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1:30 PM ET, March 12, 2025

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Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
Ruth Marcus explains why she quit WaPo, not wanting to tell readers “what Jeff Bezos thinks I should think”, and publishes her spiked column in The New Yorker  —  Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Sources: the BBC plans to ask the UK government to take on the full costs of the World Service to counter Russia's and China's “aggressive” disinformation drive  —  Ministers must cover full costs of championing western values abroad, senior BBC figures to argue
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Spotify appears to have removed Andrew Tate's “pimping hoes” class; internal communications show some Spotify employees complained about offering the course  —  Some Spotify employees are not happy that the audio streaming giant was, until this week, hosting and profiting from a course about …
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
A profile of NPR reporter Anas Baba, who has spent 17 months in Gaza, one of the few journalists working full-time with a US news organization to remain in Gaza  —  The Palestinian journalist said it's his calling to stay in his native land and report on what happens.
Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Netflix signs a deal with comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who angered people with insults about minority groups at a Trump rally, in a bid to appeal to Trump voters  —  Hinchcliffe's set at Madison Square Garden in October drew sharp criticism after he described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
Chris Heath / The Atlantic:
How profane blogger Aidan Kearney, aka Turtleboy, came to believe a woman was framed for murder, terrorizing those who disagree; he was arrested in October 2023  —  On overpasses and by roadsides they gather, holding banners and placards.  In the early days, only a few people showed up …
David Cohen / Adweek:
Yahoo Sports launches a sports collectibles hub featuring news, video analysis, and more; The Athletic debuted a similar vertical in August 2024  —  Partners include cllct, Mantel, and Sports Card Investor  —  Yahoo Sports debuted a new hub dedicated to coverage of collectibles …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Spotify says it paid $10B+ in royalties in 2024, “the largest in music history”, making up 60%+ of its $17.13B+ 2024 revenue, with ~1,500 artists earning $1M+  —  Company has long drawn ire from musicians who say streaming model does not remunerate them enough
 
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Adam Bhala Lough, director of Deepfaking Sam Altman, in which he talks with an entity based on an LLM of Altman, after Altman declined an interview
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Google updates Chrome's extension rules to ban affiliate link injection without user action or benefit, after Honey allegedly stole creators' affiliate revenue
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Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
The US DHS skipped a fully competitive bid process to give two GOP-tied firms part of a $200M TV ad campaign lauding Trump's fight against illegal immigration
Liam Reilly / CNN:
A Florida circuit court judge denies the Pulitzer Board's request to pause a defamation lawsuit by Trump until he is out of office
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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