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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
New York Times:
How right-wing influencers, like Benny Johnson and Nick Sortor, are supplying the Trump administration's narrative around National Guard deployment in Portland — President Trump and his administration are amplifying the voices of pro-White House podcasters and streamers eager to ratify …
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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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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.
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
Alejandro Rojas / The Hollywood Reporter:
Parrot Analytics: movies made up ~50% of streaming revenue across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and WBD in 2024, up from ~27% in 2022, based on engagement data — A Parrot Analytics analysis of thousands of titles across Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, and Max finds …
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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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
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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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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