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2:55 AM ET, March 5, 2025

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at the LA Times' AI “Insights”: much of the sourcing cited for counterpoints wouldn't pass scrutiny in a newsroom, and 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 its AI-powered “Insights” feature from a column after the tool tried to defend the Ku Klux Klan, just a day after its debut  —  An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Patch CEO Warren St. John says its AI-curated newsletters, with 400K subscribers, have grown Patch's reach from 1.1K to 30K US communities in just a few months  —  - Of Patch's 3 million newsletter subscribers nationally, 400,000 subscribe to its new AI newsletter products, per St. John.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube will tighten gambling content rules, including prohibiting creators from verbally referring to gambling services not approved by Google, from March 19  —  It may also restrict online gambling content for users under 18. … YouTube is tightening its policies on gambling content.
Benjamin Svetkey / The Hollywood Reporter:
Streaming has been a major setback for classic movies, largely due to platforms that ignore or bury old films; the oldest film on Netflix is from 1973  —  The oldest title available on Netflix last month was 1973's ‘The Sting.’ Where does that leave the next generation of film lovers?
Discussion: Screen Rant
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US district court judge stops discovery requests against the NYT in Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit and signals the NYT might get dismissed from the case  —  A judge on Tuesday signaled he may dismiss the New York Times (NYT.N) as a defendant in a $400 million defamation lawsuit …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney to cut 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 …
Bloomberg:
Filing: AP renews its request for a judge to order the White House to resume access for AP reporters at Trump's events and says a ban harms AP financially  —  The Associated Press renewed its request for a judge to order the White House to allow the wire service's reporters to resume covering President Donald Trump's events.
Discussion: The Guardian, Deadline and TVNewsCheck
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Firsthand, whose tools let marketers and publishers engage consumers through AI agents on their own sites or other sites as paid media, raised a $26M Series A  —  - The New York-based startup previously raised $6.6 million in seed funding, led by Radical Ventures.
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
David Zaslav says WBD is both looking at how much content it's producing and bringing HBO content to TNT and TBS that it doesn't plan on licensing to rivals  —  The chief executive also said the media giant is changing how it programs its cable channels, including looking at bringing HBO content to TNT and TBS
 
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Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
The Maine Trust for Local News, which owns 22 newspapers, is laying off 49 employees and reducing print editions to cut costs and focus on digital products
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC taps The Washington Post's Jackie Alemany to co-host The Weekend and serve as a Washington correspondent
Martin Baron / The Atlantic:
Jeff Bezos handled his ownership of The Washington Post admirably for over a decade but then faltered badly, cozying up to Trump to avoid the president's wrath
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD says Max will launch in Turkey on April 15, replacing BluTV, acquired in late 2023, and reiterates plans to increase its investment in local productions
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Hritam Mukherjee / Reuters:
India's top court allows podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, charged with obscenity, to resume airing his shows, provided they meet “decency and morality” standards
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis and Executive Editor Matt Murray skipped a premiere of Becoming Katharine Graham, a new documentary on the WaPo's fabled publisher
 

 
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Kinling Lo / Rest of World:
A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model

Steven Levy / Wired:
Meta's effort to neutralize Sarah Wynn-Williams' book, filled with gossipy anecdotes, feels less about defending its reputation than a need to punish a defector

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
21Shares plans to liquidate two actively managed bitcoin and ether futures ETFs, following $1.66B in outflows from US-listed spot bitcoin ETFs this month
 
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