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The WaPo rejected a print ad from Common Cause that said “Fire Elon Musk”, designed to wrap around the DC edition, after the group said it signed a $115K deal — The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap …

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Sources: Australia's plans to threaten US companies like Meta with large fines for not paying local media outlets have been paused amid tariff talks with the US — Plans to threaten US tech giants such as Meta with hundreds of millions of dollars in Australian charges have been paused …

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Source: Spotify struck deals with Universal and Warner for its Music Pro plan launch, which includes concert tickets, but doesn't yet have rights from Sony — Spotify is developing a more expensive version of its service that will offer high-quality audio, early access to concert tickets and remixing tools.

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify hopes to launch a Music Pro tier in 2025, a $6/month add-on that will include higher-quality audio, early access to concert tickets, and more

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Marc Caputo / Axios:

Sources: Trump is targeting AP to amplify GOP and conservative criticisms that the AP Stylebook shapes political dialogue by favoring liberal words and phrases — - “This isn't just about the Gulf of America,” White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich told Axios.

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The White House says it will bar AP from events in the Oval Office and on Air Force One over AP's refusal to use “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico”

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:

The New York Times wins three 2024 Polk Awards, the most of any publication; The New Yorker, ProPublica, Vanity Fair, and The Baltimore Banner also won — The Times was honored for an investigation into extremism in Israel, coverage of the civil war in Sudan and a narrative about a Russian soldier who defected from the war in Ukraine.

Jim Acosta / The Jim Acosta Show:

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta calls on news outlets to unite in opposition to the Trump administration's treatment of journalists and news organizations like AP — It was only a matter of time. — The Trump White House placed unconstitutional restrictions on the Associated Press last week …

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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Olyn, which bills itself as a “Shopify for filmmakers” that lets makers directly sell their films to viewers, launches, offering 90% of revenue to creators — The recent Brian Epstein biopic “Midas Man,” a film about the manager of The Beatles, debuted not on a platform like Netflix or Amazon …

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority tells Reach to stop posting ad features on social media without clearly labeling them as ads — ASA closes Hull Live case informally but warns problem must be fixed. — The Advertising Standards Authority has investigated Reach regional website Hull Live …

Advanced Television:

Ampere Analysis forecasts streamers' spending on sports rights to reach $12.5B in 2025, accounting for a fifth of global sports rights spend, led by DAZN — Streamers will account for a fifth of global sports rights spend in 2025 according to Ampere Analysis sports media rights data.

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David Barnett / The Guardian:

An interview with Nadia Odunayo on building Goodreads alternative StoryGraph, remaining bootstrapped, reaching 3.8M active users, not allowing DMs, and more — Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers' platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed

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A profile of Karoline Leavitt, the youngest White House Press Secretary in history at age 27, whose rise is marked by her loyalty to Trump — Karoline Leavitt's rapid rise to the White House showcases both precocious skill and confrontations with the traditional media

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount and YouTube cut a new carriage deal that will keep Paramount channels available on the YouTube TV video service; terms of the deal were not disclosed

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Henry Larson / 404 Media:
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