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Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
Two influential Chinese bloggers say China is considering a ban on Hollywood movies as part of a set of measures to retaliate against Trump's tariffs — Two influential Chinese bloggers posted an identical set of measures that authorities are mulling to hit back at the latest tariff threats …
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Anvee Bhutani / The Guardian:
Student journalists in the US are resigning or requesting takedown of stories amid growing repression by the Trump administration against pro-Palestinian speech — Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions
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Zach Seward:
Quartz co-founder Zach Seward on the idealistic beginnings of Quartz, the death of the outlet, and how Jim Spanfeller and G/O Media killed it — “It's impossible to kill a media brand,” Jim Spanfeller told me on my first day working for him, as we sat in his corner office.
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google says all new Google TV devices in the US must now have a remote with a Free TV or Live TV button that opens its Freeplay library of 150+ FAST channels — Starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a big “Free TV” button on their remotes — Google has confirmed …
Bloomberg:
The US stock market briefly surged on April 7 after CNBC, Reuters, and others picked up an erroneous X post that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs — At just after 10 a.m., shouting erupted on the Siebert trading floor in downtown Manhattan. Mark Malek, the firm's chief …
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Reuters Institute:
Reuters Institute names Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee as director; she has been acting director since Rasmus Nielsen stepped down in October 2024 — A respected journalist across print, TV, and digital media, she's led our Journalist Programmes since 2022 and been our Acting Director since October 2024
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
ITN reports 2024 revenue down 3% YoY to £150.7M, non-news revenue down 41%, and a pre-tax profit of £800K, its lowest in a decade, down from £1.5M in 2023 — ITN recorded its lowest profit in a decade in 2024 as its non-news revenue dropped 41% year on year.
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Business Live and City A.M.
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative AI ad format users can interact with and that is powered by One Snap, its homegrown generative AI tech — The creative on Snapchat has evolved a lot since those puking rainbow filters. — On Tuesday, Snap released sponsored AI lenses …
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TechCrunch
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The News/Media Alliance is running an ad campaign this week urging the US government to “make Big Tech pay for the content it takes to run its AI products” — Publishers across the US are participating in an ad campaign asking to ‘make Big Tech pay for the content it takes.’
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Press Gazette, TV Tech, News/Media Alliance and News/Media Alliance
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: the EC plans to approve Liberty Media's €3.5B acquisition of Dorna Sports; the EC previously warned the deal could push up broadcasting rights prices — Liberty Media (FWONA.O), which owns Formula One, is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 3.5-billion-euro …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC names Madeleine Haeringer, most recently the executive VP and GM of Crooked Media, as its senior VP of digital, audio, and longform, effective May 7 — The executive is joining MSNBC as senior vp of digital, audio and longform beginning in May. — When MSNBC splits from NBC News later …
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Adweek, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline and Barrett Media
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
AI tools like ChatGPT have fueled a rise in media “experts” with dubious or fake credentials, often sourced via journalist request services — Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, anyone can generate comment, on any subject, in an instant. — It is a technology that appears …
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Steph Bridgeman on LinkedIn, @drmlharris.bsky.social, @snigdha@mas.to, Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn, Tracey Follows on LinkedIn, Ben Verinder on LinkedIn, @scientits.bsky.social, Natalie Sutton on LinkedIn, @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, @alijanemoore.bsky.social and @iainthomson.bsky.social
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