans to air an interview with President Biden “in its entirety as a primetime special”, at 8pm ET on July 5; a transcript will also be available — The ABC News interview with President Joe Biden will now air “in its entirety as a primetime special” …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
White House reporters say Biden's mental fitness could have been better covered pre-debate, particularly after the release of Robert Hur's report in February — President Joe Biden's White House repeatedly and aggressively shot down reports on the president's age and any possible limitations …
BBC:
Investigation: a fake news network tied to an ex-Florida sheriff, now in Moscow, appears to be targeting US and UK voters; some Congress members shared posts — A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation …
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The Guardian:
The Murdoch-owned Sun in the UK abruptly switches political allegiance, endorsing the Labour Party ahead of the July 4 election — After years of critical coverage, tabloid backs Labour for first election since 2005, saying: ‘It is time for a change’ — The Sun newspaper has made an abrupt volte-face …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real time content, fediverse, and more — Programming note: With this post, we now go on a short summer break. See you back here July 15. — A year ago this week, Meta introduced Threads to the world.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Paramount shares rose ~7% after news that Skydance and National Amusements had reached a tentative deal; source: the deal could be done as soon as this weekend — A deal between the two parties could potentially be completed by as early as the weekend, an individual familiar with the matter tells TheWrap
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Skydance reached a preliminary deal to pay $1.75B for National Amusements and agreed to a 45-day period where other Paramount bidders can make offers
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Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN:
ElevenLabs will use AI-generated voices of dead actors like Judy Garland and Burt Reynolds in its Reader app, thanks to deals with the actors' estates — Actress Judy Garland never recorded her voice to read an audiobook of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but you'll soon be able to hear …
Paul Vieira / Dow Jones Newswires:
Netflix, Disney, and other US streaming companies ask a Canadian court to block imposition of a fee of 5% of sales to help finance local news and other content — OTTAWA—Netflix, Walt Disney and other U.S. streaming companies have asked a Canadian court to stop plans by authorities to force …
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Alicja Ptak / Notes From Poland:
Polish media protests lawmakers' rejection of an amendment guaranteeing state mediation if an outlet and tech firm fail to agree on compensation for content — Over 350 Polish media outlets, including many of the country's biggest titles, are jointly protesting today against changes …
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@notesfrompoland and Politico
Alex Williams / New York Times:
Rob Stone, a founder of influential music magazine The Fader, which focuses on hip-hop and alternative rock, died on June 24 at age 55 — A founder of the influential music magazine The Fader, he also bridged the worlds of hip-hop and the Fortune 500 with his innovative marketing agency.
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Melanie Samarasinghe on LinkedIn
Rand Fishkin / SparkToro:
Datos: 58.5% of Google searches in the US and 59.7% in the EU result in no clicks; for 1,000 searches, 360 clicks go to the open web in the US and 374 in the EU — Over the past decade, I've done several reports with multiple clickstream panels analyzing Google search behavior at scale.
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Andrew Limn on LinkedIn, @gfiorelli1, @brodieseo, @randfish and @pedrodias
NBC News:
A profile of Mississippi Today's Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Anna Wolfe, who could go to jail for not revealing her sources in Gov. Phil Bryant's lawsuit — “The rabbit's got the gun now,” said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.
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