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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Cameron Barr, The Washington Post's senior managing editor, is leaving at the end of June after 19 years at the Post and over seven years as managing editor — Barr, who joined The Post in 2004 after several years as a foreign correspondent, helped oversee teams that won 12 Pulitzer Prizes
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Disney has reached its target of 7,000 layoffs, or 3.2% of its total global headcount of 220,000; source: more cuts are planned internationally over time — Disney reached its 7,000 layoffs goal, handing out notices to the remaining employees impacted in its third round of job cuts …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The Daily Wire says Twitter canceled a deal to release its What Is a Woman doc on Thursday and said it would “throttle” it due to “instances of ‘misgendering’” — Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing tore into Elon Musk and Twitter for allegedly threatening …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Multiple New York Times journalists say they remain concerned and disappointed the outlet published a soft-focus profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — As Holmes headed to jail Tuesday, business editor Ellen Pollock was put on the spot to defend a soft-focus profile …
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Katie Paul / Reuters:
Meta threatens to remove news content from its platforms in California if the state government passes a proposed law forcing tech companies to pay publishers — Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California …
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Liz Bowie / The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore Banner CEO Imtiaz Patel plans to step down on July 7 to join Gannett's senior leadership; Brian McGrory will lead the nonprofit during its CEO search — Our nonprofit news organization is made possible by subscribers and donors who value storytelling that impacts and uplifts communities.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
AMC Theatres is transferring the entire library of films on its streaming service over to Fandango-owned Vudu; AMC will earn a portion of revenue — Four years after AMC Theatres launched its on-demand streaming service, AMC Theatres On Demand, the company is now transferring its entire library …
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Financial Times:
OPEC bars Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal from its Vienna meeting this weekend; sources: Saudi Arabia's energy minister instigated the decision — Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones denied invites in decision driven by Saudi Arabia's energy minister
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
A look at the grotesque world of AI true-crime-victim TikTok, where AI deepfakes, based on images of children who were abused, describe their own ghastly demise — TikTok accounts are posting horrifying artificial intelligence-generated clips of murder victims — mostly children — describing their own ghastly demise
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Wattpad revamps its Creators Program with requirements including a commitment to writing 500 words/week; the company has paid out $3.8M in stipends since 2022 — Storytelling platform Wattpad is revamping its creator program and making it more accessible for writers, the company announced on Thursday.
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
William O'Neil, who founded financial news and research outlet Investor's Business Daily before selling to News Corp in 2021, dies at 90 — Oklahoma-born entrepreneur promoted a data-rich formula for stock market investing — William J. O'Neil, who grew up poor in Oklahoma during …
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Zach Seward / ZMS:
Quartz co-founder Zach Seward, who has served at the publication as CEO, reporter, editor, and editor-in-chief, says he is leaving the company on June 9 — I'm stepping down from Quartz after more than 11 years as, variously, co-founder, reporter, editor, chief product officer, CEO, owner and, most recently, editor-in-chief.
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