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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC DG Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resign, after the BBC was accused of “serious and systemic” bias on topics like Trump, Gaza, and trans rights — Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
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Adam Leventhal / The Athletic:
A YouGov survey estimates 9% of UK adults, or 4.7M people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, about 200K people more than in 2023 — Illegal streaming of football is on the rise in the UK and most fans want the Saturday 3pm blackout lifted, a new podcast released by The Athletic has revealed.
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Matt Slater / The Athletic:
In a global first, DAZN will broadcast a live match between two teams in the National League, the fifth tier of English soccer, for free on its TikTok account — In a global first, Saturday evening's match between Southend United and Carlisle United in the National League …
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Mirror and Matt Slater on LinkedIn
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more — Last month, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine archived its trillionth webpage, and the nonprofit invited …
New York Times:
A look at the advantages and pitfalls of AI use in major newsrooms: from sifting through big datasets to suggesting headlines to causing embarrassing errors — Ryan Sabalow, a reporter for the newsroom CalMatters, noticed something peculiar when he began covering California lawmakers in 2023.
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Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
An interview with Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan on why he choose Apple TV for his show, the AI disclaimer in the credits, Tilly Norwood, and more — He's reading from a thick, brown book stamped JANUARY 2008, wherein lies this publication's first review of “Breaking Bad.”
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Alyssa Rosenberg / NOTUS:
The Washington Post's former letters editor, Alyssa Rosenberg, reflects on her role as a professional listener, offering readers a rare chance to feel heard — On Oct. 25, 2024, I made the rashest promise of my journalism career. — William Lewis, the publisher of The Washington Post …
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Reuters:
An analysis details how right-wing influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance to target critics, spread false claims, and reshape media — A Reuters examination details how rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together …
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Michelle Zenarosa / Poynter:
During five months of covering ICE raids, LA Public Press added legal training for staff, digital security protocols, threat assessment policies, and more — Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Q&A with Joy Reid on her ouster from MSNBC, her streaming show, why “not being a part of corporate media is actually a gift” at the moment, and more — After the ex-host of the ReidOut was forced out in February, she launched her own streaming show on YouTube
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@jeffjarvis.bsky.social and @cdarwin@c.im
David Marchese / New York Times:
Q&A with Greg Gutfeld, host of Gutfeld!, on his rivals Colbert and Kimmel, what offends his audience, Fox News persuading him to do a NYT interview, and more — Why can't conservatives break through on late-night TV? For years, that was an open cultural question.
Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Mohsin Hamid, co-founder of Equator magazine, which aims to be a “post-American” magazine of politics and culture, avoiding a “Western-centric gaze” — Equator promises to move beyond a Western-centric perspective. Can it?
