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9:05 AM ET, June 3, 2023

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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
An in-depth profile of CNN under Chris Licht and his vision for the network, as ratings keep falling and he seeks to create a forum for conversation and “truth”  —  CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network's reputation for serious journalism.  How did it all go wrong?
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Wall Street Journal:
CNN names veteran Warner Bros. Discovery executive David Leavy as its COO, to take over commercial, operational, and promotional activities across the channel
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Mike Krieger / Artifact News:
How Artifact will replace a clickbait title using GPT-4: first, only for users who request it, then a human reviewer may make the new title the default for all  —  At Artifact, we harness the power of AI and combine it with creative product design to improve the news & content experience for our users.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving the company, the second departure of a top safety executive this week  —  A.J. Brown's departure comes after Ella Irwin, company's head of trust and safety, left Thursday  —  Twitter lost its head of brand safety …
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@insiderunion:
Insider Union says it has failed to agree on a fair contract with Insider management and 250 employees are now on indefinite strike
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vimeo plans to end support for its TV apps on June 27, 2023, saying video-casting will give customers a “better ongoing experience”  —  Vimeo is ending support for its existing TV apps — with the video management and hosting provider telling customers they'll have a …
Gannett:
NPR News Vice President and Executive Editor Terence Samuel plans to join Gannett and lead USA Today as EIC, starting on July 10, 2023  —  Veteran leaders promoted to advance local content and journalism across the USA TODAY Network  —  Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today announced veteran journalist …
The Guardian:
The BBC appoints Elan Closs Stephens as its acting chair starting on June 27, 2023, to lead the board for 12 months or until a permanent chair is appointed  —  BBC board member to assume role from 27 June after resignation of Richard Sharp  —  Prof Dame Elan Closs Stephens …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Jemele Hill is leaving Spotify, which has exclusively distributed her Jemele Hill Is Unbothered podcast and her Unbothered Network of shows since 2019  —  Another prominent podcaster is leaving Spotify Technology SA, as the company reverses many of its biggest investments in original audio and loses yet another Black voice.
Vogue Business:
Memo: British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful plans to become Vogue's global creative and cultural advisor in 2024 and hire a British Vogue head of editorial content  —  The British Vogue editor-in-chief will become editorial advisor in 2024.  —  To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here.
 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WBD's JB Perrette says ~70% of HBO Max's customer base switched to Max in the first week of its launch and ~20% of the content viewed on Max was from Discovery+
Dan Caesar / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
A bankruptcy judge rules that Diamond Sports Group must pay four MLB teams their full contract values to keep televising games; Diamond sought to cut its costs
Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Getty asks London's High Court to stop UK sales of Stable Diffusion, accusing Stability AI of copyright infringement for training its AI model on Getty's images
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
Audio Publishers Association: US audiobook revenue grew 10% YoY to $1.8B in 2022; publishers say digital audio made up 10.4% of 2022 US book publishing revenue
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Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press:
Like Google, Meta tests blocking news in Canada, on Instagram and Facebook, in preparation for a potential full block of news outlets if Canada passes Bill C-18
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In a nonbinding vote, Netflix shareholders decline to support the 2023 pay packages of top executives after the WGA urged them to reject “inappropriate” pay
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The Daily Wire claims that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere What Is a Woman over two instances of “misgendering”; Elon Musk says that decision was wrong
 

 
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance:
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates

Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider:
Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors

 
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