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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Newly unredacted documents in the Smartmatic-Fox News defamation case show former host Jeanine Pirro, now a US attorney, bragging about aiding Trump and the GOP — The former Fox host complained of “CENSORSHIP” by Fox over her coverage of the 2020 election, according to newly unredacted documents in the Smartmatic defamation case.
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Unredacted court docs in Smartmatic's Fox News lawsuit show how Maria Bartiromo and other Fox hosts privately aided Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 US election — Hundreds of pages of filings were unredacted this week; each party has asked a judge to rule in its favor without a trial
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
US newsletter publisher The Flyover now has 25 staff, 2.5M subscribers, nine state-specific daily editions, and one national edition, after its 2023 launch — A US-based email-first news publication now has 25 full-time staff after targeting a gap in the market for state-level coverage.
Tess Patton / The Wrap:
Ari Shapiro will leave NPR in September after a decade as host of All Things Considered, says it “has nothing to do with the challenges facing public radio” — “The work of public radio is more important today than it has ever been. I intend to continue supporting it," the “All Things Considered” host says
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Catherine Perloff / The Information:
Sources: publishers are considering moving from flat-fee AI content licensing deals with companies to usage-based deals; Perplexity is developing such a model — Signs that OpenAI and other artificial intelligence firms are generating ever-increasing revenues are getting attention …
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AdExchanger, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, Catherine Perloff on LinkedIn and B&T
Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro bets big on streaming after eight years of planning, calling the new DTC app launch “the first inning” with more features to come — ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro's big bet is not all-or-nothing. — On Thursday, Pitaro and the sports media behemoth …
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Pew Research Center:
A survey of 9,000+ US adults: 59% say journalists are extremely or very important to the well-being of society, while 49% say journalists are losing influence — Americans largely value journalists' role in society but see their influence declining - and often differ over who fits the label
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The Hill, @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec … and Poynter
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Yahoo Sports launches a free, ad-supported streaming TV channel called Yahoo Sports Network, featuring original programming covering the NFL, NBA, MLB, and more — ESPN and Fox aren't the only media companies trying to reach an emerging generation of sports fans who are more at home in digital realms then they are traditional ones.
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor / The Athletic:
Germany's Bundesliga awards part of its UK live broadcasting rights to a YouTube content creator, Mark Goldbridge, a first for a major European soccer league — The Bundesliga has become the first major European football league to award part of its live broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom …
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The Times, Deadline, The Sun, @raecomm.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @stokel, The Athletic and BBC
Tom McArthur / BBC:
Kick says it is “urgently reviewing” the circumstances around the death of a French livestreamer subjected to violence and sleep deprivation during streams — An investigation has been launched into the death of a French streamer known for extreme challenges.
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Claire Atkinson / The Media Mix:
A look at Swerve Sports, a FAST TV channel for women's sports launched by veteran TV executive Christy Tanner, as FAST TV grows despite data challenges — This weekend, I plugged in a new Roku device and fell into a Cambrian sea of streaming channels, all 1,600 of them.
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Media Play News, Broadband TV News and nScreenMedia
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
A researcher found 88 TikTok accounts that used AI-generated versions of Jorge Ramos and other Spanish-language journalists to spread misinformation for profit — The accounts point to the challenge of stopping or controlling the surge in fake images and misinformation targeting Spanish speakers in the U.S. as AI technology advances.
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Daily Mail, @mantzarlis.com and @mantzarlis.com
Molly White / Citation Needed:
A look at Justin Sun's lawsuit against Bloomberg for publishing his crypto assets, which he says he shared confidentially to qualify for its Billionaires Index — A crypto billionaire who once feared arrest in the US is now a Trump business adviser and White House guest.
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