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2:30 PM ET, April 9, 2025

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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
A US judge orders the White House to lift access restrictions imposed on the AP while the AP's lawsuit moves forward  —  A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's White House to lift access restrictions imposed on the Associated Press over the news agency's decision to continue …
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
A survey of 1,128 US adults: 49% have no interest in using an AI chatbot to get info from news outlets, and 27% believe outlets often use AI to write articles  —  Wide-ranging research from Poynter and the University of Minnesota sheds light on how people feel about AI in journalism.  It's not pretty.
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
YouTube, the RIAA, and SAG-AFTRA express support for the reintroduced NO FAKES Act, which standardizes rules around making AI copies of a person's likeness  —  The legislation that would establish rules around the use of AI copies of someone's likeness is once again up for consideration.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Atlas Obscura names ex-WSJ executive Louise Story as its new CEO, reports $16.7M in 2024 revenue, driven by ads, and says its newsletters have 1.7M free subs  —  Story wants to build the best travel app in the world  —  Atlas Obscura has named Louise Story as its new chief executive officer …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Some senior Trump press aides have refused to engage with reporters' questions because the journalists listed identifying pronouns in their email signatures  —  Some Trump administration officials have declined to answer questions from several journalists on the basis of their email signatures.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
WordPress.com launches an AI website builder to help users create a website via its chat-style interface, available to WordPress users for free  —  Hosting platform WordPress.com on Wednesday launched a new AI website builder that allows anyone to create a functioning website using an AI chat-style interface.
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the struggle to cover the earthquake in Myanmar due to lack of experienced journalists caused by the junta's repression, USAID and VOA cuts, and more  —  The problems pile up for an already threatened press.  —  Last week, Yogita Limaye, a correspondent at the BBC …
Discussion: Reuters Institute
Mark Yarm / Long Lead Presents:
Q&A with NYT's first Editorial Director of AI Initiatives Zach Seward on using AI summaries internally, the OpenAI lawsuit, the future of journalism, and more  —  The paper's first editorial director of artificial intelligence initiatives takes us behind the scenes.  —  Mark Yarm and Long Lead
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert W. McChesney, an influential left-leaning critic of corporate media control and Silicon Valley billionaires, died from cancer on March 25 at age 72  —  In over a dozen books, he explored the failures of journalism and the internet, blaming capitalism and calling for the nationalization of Facebook and Google.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Apple offers a rare TV+ discount, dropping to $2.99/month from $9.99 for three months for new and returning customers until April 24, after Severance's success  —  The tech giant is giving new and returning users of the streaming service three months for $2.99 per month.
 
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Liberty Media has been shopping F1 rights at ~$150M-$180M per year, starting with the 2026 season, up to double what ESPN has been paying recently
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Study: the politically engaged, young people, women, and less socioeconomically advantaged groups are likelier to prefer news that shares their point of view
George Winslow / TV Tech:
Local news streamer Zeam partners with Vionlabs, whose AI-driven tech breaks broadcasts into easily searchable and social media-friendly short clips
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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
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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
 

 
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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

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

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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