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Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
Warner Bros Discovery says John Malone is not seeking re-election to the board of directors and will instead take on the role of chairman emeritus — Cable TV pioneer John Malone is not seeking re-election to the board of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) and will instead take on the role of chairman emeritus …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group of professors specializing in copyright law files an amicus brief supporting authors suing Meta for allegedly training AI on ebooks without permission — A group of professors specializing in copyright law has filed an amicus brief in support of authors suing Meta for allegedly training …
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United States District Court N.D. Cal. and The Register
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix files an appeal to France's Council of State over the windowing rules that force the streamer to wait 15 months to access newly released films — Netflix has published a letter about an appeal it lodged with France's Council of State calling out the windowing rules which force …
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Media Play News and The Hollywood Reporter
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
The European Broadcasting Union launches Eurovision News Spotlight, a network of 18 public broadcasters to collaborate on fact-checking and OSINT — The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has launched a new collaborative network that will engage in fact-checking an open source intelligence …
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Advanced Television and Broadband TV News
Katcy Stephan / Variety:
The Academy adds an Oscar award for achievement in stunt design, beginning with the 100th Academy Awards in 2028 for films released in 2027 — The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award …
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Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
Reach and Yahoo News delete or amend articles that quoted fake experts; ResponseSource, which connects reporters to experts, plans to add ratings for sources — Dozens of stories have been deleted and amended by leading publishers after a Press Gazette investigation into fake and dubious experts …
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One Man & His Blog, @karensussex.bsky.social and Rob Waugh on LinkedIn
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Gannett says it will stop publishing its workforce demographic and diversity data and has removed diversity mentions from its website, citing Trump's EO on DEI — The company also removed mentions of “diversity” from its corporate site. — America's largest newspaper chain, Gannett …
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify plans to invest €1M in audiobook production in non-English languages, starting with French and Dutch, and says <3% of French books exist in audio format — Spotify announced on Friday that it plans to invest €1 million-or approximately $1.1 million …
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Spotify, Digital Music News, Publishing Perspectives, Android Police, Billboard and The Bookseller
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A.G. Sulzberger says NYT didn't walk out of the briefing room in solidarity with the AP so as not to “stumble into the very reaction” the White House hoped for — - Donald Trump has spent years complaining about the media. — In his second term, he appears to be turning those complaints into actions.
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@jonathanfriedman.com and @pkafka.bsky.social
Felix Light / Reuters:
RSF says Georgia refused entry to two French journalists in recent months; both had covered the protests and crackdown that followed the October election — Two French journalists have been refused entry to Georgia in recent months, press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders …
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Reporters Without Borders and Deutsche Welle
Natalie Korach / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway on covering Trump's tariffs; their Odd Lots newsletter saw sign-ups jump 142% in April vs. March average — The stalwart financial reporters and podcasters rode Donald Trump's tariff roller coaster with the help of a lot of tweeting and, sure, a little nicotine.
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@nataliekorach, @thestalwart, @unclegrambo and Bloomberg
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
How Patch transitioned from human-curated local newsletters, which were shut down in November 2023, to AI-generated newsletters, which have 400K+ subscribers — Local news aggregation was primed for automation. In the transition Patch left human curators behind.
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