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5:35 AM ET, May 16, 2025

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Washington Post:
More than 500 Voice of America contractors are expected to lose their jobs by June 30; Kari Lake says 584 total employees were terminated across USAGM  —  More than 500 of the news service's contractors could be out of a job on June 30.  —  More than 500 Voice of America contractors …
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Kelly Kasulis Cho / Washington Post:
A profile of Ulviyya Ali, a VOA journalist in Azerbaijan until February, who has been jailed, like others in the country, on charges of currency smuggling  —  Ulviyya Ali reported for Voice of America for years.  Trump's moves to dismantle the U.S.-funded outlet may have put her at greater risk, activists say.
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Filing: advertisers ask a US judge to dismiss X's lawsuit accusing them of boycotting the company, arguing X failed to show that they acted with any common plan  —  Major companies that curtailed advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X over concerns about its ability …
Discussion: BMI, Futurism and Business Insider
Variety:
A look at the pay packages of some top media and entertainment executives in 2024; seven of the 10 examined executives got raises despite lackluster earnings  —  Top execs kept raking in the bucks last year, even as many of the companies they led struggled to stay aloft
Roberto Ferdman / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Maine-base Civic Sunlight, which sends newsletters with AI-generated summaries of city council meetings and has partnered with local legacy news orgs  —  Twists and turns for a surprisingly well-received experiment in Maine.  —  When Tom Cochran and David Mortlock started kicking around ideas …
Columbia Journalism Review:
How publishers are navigating their relationship with platforms amid generative AI's rise, based on interviews with 34 news and tech industry representatives  —  This research is generously funded by the Tow Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  —  Introduction
Discussion: LinkedIn and Digiday
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Puck has hired an AI tech reporter after it tried unsuccessfully to buy Casey Newton's Platformer for seven figures and hire Alex Heath from The Verge  —  Matt Belloni's voice reverberates through Hollywood's power corridors—now so do whispers about his future at Puck.
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Zach Vallese / CNBC:
YouTube launches a weekly top podcast shows chart, tracking podcasts in the US and updated every Wednesday; The Joe Rogan Experience currently tops the chart
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Filing: Anthropic apologizes after one of its expert witnesses cited a fake article hallucinated by Claude in the company's legal battle with music publishers  —  A lawyer representing Anthropic admitted to using an erroneous citation created by the company's Claude AI chatbot …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Gaza journalists describe intimidation and assault by Hamas; the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate often doesn't publicize Hamas attacks for fear of reprisals  —  New York, May 15, 2025—When Gazan journalist Tawfiq Abu Jarad received a phone call from a Hamas security agent warning …
Discussion: Middle East Monitor
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic is partnering with Apple to provide exclusive audio benefits for subscribers and to sell subscriptions directly on Apple Podcasts  —  The Atlantic is partnering with Apple to launch exclusive audio benefits for subscribers, executives told Axios.
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Austin Fuller / Current:
NSF canceled a five-year, $1.2M grant for climate reporting to IndiJ Public Media in April and a PBS grant, though the majority of it was already spent
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Andrew J. Campa / Los Angeles Times:
California newsrooms will receive $10M, instead of the expected $30M, in FY 2025-26 from the state through a News Transformation Fund due to budget issues
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
MSNBC hires Politico senior managing editor Sudeep Reddy as its first-ever Washington bureau chief as it builds out reporting operations ahead of its spin-off
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Hedra, which offers a web-based video generation and editing suite used by creators to make video podcasts, raised a $32M Series A, after a $10M seed
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Court filings: Smartmatic accuses Fox News execs, including Rupert Murdoch, of intentionally destroying damning evidence in its 2020 election defamation case
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The EU provisionally finds that TikTok breached the DSA by failing to offer a publicly searchable ad library, potentially opening the platform up to a fine
 

 
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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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