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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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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 …
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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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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Nicole Meir / The Associated Press:
The AP Fund for Journalism announces a pilot program supported by the Google News Initiative to provide content, tools, and training to ~50 nonprofit news orgs — The AP Fund for Journalism (APFJ) today announced its board of directors and a local newsroom pilot program in which it will work …
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Rachel White on LinkedIn and RTDNA
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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Inside Higher Ed, @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, @kennysmith.bsky.social, @annkspencer.bsky.social, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, Daily Caller News Foundation, @jestastrophy.bsky.social, @anveebhutani.bsky.social, @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @ClimateJenny@biodiversity … and @victorerikray.bsky.social
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
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, more at Techmeme »
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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TVNewsCheck, Adweek, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline and Barrett Media
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Filing: X reaches a deal to drop its November 2024 case against Twitch, after alleging it conspired with other companies to withdraw advertising from X — Elon Musk's X has reached an agreement to resolve claims that live streaming service Twitch conspired with other companies …
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