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Mike Janssen / Current:
Email: New York Public Radio's CEO announces 26 layoffs, including 12 voluntary departures, or 8.5% of jobs, as NYPR plans to cut back on podcasts and events — New York Public Radio is eliminating 26 positions and will cut back on podcasts and live events, CEO LaFontaine Oliver announced in an email to staff Thursday.
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Radio & Television …, Gothamist, Inside Radio and Radio Ink
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
A Nevada court rules that hearings about Rupert Murdoch's effort to modify his family's succession plans will remain closed to the public and to the media — “The Motion for Access to the hearings in this case is denied,” probate commissioner Edmund J. Gorman Jr. recommended late today …
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The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Axios, Adweek and Reuters
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
DMGT's Mail Online and News Corp's The Sun trim US newsrooms; sources: Mail Online's cuts hit up to 10% of staff, and The Sun's cuts were a larger percentage — US Sun cites “seismic change” in digital landscape. — The Sun and the Mail have both made redundancies to their US editorial teams this week.
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Sky News, @markkleinmansky, @pressgazette and Gabriella Iannetta on LinkedIn
Claire Atkinson / The Ankler:
Emily in Paris is a petri dish for advertising and product placement on Netflix; on the show, plotlines beget products and brand pitches turn into plotlines — I talk to Peter Naylor and marketers about the dangerous game the streamer is playing as it blurs ads, shopping and content
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Two brothers are charged with assaulting New York Times photographer Erin Schaff on January 6, 2021, in the Capitol and stealing her camera — Two brothers were arrested Thursday on charges that they assaulted a New York Times photographer inside the U.S. Capitol during a mob's attack on the building more than three years ago.
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HuffPost and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
In a government committee meeting, BBC chair Samir Shah said subscriptions or advertising are incompatible with the BBC's remit as a public broadcaster — Broadcaster needs to be paid for by ‘public at large’, Shah tells Lords committee, but he sees sense in potential mutualisation
Discussion:
The Guardian
Diego Ramos Bechara / Variety:
The Toronto International Film Festival pauses screenings of Russians at War due to “significant threats to festival operations and public safety” — The Toronto International Film Festival has decided to halt screenings of the controversial documentary, “Russians at War,” …
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Reuters, TIFF, Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, CBC News, The Wrap, Deadline, Global News, IndieWire and The Hollywood Reporter
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
The Honk Kong Journalists Association says journalists from more than a dozen Hong Kong media outlets have been harassed in a “systemic and organized” attack — Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employers
Discussion:
Reuters, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Reporters Without Borders and Associated Press
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
News photographers object after their seats in Kamala Harris' plane travel pool were cut from four to one and push for more access for “a fair and free press” — White House News Photographers Association criticized the limited seating on the vice president's plane.
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TVNewsCheck, @redsteeze, @albertomiguelf5, @kinseyandrew, @briannalyman2, @armandondk, @alexthomp, @alexthomp, @richardgrenell, @pettylupone, @alexthomp, @noahpollak, @chrisharihar, Axios, New York Post, @kentnish@threads.net, @kentnish@threads.net, @kentnish@threads.net, @kentnish@threads.net and White House News …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been put on hold, calling it a “strong franchise” but declining to share further information about its future — Outside missing a year during the Covid-19 pandemic, it's the first time the annual technology conference has not taken place in its more than two-decade history.
Discussion:
The Ankler, Talking Biz News and @kylie.robison@threads.net
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
A Delaware judge rules that Smartmatic's defamation case against Newsmax over 2020 election lies will proceed to trial later this month — A major defamation case against Newsmax will proceed to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday, dealing a blow to the right-wing network and setting …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Fubo's antitrust trial against Fox, WBD, and Disney over Venu Sports is set for October 2025; Fox, WBD, Disney have also appealed the injunction blocking launch — Fubo's legal fight with Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney over antitrust concerns surrounding the trio's plans …
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The Streamable, Deadline, TVNewsCheck, Cord Cutters News, Streaming Better, Deadline, Bloomberg, Awful Announcing, Reuters and The Streamable
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