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10:00 AM ET, May 12, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino, who has resigned as NBCUniversal's head of advertising, is in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter  —  Twitter owner Elon Musk said earlier he had picked a new chief executive, without naming the person  —  NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino …
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
[Thread] On May 11's editorial call, CNN's Chris Licht says Kaitlan Collins “made a lot of news” and “America was served very well by what we did last night”  —  Chris Licht begins CNN's 9am editorial call by praising @kaitlancollins for a “masterful performance last night.” He says “I couldn't be more proud of her” and the whole team in NH. Then he says he's aware of the backlash... More to come
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In CNN's town hall, Donald Trump repeated lies that the 2020 election was rigged, mocked E. Jean Carroll, and called moderator Kaitlan Collins “a nasty person”  —  The former president condones violence on Jan. 6, 2021 and a government default in a televised appearance
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Google Search changes could significantly decrease publishers' traffic and affiliate revenue, but the Perspectives section may highlight individual journalists  —  A shift to AI-generated search results will decrease the traffic that Google sends to publishers' sites, as more people …
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Tony Maglio / IndieWire:
Netflix switches its first-ever upfront ad presentation, scheduled on May 17 in NYC, to a virtual event; source: WGA members planned to picket the event
Seth Abramovitch / The Hollywood Reporter:
MTV News' reporters and executives reminisce about the outlet's influence: “like TikTok and Snapchat and Instagram and Spotify and YouTube all rolled into one”  —  Thirty-six years after TV's youth-culture monolith changed the face of cable news, its star correspondents …
Washington Post:
A Florida bill weakening media protections against defamation claims failed to advance beyond a committee vote after facing criticism from right-wing outlets  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got most of what he encouraged the state legislature to pass as he gears up for a likely presidential run.
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
A look at Tel Aviv-based Rayzone, whose surveillance system Echo, sold to governments globally, harvests and repurposes ad data to track people via their phones  —  The innovation at the heart of the advertising technology industry is automated auctions to trade real-time data about mobile phone users …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Tucker Carlson's Twitter show may temporarily solve his need for relevance, but to generate revenue he may use Rumble or launch something akin to The Daily Wire  —  The Scoop  —  Tucker Carlson's move to Twitter is intended to preserve his influence and political relevance …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Beatdapp: at least 10% of music streaming activity is fraudulent, amounting to ~$2B a year in misallocated revenue, with scammers mislabeling content and more  —  Staring at his computer screen, Kristoffer Rom couldn't believe the numbers rolling in from Spotify.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta announces AI Sandbox, with generative AI tools to help select advertisers create text variations, background images from text, and cropped images  —  Meta today announced an AI Sandbox for advertisers to help them create alternative copies, background generation through text prompts …
 
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
News sharing app Artifact now lets users follow writers and get notifications when they post, and writers can claim their profiles to get a verified checkmark
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Matea Gold as a managing editor, replacing Steven Ginsberg, who left in 2022 to join The Athletic; Gold joined The Post in 2013
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To leverage NFL Sunday Ticket, YouTube plans to give access to NFL games to high-profile creators, who could post behind-the-scenes videos for a revenue share
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

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