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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Filing: New York Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé, Politico journalist Ryan Lizza, of harassment and blackmail; Lizza denies the accusations — New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico …
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Maxwell Tani / @maxwelltani@threads.net:
Source: Politico and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza agreed that he will take a leave of absence during an internal investigation, after Olivia Nuzzi's lawsuit — Scoop: Politico and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza have mutually agreed that he will take a leave of absence while an investigation is conducted following today's news.
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Elias Leight / Billboard:
Memo: Spotify Global Head of Music Jeremy Erlich is leaving the company after joining in June 2019; he will advise Spotify until the end of February 2025 — After more than five years at the streamer, the executive is leaving to pursue an “entrepreneurial journey”
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
ITV Director of News and Current Affairs Michael Jermey plans to leave the UK channel at the end of the year after 16 years in the position — Jermey will chair the Disasters Emergency Committee. — Michael Jermey is leaving ITV after 16 years as director of news and current affairs.
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Andreo Calonzo / Bloomberg:
Philippine President Marcos Jr. signs a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers, including Netflix, HBO, and Disney — The World's Call Center Capital Is Gripped by AI Fever — and Fear … Hello World
Janya Sundar / Fast Company:
A look at Local Lede, an AI tool from AP and startup AppliedXL that helps journalists sift through large datasets from federal agencies to find local news tips — So far the pilot program involves five AP member news organizations, with plans to expand to Alaska later this month.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz is leaving the newspaper to launch her own publication on Substack called User Mag, to “cover technology from the user side” — Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side …
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Financial Times:
Sources: Pink Floyd agrees to sell the rights to their music catalogue, including the band name and the artists' “likeness”, to Sony for about $400M — The deal struck this week marks the end of years of infighting among band members over the sale
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Duke Reporters' Lab: the number of fact-checking sites has declined globally; North American active sites have fallen from 94 to 90 from 2020 to 2023 — - In some parts of the world, political pressure has directly impacted the closure of fact-checking operations.
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Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple Podcasts debuts a Top Series chart, Series category, and monthly Series Essentials spotlight for narrative shows with episodes to be listened to in order — Today Apple has announced changes to Apple Podcasts designed to better spotlight a specific type of show: narrative series.
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Katherine Jacobsen / Committee to Protect Journalists:
The US Press Freedom Tracker recorded 68 assaults on journalists in 2024 so far, up from 45 in 2023, and 240 subpoenas for reporters' materials since 2017 — Download PDF … Introduction — In the moments after a would-be assassin's bullet grazed the ear of presidential candidate Donald Trump …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN launches a paywall, asking US website visitors to pay $3.99 per month for access after they consume a certain number of free articles — New York CNN — — CNN, one of the most popular news websites in the world, is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access.
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft begins rolling out Bing Generative Search, its answer to Google's AI Overviews, to users in the US — Microsoft has launched its answer to Google's AI-powered search experiences: Bing Generative Search. — On the heels of a pilot in July, Bing Generative Search …
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft plans to pay outlets like Reuters, FT, and Axel Springer for content in Copilot Daily, a new assistant that gives a spoken summary of current events
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