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4:55 AM ET, April 6, 2023

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Matt Novak / Forbes:
Twitter adds a “US state-affiliated media” label to NPR's account, seemingly contradicting Twitter's previous policy that used NPR as an example of an exception  —  Twitter added a warning to NPR's Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” …
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Tests show that Twitter's “stay informed” labels, added in February 2022 to flag tweets with links to Russia- or China-controlled media, no longer appear  —  Twitter is no longer taking steps to limit the reach of Chinese and Russian state-controlled media outlets, violating the social media platform's own stated policies.
Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
A gender fluid teen refutes parts of a story in Free Press on their mother's regrets over their use of a puberty blocker, and criticizes the reporting process  —  Bari Weiss' new outlet, the Free Press, reported that the teen's mother regrets approving puberty blockers.  The teen says the story is full of misinformation.
Washington Post:
Study: ChatGPT cited nonexistent Washington Post, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times articles and fabricated a sexual harassment story about a law professor  —  The AI chatbot can misrepresent key facts with great flourish, even citing a fake Washington Post article as evidence
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Substack unveils Notes, letting users share posts, quotes, images, links, and more, shown in a short form feed that “may look like familiar social media feeds”  —  Substack announced today that it's introducing a new Notes feature that is designed to let users share posts, quotes, comments, images, links and ideas.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
The Dominion-Fox lawsuit judge says he would compel Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to appear in court for the defamation trial if Dominion requests a trial subpoena  —  - A Delaware judge said Wednesday he would compel Fox Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in court during …
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Over 12 former and current CNN colleagues detail Don Lemon's troubling treatment of women, “diva-like behavior”, and more, dating back nearly two decades  —  Back in 2008, Don Lemon was co-anchoring CNN's “Live From” weekday show with Kyra Phillips, a gig that he landed …
Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
Lawyers say The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich faces steep odds in Russian court, including a secret trial, government influence, and possibly no lawyer  —  WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich will face steep odds in Russian court that gives few means for defense
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Matt Walljasper / Atlanta Magazine:
A look at independent local outlets in the Atlanta area, including Decaturish and Capital B, often using nontraditional revenue models and reporting methods  —  Dan Whisenhunt started Decaturish “purely out of spite”—he'd been applying unsuccessfully for jobs at a certain major local news outlet …
Financial Times:
Sensor Tower: US advertising on TikTok grew by 11% in March despite the threat of a ban, with Pepsi, DoorDash, Amazon, and Apple among the top spenders  —  Digital advertising on the Chinese-owned video app grew by 11% in March  —  Advertisers are increasing their spending on TikTok …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney names Hulu President Joe Earley as Disney Entertainment's D2C president, effective immediately, succeeding Michael Paull, who is leaving after six years  —  In a shake-up of Disney's streaming leadership ranks, the company is moving Hulu president Joe Earley into the role of president …
 
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Apple lost a bid to register an Apple Music trademark covering live performances after a US appeals court ruled for a musician who owns the Apple Jazz trademark
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Jack Seale / The Guardian:
The BBC debuted its revamped BBC News channel merged with World News on April 3 with shaky camerawork, wild speculation, and info-free updates on Trump's arrest
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How surveillance industry blog IPVM's investigations of Chinese mass face recognition systems caught the attention of US policymakers and national news outlets
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Despite Twitter's decline, reporters keep using the service to grow their audiences, to watch Elon Musk's erratic leadership, and because rivals lack features
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Court doc: in a 2015 meeting, David Pecker, then-CEO of the National Enquirer's owner, agreed to help Trump's 2016 bid; Pecker later suppressed negative stories
 

 
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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple raises Mac, iPad, and other product prices by 15%-25%, saying it has “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly”; iPhone is unchanged

Kenneth Shepard / Kotaku:
Microsoft says the price of Xbox consoles will increase on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price increase since 2025

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to skip higher-end M6 chips and launch its next Pro and Max chips in 2027 as part of the M7 lineup, to boost on-device AI capabilities

 
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