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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News suspends senior national correspondent Terry Moran over a now-deleted X post calling Trump administration official Stephen Miller a “world class hater” — ABC News said that it has suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran over a late night X post, now deleted …
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New York Times:
In its ruling letting Trump bar AP, a US appeals court says small settings like the Oval Office are essentially invite-only and not covered by 1A protections — By a 2-to-1 vote, a three-judge panel found that the president can bar the news outlet from small settings such as the Oval Office …
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Jack Queen / Reuters:
A US appeals court temporarily lets President Trump bar the Associated Press from certain White House media events, blocking a previous court ruling — President Donald Trump is free to bar the Associated Press from some White House media events after a U.S. appeals court on Friday paused …
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@kryton3298.bsky.social, Axios and The Hill
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Interviews with executives at Yahoo News, the WSJ, and Bloomberg about adding AI-powered summaries, how they can help busy readers, reliability issues, and more — “Summaries aren't a replacement for journalism: they can't exist without it.” The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
WPP CEO Mark Read plans to leave WPP by the end of 2025 after 30+ years, as the ad firm faces a near five-year share price low and AI-driven industry upheaval — Market cap of UK's largest advertising group has halved during his seven-year period at top — WPP chief executive Mark Read …
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The Drum, MediaNews4U, BMI, @marksweney and Bloomberg
Bloomberg:
Despite MLB's strong start to the season, with viewership broadly up, it is scrambling to find a buyer for a major TV package ESPN backed out of in February — TV ratings and in-game attendance are up, but the league is about to take a pay cut on its media rights.
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Forbes
New York Times:
A profile of Dominick McGee, a right-wing X influencer who has 1.5M followers and made $157K since 2023 by spending 11 hours per day posting about politics — Visuals by Martina Tuaty — Dominick McGee was walking into the White House in April and couldn't believe his luck.
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@ddiamond.bsky.social, @drewharwell.com and @arictoler
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: EchoStar is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect its valuable wireless spectrum licenses from potential revocation by the FCC — Telecom company is preparing for a possible chapter 11 as it faces FCC review of spectrum licenses — EchoStar is considering …
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Cord Cutters News, Daily Caller News Foundation, Bloomberg, TheStreet, The Desk, Reuters, Fierce Network, Insider Monkey and TVNewsCheck
Washington Post:
China's state radio has added 80 new frequencies since Radio Free Asia was cut, including those previously used by RFA, and increased its broadcasting hours — Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix shareholders voted to oust Jay Hoag, who's served on its board since 1999; Hoag offered his resignation and the board has 90 days to accept or reject it — Hoag, founding general partner of venture-capital firm TCV, attended only 50% of Netflix board meetings in 2024
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Joe Murphy / NBC News:
Analysis: Community Notes submissions on X fell from a high of 120,000 in January to fewer than 60,000 in May; Musk now rarely mentions the feature — Half as many crowdsourced Community Notes were created in May than were created in January. — Participation is plummeting …
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@bengoggin.bsky.social, MeidasTouch News and Social Media Today
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
UK satellite TV channel Islam Channel acquires politics magazine Tribune, plans to increase its print frequency, and launch new formats like podcasts and video — The owner of Britain's Islam Channel has acquired left-wing political magazine Tribune - a title which has been published …
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@meadwaj, Islam Channel and Tribune
