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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A look at CBS' bet on its massive overhaul of the Evening News, with greater emphasis on in-depth reporting on the ground from places beyond NYC, DC, and LA — Billboard Women in Music 2025 — The venerable “CBS Evening News” has, for many of its viewers, been something consumed along with dinner.
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Yun Li / CNBC:
Newsmax shares fell 77.5% on Wednesday after a 2,230% surge in its first two days on the NYSE; NMAX rose 5%+ on Thursday — Shares of conservative news channel Newsmax plunged more than 70% on Wednesday as its meteoric rise as a new public company proved to be short-lived.
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Independent says it hired seven people for its AI-written summarization service, Bulletin, and that the stories often outperform the human-written originals — Independent UK editor Chloe Hubbard said the new AI-written service “works commercially”. — The Independent's UK editor …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Australian PM Anthony Albanese asserts his support for local content quotas on streaming platforms, despite pushing their implementation back from July 1 — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on the government's commitment to implement local content quotas for streaming platforms …
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Former Vice CEO Nancy Dubuc joins Togethxr, a media and commerce startup focused on women's sports, as executive chair; source: revenue so far in 2025 is $30M — The media veteran joins a group of her industry peers at Togethxr, a company that aims to capitalize on interest in women's sports
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Vanity Fair Editor Radhika Jones tells staff that she will step down this spring after seven years of leading the Condé Nast-owned magazine — Jones, who joined the Condé Nast publication in 2017, will leave in the spring. — There will be a changing of the guard atop Vanity Fair …
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New York Times, The Wrap and Deadline
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Spotify debuts new ad tools, including an AI tool in the US and Canada that generates scripts and voiceovers, and pitches itself to advertisers as “nutritional” — After finally achieving profitability, the streaming platform wants to be a healthy alternative to “doom scrolling.”
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MediaPost, Adweek, Spotify, TechCrunch, Music Ally, The Hollywood Reporter, Ad Age and The Media Leader, more at Techmeme »
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
YouTube quietly removed “gender identity” from its hate speech policy after Trump took office; Google says enforcement of the policy remains unchanged — TariffTokers, Gen Z's ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid …
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
Source: President Trump plans to announce TikTok America, a company that is ~50% owned by US investors and 19.9% by ByteDance, which would license the algorithm — President Donald Trump plans to announce later on Wednesday his plan for a new company called TikTok America …
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin.bsky.social:
Longtime Washington Post columnist and reporter Eugene Robinson is leaving the paper, citing the “announced ‘significant shift’ in our section's mission” — Here's his email: [image]
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Bloomberg:
AI video startup Runway raised $308M led by General Atlantic, sources say at a $3B+ valuation, and plans to hire more filmmakers, screenwriters, and others — The deal, which is set to be announced Thursday, pushes Runway's value to just over $3 billion, according to people familiar …
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
DMGT signs a deal with Storied Media Group to help the Daily Mail and New Scientist license stories to production companies and create branded content — The 129-year-old London publication has teamed up with Storied Media Group LLC to turn its articles into fresh Hollywood productions
Agata Pyka / Notes From Poland:
A Polish court awards compensation to two photojournalists who were treated brutally by Polish soldiers while they were reporting at the Belarus border in 2021 — A Polish court has awarded compensation to two photojournalists working for major international media outlets due to the brutal treatment …
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