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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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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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@charlottetklein, Fox News, @jeremybwhite, Poynter, @meganmurp, @sulliview, The Guardian, @tiagodf, @niemanlab, @andreagrimes, @nickmmark, @andreagrimes, @thebenbergman, @shwinyo, @vanityfair, @andreagrimes, @vanityfair, @tiagodf, @bgrueskin, @charlottetklein, @jeffjarvis, @adam_a_carlson, @biophysicsfl, @awprokop, @ashleyfeinberg, @froomkin, @ericschultz, @waterpio, @nick_field90, @bgrueskin, @dylanbyers, @andreagrimes, @billjurgensen …, Variety and Insider
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
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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@tim_prudente, @kyoshino, @pwoodreporter, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @dankennedy_nu@journa.host and MediaPost
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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@joblessthursday, New York Post and @ejdickson, more at Techmeme »
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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@zseward, @eduardosuarez, @heatherlandy, The Desk, @akshatrathi, @pkafka and @mcwm
Amy-Jo Crowley / Reuters:
Sources: Liberty Global and WBD are considering selling their stakes, worth £1B total, in joint venture All3Media, the UK's largest indie TV production company — The owners of All3Media (ALLMD.UL), Britain's largest independent TV production company, are exploring options …
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Variety, Broadband TV News and Deadline
ProPublica:
How reporters for ProPublica reached Spanish-speaking dairy farm workers in Wisconsin, including via QR codes that take people to the audio version of the story — As we reported on dairy farms in Wisconsin, we knew we'd have to get creative in how we got our articles to the affected workers.
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@brianstelter, @cezary and @epivoz.bsky.social
Ben Doherty / The Guardian:
Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses a defamation case in which he was accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan by The Age, SMH, and Canberra Times — Justice Anthony Besanko found newspapers established substantial or contextual truth of allegations of murders of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan
Reuters:
ITV commissions an external review of presenter Phillip Schofield's resignation after he admitted to lying about a relationship with a young worker — British broadcaster ITV (ITV.L) has commissioned an external review of presenter Phillip Schofield's resignation, the company said on Wednesday …
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BBC, The Independent, Sky News, ITV News, The Guardian, Deadline, The Guardian, The Times and The Independent
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Project Veritas sues James O'Keefe, claiming he broke parts of his employment contract as he left the undercover-camera outfit and set up a rival operation — The right-wing group, known for its undercover videos, also alleges its former chairman lavished donor money on his own expenses
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