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12:35 PM ET, March 19, 2025

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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 …
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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
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
A three-judge panel in US appeals court ruled, in a case involving AI generated poetry, that the Copyright Act requires human authorship for registration  —  A computer scientist who tried to register an artwork that credited an artificial intelligence system as the sole author lost his appeal on Tuesday.
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.
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
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.
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 …
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Agentic Marketing Technologies, whose AI agent Lyra helps influencers book and run marketing campaigns, raised a $3.5M seed led by NFX  —  Booking an ad campaign with social media influencers is currently not exactly easy.  For starters, influencers' approaches to marketing can be unconventional …
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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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Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: US paid music streaming subscriptions hit 100M in 2024; streaming revenue grew 4% YoY to $14.9B; revenue from ad-supported services fell 2% to $1.8B
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Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
Peacock launches in-market streaming of the NBC Sports Regional Networks as add-on subscriptions for Peacock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers
Angela Giuffrida / The Guardian:
Italian newspaper Il Foglio says it published the world's first newspaper edition entirely produced by AI, part of a month-long experiment to show AI's impact
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks plans to step down in spring 2025; President Biden had renominated Starks in 2023 for a new term that ends in 2027
 

 
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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

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

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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