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The New York Times Company:
The NYT says its journalists won't sign the Pentagon's revised press pass policy, saying it threatens to punish them for First-Amendment protected newsgathering — Journalists from The New York Times will not sign the Pentagon's revised press pass policy, which threatens to punish …
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A look at Defense Secretary Hegseth's efforts to limit Pentagon press access; sources: he tried to bar an NBC News reporter who had dug up info about his past — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is at odds with the news media to a degree unseen in modern times, former Pentagon officials say.
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Raw Story and TVNewsCheck
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The LA Times Media Group announces plans to raise up to $500M selling private shares and is preparing an NYSE IPO in fall 2026 under the ticker symbol LAT — The company, which says it plans an initial public offering next fall, announced on Thursday that it would seek to raise up to $500 million selling private shares to investors.
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Bloomberg, The Wrap, TVNewsCheck, Los Angeles Times and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
A producer for Chicago's WGN-TV was roughly detained by Border Patrol agents Friday morning; WGN said Friday evening she had been released with no charges filed — A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during …
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Mary Randolph / Local News Initiative:
The CEO of the Illinois Press Association says he has resigned after his board told him to pull out of a lawsuit supporting Chicago-area journalists
The CEO of the Illinois Press Association says he has resigned after his board told him to pull out of a lawsuit supporting Chicago-area journalists
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American Press Institute, Rusty Coats on LinkedIn, @ernie.tedium.co, @ArenaCops@infosec.exchange, @newsguy.bsky.social, @poynterinstitute.bsky.social, Susan J. Schultz on LinkedIn, Tim Franklin on LinkedIn, @fishhat.bsky.social, @markjacob.bsky.social, @markjacob.bsky.social, Capitol Fax.com and @capitolfax.bsky.social
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
A federal judge in Illinois temporarily blocks federal officers from using riot control weapons or other force against members of the press and others
A federal judge in Illinois temporarily blocks federal officers from using riot control weapons or other force against members of the press and others
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Editor and Publisher, Freedom of the Press …, Washington Post, @imleor.bsky.social, @gbrockell.bsky.social, @unraveledpress.com, The Post Millennial, @royalpratt.bsky.social, Strength In Numbers, Los Angeles Times, @neptune45.bsky.social, @kyledcheney, @jas-gar.bsky.social, Axios, New Republic, @KrissyKat@hoosier.social, Chicago Tribune, US District Court, Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, ABC7, WTTW News and Chicago Headline Club
Mark Savage / BBC:
Sources: Paramount will stop airing five UK MTV channels at the end of 2025 but keep its flagship channel; some other non-US MTV channels are also set to close — MTV, the world's first 24-hour music broadcaster, is to stop showing rolling pop videos in the UK after almost 40 years when it closes five channels at the end of the year.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Rick Edmonds, The Poynter Institute's longtime media business analyst, has died at 78 following a car accident — The veteran journalist died at 78 on Sunday — The business reporter began his story with a simple question. — “Who, or what, is Charter Media Co., the firm that agreed yesterday to buy the Bulletin?”
Reuters Institute:
A survey across six countries, including the US, finds 6% use AI to get news, and 12% feel comfortable with fully AI-generated news vs. 62% with human-made news — Our survey in six countries (Argentina, Denmark, France, Japan, the UK, and the US) explored how people use generative AI …
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Amy Sullivan on LinkedIn, @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, Nieman Lab, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @_felixsimon_, @rasmus_kleis, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on LinkedIn, Ammina Kothari on LinkedIn, Insurance Journal, @emilybell.bsky.social, @niemanlab.org, @tongli.bsky.social and @felixsimon.bsky.social
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Sistrix: among the 10 UK news sites with the highest search visibility scores, six saw double-digit percentage drops in Google search visibility since January — June core update is one of biggest recent algorithm adjustments. — Around six in ten of the UK's biggest news websites have seen …
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Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn and @earleyedition.bsky.social
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Perplexity Head of Publisher Partnerships Jessica Chan says it isn't “taking any new advertisers”, and that ads aren't currently planned for AI browser Comet — The move highlights the AI search startup's monetization challenges — Perplexity has paused accepting new advertisers …
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TipRanks Financial, MediaPost, Victoria Mariscal on LinkedIn and @trishlaostwal
Politico:
After Big Tech implemented a blackout on political advertising in the EU following a new law, the European Commission says it's in talks with Big Tech — BRUSSELS — Fresh European Union rules intended to improve transparency around online advertisements have sparked a wave of criticism …
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@netopia.bsky.social, @politico.eu and email.adswizz.com, more at Techmeme »
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify users can now connect their accounts to ChatGPT so it can provide recommendations for tracks, artists, podcasts, and playlists — Earlier this week, OpenAI launched a way for developers to build apps within ChatGPT, allowing users to prompt the assistant to perform tasks …
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The Verge and @kennysmith.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK CMA designates Google with “strategic market status” in online search and advertising and will begin consultation on potential new regulations later in 2025 — Google has formally been designated as a tech platform with “strategic market status” by the UK's Competition …
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