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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Multiple New York Times journalists say they remain concerned and disappointed that a puffy profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes made it to publication — 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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Deepa Parent / The Guardian:
Ahead of a trial of two female journalists who covered Mahsa Amini's death, Iran's reporters describe beatings and threats for covering protests in the country — Ahead of a trial of journalists who covered the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, reporters describe beatings and threats as government agents try to wipe out independent media
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The Times of Israel, @chrisvanhollen, @nazaninnour, @richardbranson, The Hill and Reuters
Financial Times:
OPEC bars Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal from its meeting this weekend; sources: the decision was instigated by Saudi Arabia's energy minister — Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones denied invites in decision driven by Saudi Arabia's energy minister
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Katie Paul / Reuters:
Meta says it would remove news content in California from its platforms 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 …
Liz Bowie / The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore Banner CEO Imtiaz Patel plans to step down July 7 to join Gannett senior leadership; Brian McGrory will help lead the nonprofit as it seeks a new CEO — Our nonprofit news organization is made possible by subscribers and donors who value storytelling that impacts and uplifts communities.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: ex-NFL punter Pat McAfee's ESPN contract is for five years and worth ~$85M; ESPN gets 230 shows per year that the network can sell advertising against — Pat McAfee's deal with ESPN is for five years and around $85 million, The Post has learned. — With the contract …
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@kwikwarren, @nickthepicker, @el_budget, The Big Lead, @_willcompton, Awful Announcing, @wadeplem, @garrettsprints and Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Studios notified authors whose books are being turned into movies and TV shows that they are putting book adaptation deals on hold until the WGA strike ends — Studios from Netflix to Amazon put book-adaptation deals on hold amid writers' strike — Joshua Ferris thought two of the books …
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Deadline, @bysarahkrouse and The Ringer
Mia Sato / The Verge:
After a fake image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon went viral, Twitter adds Community Notes to images, set to appear on “recent and future matching images” — Twitter is expanding its crowdsourced fact-checking program to include images, shortly …
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MediaPost, @communitynotes, The Drum, Mashable, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, @communitynotes and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Jeff Sanders / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Sinclair's Diamond Sports, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, lets its broadcast rights to the San Diego Padres expire; temporary free streams on the MLB app are likely — Temporary free streams on the MLB app are likely, while both direct-to-consumer and traditional cable options are pursued
Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
Q&A with the co-founders of Good Tape, a new biannual print magazine that aims to feature a mix of journalism and cultural criticism about audio storytelling — This is Hot Pod, The Verge's newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. … Hope everyone is well rested after the holiday weekend.
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The Information and Columbia Journalism Review, more at Techmeme »
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Parrot: global demand for films and TV shows in Asian languages reached a 25% share in Q1 2023, up from ~15% in Q1 2020, driven by Chinese and Japanese content — WATCH NOW — Netflix is investing $2.5 billion to make Korean shows, says VP of Korean content
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The Wrap, NBC News and WORLD SCREEN
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
WAN-IFRA survey of 101 editors, journalists, or other newsroom staff: 49% say their newsroom is actively working with generative AI, mostly for text creation — The WAN-IFRA survey indicated it is management, rather than individual journalists, driving adoption.
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