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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Bill Grueskin on why the verdict in Sarah Palin's trial was unsurprising and why she is the wrong plaintiff in the right-wing push to overturn Sullivan — “Two things can be true: you can publish something about a public figure that is clearly false, and you can avoid being held financially liable for having done so."
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
A federal jury finds The New York Times not liable in the retrial of Sarah Palin's defamation case over a 2017 editorial about gun control
A federal jury finds The New York Times not liable in the retrial of Sarah Palin's defamation case over a 2017 editorial about gun control
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Shari Redstone and other Paramount execs asked 60 Minutes to supply a list of its upcoming Trump-related stories; Redstone denies she sought the pieces — The Scoop — Paramount owner Shari Redstone in recent days sought to know which upcoming stories were about President Donald Trump …
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New York Times:
In a memo, 60 Minutes EP Bill Owens says he is resigning because he had lost his journalistic independence; the show is under pressure from Trump and Paramount
In a memo, 60 Minutes EP Bill Owens says he is resigning because he had lost his journalistic independence; the show is under pressure from Trump and Paramount
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Conservative outlet The Dispatch acquires SCOTUSblog; the blog will remain free and co-founder Amy Howe and some writers are signing long-term contracts to stay — The Dispatch, a right-of-center political news and commentary start-up, plans to keep the legal news website available at no cost.
Reuters Institute:
A survey of UK journalists in September to November 2023: 90% are white, ~63% are 40 or older, 77% are left-leaning, and 28% are freelance, up from 17% in 2015 — This report is based on a survey conducted between September and November 2023 with a representative sample of 1,130 UK journalists …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The EU fines Meta €200M after finding that it illegally required users to consent to sharing their data or pay for an ad-free service; Meta plans to appeal — - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Sewell Chan's CJR tenure ended after an hourlong meeting between Jelani Cobb and CJR editorial staff, where around 10 aired concerns about his behavior — The publication is now trying to find a successful business model without its top editor, who was abruptly fired last week.
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
On the 20th birthday of its first video, YouTube says it has had 20B+ uploads, including 20M+ daily now, and unveils app and TV updates, including new Multiview — YouTube is celebrating its 20th birthday with a number of stats, while previewing new features that are coming this year.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta says it is opening Threads to all advertisers worldwide, but ads will only appear in select markets at launch, after testing ads in the US and others — Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Lionsgate investors vote to approve the full separation of Lionsgate and Starz into standalone publicly traded companies — The ‘John Wick’ and ‘Hunger Games’ studio got overwhelmingly support from investors for a full separation to create two standalone publicly-traded companies.
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Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
UK licensing bodies announce a collective license to ensure authors are paid for the use of their works to train AI models, expected to be available this summer — A pioneering alternative to the opt-out system proposed by the government is supported by publishers and writers and is set to be available for use this summer
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis: three X users who used to receive hundreds of thousands of views daily have seen their reach collapse after feuding with Elon Musk in December 2024 — Note: Five-day moving average. Views are only shown up to 400,000. Source: X — When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022 …
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
YouTube plans to expand its multiview feature beyond sports, starting with tests in the coming weeks to let users stream up to four popular channels at a time — The Google-owned streamer is set to launch an experiment allow users to customize a multiview with non-sports channels.
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