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9:15 PM ET, May 5, 2022

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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre to replace Jen Psaki as White House press secretary on May 13, becoming the first Black woman and first openly LGBTQ+ person to hold the job  —  Jen Psaki's deputy will take over her high-profile spot when Psaki departs in the coming weeks, making her the first Black person to hold the job.
Wall Street Journal:
Whistleblowers: Meta deliberately took down Pages for hospitals and other Australian institutions in 2021 as a negotiating tactic over the news bargaining law  —  When Facebook blocked news pages last year to pre-empt Australian legislation that would force it to pay for content …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian issues new social media guidelines: staff are not expected to have a Twitter presence and shouldn't break news or criticize colleagues via tweets  —  The Guardian has issued new social media guidelines warning that staff who engage in public slanging matches with each other on Twitter could face disciplinary action.
New York Times:
Elon Musk's hate for ads conflicts with Twitter's business model, as ad execs say they will move spending elsewhere if the company relaxes content moderation  —  Many marketers were already lukewarm on the service.  Now, some may move their money elsewhere if the content moderation policies are relaxed.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
At Digital Content NewFronts, Twitter aimed to convince advertisers their content would be in a brand-safe zone thanks to upcoming premium video partnerships
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
In a town hall, CNN chairman Chris Licht says he does not plan large staff cuts and plans to retain Chris Wallace and Audie Cornish, who were hired for CNN+  —  Chris Licht, the new head of CNN global, told employees in a town hall on Thursday that he planned to experiment at the crucial prime-time hour this summer.
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
NCTJ report: 80% of UK journalists come from professional and upper-class backgrounds, up from 72% in 2016; 42% of the general workforce has such a background  —  Some 80% of journalists come from professional and upper class backgrounds according to a new report from the NCTJ …
RTDNA:
Survey of 1,780 US TV stations: 20.4% of news directors said staff were attacked in 2021; in the top 25 markets, 31% were attacked, down from 39% in 2020  —  More than one in five TV news directors reported there had been an attack on their newsroom employees in 2021, the continuation …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks reports 9.5M subscribers in Q1 2022, up from 9M+ at the end of 2021, net revenue up 3% YoY to $712M, and operating income up 3% YoY to $175M  —  The company, led by interim CEO Matt Blank, posted its quarterly results.  —  AMC Networks, the cable networks and streaming company …
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Researchers: 15+ adtech firms had enough data to detect that Gannett provided inaccurate ad auction data to advertisers for over nine months but did nothing  —  Firms that facilitate online-ad transactions had enough information to detect error that affected Gannett's systems for over nine months, researchers say
Washington City Paper:
Washington City Paper alumni reminisce about the days when printed copies were in demand, as the 41-year-old weekly produces its last regular print edition  —  We know D.C. Get our free newsletter to stay in the know.  —  Unsubscribe any time.  —  I already get the newsletter  —  One More for the Road
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google plans to shut down YouTube Go, the lightweight Android app launched in 2016, in August 2022, citing performance improvements to the main YouTube app  —  YouTube Go is shutting down beginning this August, Google has announced this week.  The lightweight Android app first launched …
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Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

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