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Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr:
[Thread] Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, Columbia Journalism Review editor since June 2024; Betsy Morais will serve as interim director — Some news: Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, who has been the editor of Columbia Journalism Review since last year
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New York Times:
Sources: Sewell Chan's departure from CJR comes as the magazine has been running under tight budgetary constraints and was beginning a fundraising campaign — Sewell Chan, who started as executive editor of the publication in September, said his firing after several staff complaints was “baffling.”
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Sewell Chan / Sewell Chan on LinkedIn:
Sewell Chan says the decision to fire him is “quite frankly baffling” and it came after “I had three pointed conversations with staff members in recent weeks” — My statement, part 1: — Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge declines the AP challenge to the WH eliminating wire service pool slots, calling the policy “neutral” as it does not punish the AP specifically — A federal judge who ruled that the Trump White House's ban on the Associated Press was a violation …
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Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
In an appeals court hearing on the AP's White House access, the DOJ argued that WH spaces are akin to private spaces to which the president can restrict access — A three-judge panel was skeptical of arguments that the administration is facing imminent harm.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Filing: AP is expected to have a spot in the White House print pool by Sunday, after the WH made wire reporters part of the regular rotation for print reporters — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich argued that the administration has been complying with Judge Trevor McFadden's order …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Ted Sarandos says Netflix talent uses “AI tools to do set references, pre-vis, VFX sequence prep, shot planning” and AI can make movies “10% better” — Citing recent comments by James Cameron, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he hopes AI can make films “10% better,” not just “50% cheaper.”
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ted Sarandos says “as the popularity of video podcasts grows, I suspect you'll see some of them find their way to Netflix” — “Is it premium? Well, some of it is, and we believe we have the best monetization model on the planet for premium storytelling," co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on the earnings call.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Filing: Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw total compensation of about $61.9M and $60.3M in 2024, up from $49.8M and $40.1M in 2023, respectively
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
How the BBC, NUJ, PPA, OpenAI, and Google have responded to the UK's AI copyright law proposals, including one giving AI companies broad copyright exemptions — Opt-out proposal like burglars being allowed unless banned by sign on front door, one response says.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The Wikimedia Foundation partners with Kaggle to release a dataset of “structured Wikipedia content in English and French” optimized for AI model training — Data science platform Kaggle is hosting a Wikipedia dataset that's specifically optimized for machine learning applications.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ issues a travel advisory warning journalists traveling to the US to anticipate increased questioning by border agents regarding coverage of sensitive topics — A stated policy goal of the Trump administration is to significantly change U.S. travel and immigration policies.
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
After canceling Mythic Quest, Apple debuts an updated version of the finale to tie up loose ends and removes the original cut entirely from Apple TV+ — A revised version of the episode is now streaming, meant to tie up the show's loose ends. — If you didn't catch Mythic Quest's series finale …
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