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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Filing: Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over the final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa — The Des Moines Register published pollster Ann Selzer's final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa by 3 points, despite Trump's eventual 13-point victory
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Financial Times:
The UK opens a consultation on AI and copyright, and aims to offer an “opt out” copyright exception, force companies to open models to scrutiny, and more — Consultation could see easier access to copyrighted works but require tech groups to be clearer on what they have used
Axios:
Sources: NYT's Cliff Levy and Meta's Anne Kornblut withdrew from consideration to become The Washington Post's executive editor after hearing its strategy — - One person involved in the search told us Lewis' pitch was foggy and uninspiring. … Other candidates include current interim executive editor Matt Murray.
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Julian Fowler / BBC:
A UK court finds the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on two Belfast journalists to identify their sources — The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Metropolitan Police acted illegally by spying on two Belfast journalists' to identify their sources.
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Some streamers now believe that releasing movies in theaters, promoted by expansive marketing and PR campaigns, helps makes movies successful on their platforms — Just a few years ago, media executives thought theatrical releases didn't benefit their streaming services. Now, many of them think the opposite.
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StreamTV Insider, Variety, Benzinga, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Deadline, Screen Rant, The Playlist, The Wrap and Cosmopolitan
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Sources: Comcast targets H1 2025 for the launch of their NBC Sports-branded RSNs on Peacock, and is in talks to serve as a distribution hub for third-party RSNs — For two years, Comcast executives have spoken openly about their desire to see the company's four regional sports networks …
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TVNewsCheck, @tvgrimreaper, The TV Answer Man! and The Hollywood Reporter
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israeli forces killed 4+ Palestinian journalists in Gaza in the past week, and Israel is responsible for 66% of the 95+ journalists killed globally in 2024 — The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly denounces the killings of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza during the past week …
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The Times of Israel, Press Gazette, Mondoweiss, Al Jazeera, Drop Site News, Al Jazeera Media Network and Truthout
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Both the founder and COO of UK's Pink News accuse the BBC of publishing malicious accusations, after BBC aired a doc making allegations about their behavior — The founder and chief operating officer of Pink News have accused the BBC of publishing misleading and malicious allegations that have caused them “serious harm”.
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PinkNews, BBC, Outspoken, @bindelj and @michaelbaggs
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Sources: Forbes is cutting ties with freelancers who wrote for Forbes Vetted, its product review section, citing Google's “site reputation abuse” policy on SEO — Forbes will stop using freelancers for some types of stories indefinitely — and has blamed the change on a recent update to Google Search policies.
Axios:
Sources: Refinery29 laid off staff, and its CEO Cory Haik has left, as it closes in on eight months under new ownership; Sundial has not named an interim CEO — Sundial Media Group has not named an interim CEO. — The former Vice Media executive was named CEO when Sundial Media Group agreed …
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@rinaindc, @mediaevan.bsky.social, Kerry Flynn on LinkedIn, @seangriffey and @annamerlan.bsky.social
On Substack:
Substack partners with The Free Press to build an enterprise offering, including custom branding and large editorial teams support, with a private beta in 2025 — Partnering with The Free Press to better support media organizations — The Free Press, a media organization founded …
The Boston Globe:
The Everett Leader Herald, a weekly newspaper publishing for 139 years, will shut down and pay $1.1M to settle a defamation lawsuit with Everett Mayor — The Everett Leader Herald will shut down after 139 years as part of the settlement — Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria will receive $1.1 million …
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