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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Source: Paramount Skydance is expected to name Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief in coming days, reporting to David Ellison, as it acquires The Free Press — Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving …
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Mario Guevara, the Spanish-language journalist arrested while filming a Georgia protest in June, is set to be deported to El Salvador on Friday — Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported …
Reuters:
Google and Comcast's NBCUniversal reach a long-term agreement to keep NBC shows, including Sunday Night Football and America's Got Talent, on YouTube TV — Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) and Comcast-owned (CMCSA.O) NBCUniversal said they had reached a long-term agreement to retain availability of NBC shows …
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
The Washington Post hires three conservatives as opinion writers: Spectator's Kate Andrews, National Review's Dominic Pino, and Boston Globe's Carine Hajjar — PERSONAL LIBERTIES — They will work for its new opinion editor who admits its readers are “overwhelmingly liberal.”
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Source: The Washington Post's Opinion editor, Adam O'Neal, is laying off six employees and some contractors as part of a plan to shake up the section — scoop: Adam O'Neal, the new Opinion Editor at The Washington Post, is laying off staffers as part of a plan to shake up the section. A source says six employees are affected. I've also been told some contractors are being terminated. Here's one email provided by a source: [image]
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars — Within moments of opening OpenAI's new AI slop app Sora, I am watching Pikachu steal Poké Balls from a CVS.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
In three days, Elon Musk has posted or reposted criticisms and calls to cancel Netflix at least 26 times on X, over transgender references in kids' shows — Elon Musk, a self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” has launched an effort urging his 227 million followers on X — the social media platform he controls — to cancel Netflix.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Guardian EIC Katharine Viner on plans to produce more video and audio and create jobs focused on social media and visual elements globally — Guardian editor-in-chief on ten years in charge of the liberal newsbrand. — Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner is preparing …
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Disney says that Hulu will replace the Star hub on Disney+ from October 8 in non-US markets, in an effort to turn Hulu into an internationally recognized brand — Starting on October 8th, Hulu will replace Star on Disney Plus in international markets.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Q&A with Jack Davenport, co-founder of podcast producer Goalhanger, which has 70M streams per month and ~55 staff, on the cost of shifting to video, and more — Goalhanger co-founder Jack Davenport on the rise of Youtube and why its presenters are so well paid.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Ashley Allison, a CNN commentator and Democratic consultant, buys The Root from G/O Media, returning the brand to Black ownership — The Root, a groundbreaking website for and about Black America, is returning to Black ownership for the first time in years.
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Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
With the rise of easily created deepfake videos, scammers and others on social media are increasingly exploiting the likenesses of broadcast journalists — Broadcast journalists around the world are being targeted amid an explosion in deepfake scams. Are social media platforms doing enough to counter them?
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