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1:05 PM ET, June 22, 2025

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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Senate disclosure: Florida judge Ed Artau was lobbying for a federal judiciary nomination when he sided with Trump in the case against the Pulitzer Prize board  —  Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case …
Tuvan Gumrukcu / Reuters:
Local media: a Turkish court arrested independent journalist Fatih Altayli over his comments on social media allegedly threatening President Tayyip Erdogan  —  A Turkish court arrested prominent independent journalist Fatih Altayli over comments on his social media allegedly threatening …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Indian Express
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
ByteDance's publishing imprint 8th Note Press began informing writers and agents in late May that it was closing and returning publication rights to authors  —  8th Note Press informed writers and agents that it is abruptly shutting down and returning publication rights to authors.
Andrea Flores / Los Angeles Times:
An interview with Mexican reporter Jorge Ramos, who returns with a new independent daily news program on social media six months after leaving TelevisaUnivision  —  Six months after leaving TelevisaUnivision, the renowned Mexican journalist turns to social media programming with ‘Así Veo las Cosas’
TheDesk.net:
XR Extreme Reach: in 2024, only 9% of TV ads had closed captions and 1% had audio descriptions, despite over half of adults watching content with captions on  —  Less than one in 10 television advertisements have accessibility features like closed captions or audio descriptions, according to a new report released on Thursday.
Discussion: TV Tech and Advanced Television
Financial Times:
The BBC threatens Perplexity with legal action for allegedly training its “default AI model” using BBC content; Perplexity calls the BBC's claims “manipulative”  —  British broadcaster makes first move to clamp down on alleged infringement of copyright by tech groups
Satviki Sanjay / Bloomberg:
Kantar: the share of Indians consuming media exclusively on mobile phones grew to 23% in Q1 2025, up from 15% in Q1 2023, as TVs stay unaffordable for many  —  The number of users who only use digital channels ballooned to 23% in the March quarter of 2025, according to market research firm …
Discussion: @business
Kari Lake / @karilake:
Kari Lake says termination notices were sent to 639 employees at USAGM and VOA, and that only 250 employees now remain across USAGM, VOA, and OCB  —  Trump Admin Senior Advisor @KariLake announces mass terminations at US Agency for Global Media⤵️ “USAGM now operates near the statutory minimum; lean and focused. This is a clear example of responsible government—cutting waste, restoring accountability, and delivering on the [image]
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at The Atlantic's recent ~30-person hiring spree: about a third come from WaPo and, sources say, the magazine has been offering $200K to $300K salaries  —  Inside The Atlantic's extremely expensive hiring spree.  —  Every Tuesday afternoon, many of The Atlantic's newest …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Prevalence of news notifications could give rise to “alert fatigue”, as a RISJ study finds 43% of those who do not get alerts said they actively disabled them  —  Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows
 
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Vince Morris / Washington City Paper:
AAM: The Washington Post's paid average daily circulation is just 97,000, dropping below 100,000 for the first time in 55+ years and down from 250,000 in 2020
Derek Thompson:
Derek Thompson says he is leaving The Atlantic after almost 17 years to launch a Substack newsletter, focusing on “the abundance agenda”, tech, and more
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: BBC Breakfast editor Richard Frediani is taking an extended period of leave as the BBC conducts a review into workplace bullying and misconduct claims
Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Kathleen Kingsbury says she had been “imprecise” in saying NYT won't endorse local candidates and the Opinion section will no longer do “pro forma endorsements”
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Christine Wang / Axios:
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says Google's ratio of pages crawled per visitor sent to a publisher fell from 2:1 10 years ago to 18:1; for OpenAI, it's 1,500:1
Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Sources: Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train models like Gemini and Veo 3; Google says it only uses a subset of videos for training
 

 
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025

Business Insider:
Google advises some employees on visas, including H-1B visas, not to travel outside the US due to processing delays, following new social media screening rules

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal:
The RAISE Act requires AI companies with $500M+ in revenue to publish safety protocols and disclose safety incidents within 72 hours, with fines up to $3M
 
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