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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
The US House passes the Take It Down Act to criminalize posting nonconsensual intimate imagery, including deepfakes, and require online platforms to remove them — Trump is expected to sign into law a bill that would force online platforms to quickly take down nonconsensual intimate images.
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Critics fear the Trump administration could weaponize the Take It Down Act, one of the few online safety bills to pass in years, against content it dislikes — Critics warn it could have grave consequences for online speech and encryption. … The Take It Down Act is heading …
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Taylor Lorenz / Rolling Stone:
The 2025 WHCD weekend, with events like Substack's party, highlighted the growing influence of new media personalities on political and cultural conversations — As networks and newspapers give way to newsletters and creators, one longtime reporter summed it up nicely: “This is the year where the transition feels real”
Avery Lotz / Axios:
President Trump says “fake news organizations” should be “investigated for election fraud” after several prominent polls showed his approval ratings sinking — President Trump, in an early morning Truth Social post Monday, slammed “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS” …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
In the WH briefing room, pro-Trump media personalities, who lack the accountability structures of traditional media, are asking fawning, useless “questions” — For years, independent media has assailed the traditional press for a variety of alleged sins — a deference to experts …
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Mediaite, Columbia Journalism Review, @mediaite, New Republic, Associated Press and USA Today
Max Tani / Semafor:
Staff of business-focused public radio outlet Marketplace say comments by its CEO following last week's layoffs were tone-deaf; management expresses regrets — The News — Many staffers at Marketplace were displeased last week by layoffs at the financial news organization …
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Inside Radio, @maxwelltani, Talking Biz News and @mediaevan.bsky.social
Rebecca Sananès / Vanity Fair:
Interviews with Mediaite's Dan Abrams, Ezra Klein Show editor Claire Gordon, and others about podcasts becoming YouTube shows and essentially television — Major news outlets, like The New York Times and The Atlantic, and ex-cable stars, are finding audiences on YouTube.
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Columbia Journalism Review and @mlcalderone
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Spotify says it has paid $100M+ to podcast publishers and creators since January 2025 via a new creator program based on Premium subscribers' video engagement
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The Guardian:
A reconstruction of the events that led to Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna's detention and death in Russia; forensics suggest “numerous signs of torture” — The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna's final months
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Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal depicts Paramount+ as Nazis after the streamer pulled a Nathan For You episode in 2023 citing “sensitivities” around antisemitism — In a 2015 episode of the reality comedy series “Nathan for You,” Nathan Fielder starts an outdoor apparel line called Summit Ice.
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to €4.2B, subscribers up 12% YoY to 268M, above its 265M guidance, MAUs up 10% YoY to 678M, and a €509M operating income — Music-streaming group reaches 268mn paying subscribers in strongest first-quarter growth since 2020
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at Semafor, which has differentiated itself as an outlet geared toward the powerful with events that convene big names, and now has 50 editorial staffers — The Smiths' newsletter-and-events business is both a modern media mash-up and a throwback to a pre-Trump era.
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@patrick_media, @semaforben, @charlottetklein and @joshsternberg.com
Max Tani / Semafor:
Blaze Media licenses Nicole Shanahan's show, as part of a shift to a model in which Blaze acts as an ad seller and promoter for podcasters and journalists — The News — A deep-pocketed figure in the Make America Healthy Again movement is hoping to grow her podcast, and use a new platform as a means to further her political ideas.
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