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David Roeder / Chicago Sun Times:
Around 20% of Chicago Sun-Times staff, or 30 employees, took buyouts and have resigned, including most of the editorial board; 5 WBEZ workers also took buyouts — Columnists, editorial writers and many more head for the exits as the paper's nonprofit owner, Chicago Public Media, deals with fiscal hardship.
Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press:
The National Association of Theatre Owners changes name to Cinema United, saying it is “complicated having the same name as a multinational military alliance” — In hindsight, NATO was an unnecessarily confusing acronym for a trade organization representing movie theater owners.
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The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, @royaltenenbaum69.bsky.social, Variety and Deadline
Bloomberg.com:
Community Notes, first on X and rolling out on Meta's platforms, fall well short of stopping misinformation, and eliminating the rewards would go much further — The crowdsourced fact-checking system, which Meta adopted from X, is falling well short of stopping the spread of misinformation.
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Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
RFE/RL sues USAGM and its officials Kari Lake and Victor Morales, arguing they acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally in blocking funds allocated by Congress — The grant cancellation would violate the Constitution and federal laws, according to the case filed by RFE/RL in the US District Court for DC
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Forbes, The Kyiv Independent, The Desk, @kaedotcom.bsky.social, Reuters and @passantino.bsky.social
Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
The US DOJ charges film director Carl Erik Rinsch for allegedly defrauding a “streaming platform” for $11M; an arbitrator ruled in May that he owed Netflix ~$9M — Prosecutors say Carl Erik Rinsch used funds for a science-fiction series for personal investments.
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TVNewsCheck, @mbkplus.bsky.social, al.com, The Wrap, The Verge, DNyuz, Rolling Stone, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A press freedom reporter at VOA recalls its last days, as dozens of staffers on J-1 visas may have to return to countries with a record of jailing critics — Covering the press freedom beat at VOA, I got a front-row seat to its demise. — On Saturday, about thirteen hundred Voice of America staffers …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
ABC: print circulation of the UK's Daily Mirror fell 16.4% YoY in February 2025 to 196,150, dropping below 200,000 for the first time since the Edwardian era — The print circulation of the Daily Mirror dropped below 200,000 in February for the first time since the Edwardian era.
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Rupert Hargreaves on LinkedIn, @para-handy.bsky.social and @mediaguy19.bsky.social
Lucy Knight / The Guardian:
Crowdfunding publisher Unbound goes into administration and has been acquired by newly-formed Boundless; some authors say they haven't been paid for months — The company, launched in 2011, has been acquired by new company Boundless, after writers have been left unpaid for months
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@kizzia.bsky.social, Substack, @lemnsissay, @katharineq, @sdebar, @scribblerrob.bsky.social, @katbrownwrites.com, @isobelstarling.bsky.social, @matpringle.bsky.social, @russincheshire.bsky.social, @mcragg.bsky.social, @shaunusher.bsky.social, @victoriastrauss.bsky.social, The Bookseller, @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, @adashofseaglass.bsky.social and @danrhodes.bsky.social
Reuters:
Sources: CCI officials raided the Indian offices of global ad giants, including GroupM, Publicis, Dentsu, and Interpublic Group, over alleged price collusion — The Indian antitrust body has raided the offices of many global advertising giants, including GroupM, Publicis, Dentsu and Interpublic Group …
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MEDIANAMA, @reuters, Aditya Kalra on LinkedIn, @reuters and Press Trust of India
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
How NYT Cooking changed in the TikTok era, with an app, website, YouTube channel, and newsletter, focused on home chefs with fewer skills in the kitchen — After launching 10 years ago, NYT Cooking has succeeded in a crowded field with its blend of sleek videos, massive recipe catalog and an active community of home chefs.
Discussion:
Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn and Jordan Cohen on LinkedIn
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
European news publishers say offering complimentary access to The New York Times as part of their premium subscription packages led to a subscription boost — “There's no reason to think this shouldn't work in most markets where subscription-based payment is already well advanced.”
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
At a town hall, ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic sought to reassure staffers after layoffs and said there is a strategy to grow the ABC News brand — ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic led an employee town hall at Disney's new New York office Tuesday.
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