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10:30 AM ET, April 14, 2023

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Substack CEO Chris Best about Notes, asking for investment without sharing financial details, and more, as he evades some content moderation questions  —  Can Substack handle the wrath of Elon Musk and the pain of content moderation?  —  It is fair to say that Substack …
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Parlement Technologies sells Parler to digital media company Starboard, which plans to temporarily shut down the right-wing social network ahead of a relaunch  —  Social network popular with conservatives will be sold for an undisclosed amount and overhauled for a relaunch
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Die Zeit publishes texts showing Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner tried to use Bild to influence Germany's last election, attacked climate activism, and more  —  Mathias Döpfner's reported comments on climate, Muslims and east Germany - and his apparent political manoeuvring - create shock waves
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
Examining the key “reckless disregard” question in the Dominion-Fox trial, set to start next week; a source says Fox pursued settlement talks multiple times  —  It's time for Dominion Voting Systems to make its case against Fox News in its $1.6 billion defamation suit.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
In Dominion-Fox pretrial hearings, the judge excludes discussion of the January 6 insurrection and lets Fox use “newsworthiness” as a factor to decide liability
Zac Ntim / Deadline:
French fashion house Saint Laurent is launching a production banner headed by its creative director Anthony Vaccarello, with two short films debuting at Cannes  —  French fashion house Saint Laurent is moving into the world of cinema with an official production banner headed by house creative director Anthony Vaccarello.
Discussion: WWD, The Wrap and Variety
Financial Times:
Sources: the European parliament is close to finalizing tough new measures on AI, including forcing chatbot makers to reveal use of copyrighted material  —  Proposals include requiring chatbot makers to reveal if they are using copyrighted material  —  The European parliament is preparing tough …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Insider plans to form a group to test ways to incorporate AI; the EIC says the outlet doesn't plan to include disclosures about using AI on individuals articles  —  Insider plans to begin experimenting with ways to leverage AI in its journalism, its global editor-in-chief Nicholas Carlson told Axios.
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Sensor Tower: Twitter's top 50 advertisers spent $83M over the past two months, down from $102M YoY; Mars, AT&T, Volkswagen, and Stellantis haven't returned  —  Twitter-owner Elon Musk has said advertisers are returning to the social media platform, but statements from several companies …
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
A look at the Economist's aloof and listenable podcasts, which averaged ~25M downloads in March 2023 and have ~5M listeners, as the content gets more ambitious  —  It's hard to argue that there's much fresh energy among news podcasts of late.  The genre's modern generation largely came …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Screen Australia study: of 361 TV drama programs, 1 in 4 had entirely Anglo-Celtic main casts; First Nations main characters rose from 4.8% to 7.2% in 5 years  —  There is a lot of work still to be done to reflect Australia's population on television screens, diversity report says
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
The New York Times, Politico, and seven other outlets sue for copies of the January 6 Capitol riot surveillance videos that Kevin McCarthy gave to Fox News  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy exclusively released security video from the Capitol riot to Carlson this year.
 
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy defends cutting 400 staff, saying the move was necessary to keep the service viable, and is meeting with creators to address their worries
Reuters:
Russia says that a prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich can only be considered after a trial, despite the US pushing for his release
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Warner Bros. Discovery announces a 10-year-long Harry Potter TV series based on the books for its Max streaming service; J.K. Rowling is an executive producer
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify rolls out its “broadcast-to-podcast” technology in Megaphone, letting publishers convert radio shows into podcasts; Fox Corp plans to use the tech
Aftab Ahmed / Reuters:
Source: India's Enforcement Directorate opens an investigation into the BBC's alleged foreign exchange rule violations, months after tax raids at BBC's offices
Discussion: The Guardian
Kendra Pierre-Louis / Nieman Reports:
Major news outlets have amplified voices pathologizing those who remain cautious about COVID-19 and failed to adequately convey the associated health risks
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
An interview with Lynn Barber, who invented British journalism's modern celebrity interview and is known for riling up her subjects to get interesting answers