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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Freedom of the Press Foundation, a shareholder in Paramount, is threatening legal action against the company if it settles with President Trump — As Paramount considers settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump, the Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that it will sue over a deal that allegedly “could amount to a bribe.”
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Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Despite Google's guardrails, Veo 3 users are generating realistic clips of news, disasters, and fictional events, some with dialogue not included in the prompt — Cursed AI-generated videos come with very convincing audio now. … Even at first glance, there's something off about the body on the street.
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A look at California's revamped Google journalism deal after Gov. Newsom dialed back state support and Google dropped its 2025 contribution from $15M to $10M — The state notched a first-in-nation deal for the tech giant to help fund struggling newsrooms — but is now changing the scope.
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Abram Brown / The Information:
A look at The Technology Brothers Podcast Network, a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention of Silicon Valley's investors and founders — In recent months, John Coogan and Jordi Hays, co-hosts of “TBPN,” a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention …
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Hillel Aron / Courthouse News Service:
An Amazonian tribe sues The New York Times, TMZ, and Yahoo for $180M over defamation and more, claiming a viral 2024 NYT story smeared members as porn addicts — “The NYT portrayed the Marubo people as a community unable to handle basic exposure to the internet, highlighting allegations …
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Daniel Engber / The Atlantic:
PBS cut 90 seconds from a documentary on Art Spiegelman in which he criticized Trump; the edit was made a few days after the “Anti-American Airwaves” hearing — A worrying pattern has taken hold in public television. — American Masters, an award-winning documentary series …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders additional press restrictions at the Pentagon, including banning reporters from certain areas without government escorts — Bedeviled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a series of restrictions …
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Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
How one winner and three finalists in 2025's Pulitzer Prizes used AI in their reporting, from a custom image-recognition algorithm to satellite imagery analysis — For a second year, the Pulitzer Prizes required applicants to divulge AI usage — one winner and three finalists disclosed.
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Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap:
WaPo faces criticism for publishing a column asking “where Jews belong”, which many saw as antisemitic, after killings of two Israeli Embassy staffers in DC — The article, titled “For U.S. Jews, D.C. Museum Killings Deepen Resolve - and Fear," was published by the paper Friday
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Variety:
A24 is shutting down its documentary filmmaking department, laying off five staffers, as sources say the market is too challenging to support an entire division — A24 is shutting down its documentary filmmaking department with five people departing from that division, Variety has confirmed.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Redbird Capital Partners buys the Telegraph at a £500M valuation, ending nearly two years of ownership limbo; IMI will take a minority investment — US-based private investment firm Redbird Capital Partners has bought the Telegraph ending nearly two years in ownership limbo for the newsbrand.
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Liam Scott / Poynter:
Some VOA employees discuss the bare-bones return to work: out of 1,300 staff, only 30 remain, and the outlet is only publishing in four languages, instead of 49 — The bare-bones return has been marked by low morale, confusion and uncertainty, VOA sources say
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