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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Source: WaPo Publisher Will Lewis quietly met with Free Beacon EIC Eliana Johnson last month, where the two discussed recruiting conservative journalists  —  As Jeff Bezos pushes The Washington Post to the right, publisher Will Lewis quietly met with a conservative editor last month, Status has learned.
Jack Greenberg / YouTube Official Blog:
YouTube debuts an $8/month Premium Lite tier in the US, offering most videos ad-free and music with ads, and plans to launch in Thailand, Germany, and Australia  —  Today we'll begin expanding our Premium Lite pilot to users in the US.  Premium Lite gives viewers a new …
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
YouTube says YouTube Music and YouTube Premium now have 125M+ subscribers globally, including trials, after passing 100M subscribers in February 2024  —  MBW's Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney is cutting nearly 6% staff, or ~200 jobs, across ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks; ABC is also eliminating 538, which had ~15 employees  —  The layoffs are being announced to employees as early as Wednesday  —  About 200 employees are being let go at Disney's ABC News Group …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are relaunching Digg, after acquiring the site from Money Group for an undisclosed sum  —  Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at the LA Times' AI “Insights”: much of the cited sourcing wouldn't pass scrutiny in a newsroom or a classroom, and the political labels can be confusing  —  The hope: The L.A. Times will appear more “objective” if it presents both sides of an issue, even if one side's written …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
The Los Angeles Times removes Particle's AI-powered “Insights” feature from a column after the tool tried to defend the Ku Klux Klan, just a day after its debut
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sesame Workshop cuts staff as it continues to look for a TV or streaming outlet for Sesame Street; production of the series' 56th season resumes next month  —  The non-profit said Wednesday that season 56 will begin production next month as it seeks a new home for iconic children's show.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany on co-hosting MSNBC's The Weekend beginning in April, the channel's transition period, and more  —  Eugene Daniels, Jonathan Capehart and Jackie Alemany talk about what they plan to bring to the newly-expanded weekend program.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
TNT Sports strikes a deal with DAZN to televise 24 of the 63 FIFA Club World Cup 2025 matches on TNT, TBS, and truTV, including the final  —  TNT Sports will televise 24 of the 63 matches, including the final, on TNT, TBS and TruTV in a deal with the streaming sports service, which retains global rights.
 
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