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Sources: a text message from Tucker Carlson showing inflammatory views on violence and race contributed to his firing and Fox's decision to settle with Dominion — The discovery of the text message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Tucker Carlson's firing.
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
In an unprompted email to an NPR reporter, Elon Musk asked if NPR planned to start posting on Twitter again, “or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” — Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to “another company.” — In a series of emails sent …
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Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
World Press Freedom Index 2023: an unprecedented 31 countries are deemed to be in a “very serious situation” as authoritarian leaders become increasingly bold — World Press Freedom Index report warns disinformation and AI pose mounting threats to journalism
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
RSF says the “fake content industry” has increased “volatility” in its press freedom rankings; the US fell three spots to 45 and Russia fell nine places to 164 — RSF's secretary-general said this year's index was characterised by “major falls and unprecedented changes”.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Industry executives say the Hollywood writers strike could drag on, favoring Netflix, Apple TV+, and HBO Max, which make content far in advance — Industry executives point to clauses that let parties sidestep contractual obligations in extraordinary circumstances
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Film and TV writers' unions across the globe share their support for striking Hollywood writers as WGA members picket in NYC, Los Angeles, and other US cities
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue — New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue
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Matthew Keys / Fierce Video:
Sinclair Broadcast Group says it had revenue of $773M in Q1 2023, down 40% YoY, largely due to problems at Diamond Sports Group and its Bally Sports channels — Sinclair quarterly earnings Diamond Sports regional sports network (RSN) — The bankrupt cluster of regional sports channels operated …
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Elizabeth Nelson / Washington Post:
Ed Sheeran losing a nakedly cynical copyright lawsuit over Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic “Let's Get It On” would have unspeakable ramifications for the industry — Elizabeth Nelson is a singer and songwriter with the D.C.-based band the Paranoid Style. — Imagine a painter in their studio, preparing for an exhibition.
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Bloomberg:
ByteDance plans to discontinue the free tier of its music streaming service Resso in India, Indonesia, and Brazil starting May 11, to focus on profitability — TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is scrapping the free tier of Resso, its music streaming service for emerging markets.
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Joanna Partridge / The Guardian:
The UK's Reach reports revenue fell 5.9% YoY for the four months to April 23, 2023, with digital revenue down 14.5%, and blames Facebook's algorithm changes — Reach's digital revenues down almost 15% since January but newspaper sales ‘robust’ — The publisher of the Mirror …
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Caleb Davis / Reuters:
Belarus sentences Roman Protasevich, the Belarusian journalist arrested on a 2021 Ryanair flight diverted to Minsk, to eight years on a range of charges — A Belarusian journalist who was arrested after being hauled off a Ryanair plane that was forced to land in Minsk almost two years ago …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok opens its revamped Creativity Program Beta creator fund to all US-based creators over 18 with over 10K followers and over 100K views in the past 30 days — TikTok announced today that it's opening up its revamped creator fund, called the “Creativity Program Beta,” to all eligible creators in the United States.
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Ben Smith on his book Traffic, the demise of the social media ecosystem that fed BuzzFeed, lessons learned for Semafor, evolving “Semaform”, and more — Former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Ben Smith on what's next — and his new book, Traffic.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and Ben Smith, whose new book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning
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