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Mike Allen / Axios:
Source: Fox News sends Tucker Carlson a cease and desist letter over his Twitter show; the network says Carlson's contract runs through December 31, 2024 — Fox News has sent a “cease and desist” letter to Tucker Carlson as he ramps up a competing series on Twitter that drew …
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The Guardian, The Desk, New York Times, Mediaite, The Hill, The Wrap, Insider, Gizmodo, Financial Times, Breitbart, @sarafischer, @thedeskdotnet, @stephengutowski, @pnjaban, Rolling Stone, UPROXX, Deadline, @pepesgrandma, @neoavatara and The Messenger
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Q&A with A.G. Sulzberger on “independent” journalism, the NYT's financial comeback, criticisms of its op-ed page, its coverage of Trump, trans issues, and more — The paper's publisher discusses bias in reporting, the Times' financial comeback, and criticisms of its coverage of Trump …
Jane Bradley / New York Times:
The Guardian apologizes to at least one woman for its handling of sexual harassment complaints against columnist Nick Cohen and plans to change its processes — The British media company is also changing its internal processes following a New York Times investigation into a former star political columnist.
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@jamieklingler, @yonettejo, @jhedelstein, @faizalhamssin, @flying_rodent and @jane__bradley
Max Tani / Semafor:
Messages: WarnerMedia used CNN's relationship with then New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, brother of Chris Cuomo, to advance its commercial interests — The Scoop — CNN and its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, reeling from firing CEO Chris Licht last week, are now facing a new, high-stakes drama.
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@semaforben, Reason, Poynter, @dankennedy_nu, @maxwelltani, @seanspicer, @maxwelltani, @azi and @wobburnerburner
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
With Telegraph's parent company B.UK in receivership and set for auction, a look at potential buyers and initial optimism shared among its staff about the news — With a sell-off looming for the newspapers, several tycoons and groups look to have the money, and the motivation, to take over
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Press Gazette, @frasermatthew, @profdaveandress, @drjohnegibson, Bloomberg and Financial Times
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Athletic lays off ~20 or ~4% of its journalists and will give 20+ reporters new assignments, as it shifts from one reporter per team to broader coverage — Nearly 20 journalists will lose their jobs and more than 20 others will be moved to new assignments.
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Washington Post, @cowboysstats, @edrevelator34, @avi_wa, @tim_bays, @dcsportsbog, @benjstrauss, @benjstrauss and @katie_robertson
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
How Sesame Workshop and Fred Rogers Productions continue to apply their values for inclusion and education in children's programming, often through new avenues — Nearly six decades after they premiered, ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood' continue to inspire kids' programming …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools' role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common — Science fiction and fantasy authors are struggling with AI-generated media — and formulating strategies to deal with it.
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@neilturkewitz, @sesmith, @tweetsbysherin, @mabramowsky, @707kat, @evankirstel, @violenceobscene and @fletchermr
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Time dropped its paywall on June 1, ending 250K digital subscriptions, and says the outlet has 1.3M print subscribers and revenue grew 19% YoY to $200M in 2022 — Earlier this month, the publisher eliminated its digital subscription business — The general news publisher …
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@markstenberg3 and @adweek
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
GroupM expects global ad spending to grow 5.9% to $874.5B in 2023, excluding US political ads, and digital advertising to grow 8.4%, the slowest since 2009 — GroupM expects ad spending to grow 5.9% this year to $874.5 billion, excluding U.S. political advertising
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AdExchanger, Ad Age, Digiday and MediaPost
Nikkei Asia:
Survey: 75% of Japanese people encounter fake news but only 19% know how to fact-check it, the lowest ratio among major Asian countries; Vietnam led at 81% — Study shows only one in five Japanese know how to fact-check information — TOKYO — Accurate news is the bedrock of democracy …
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@acrossthespread, @kwaakreports and @jeff4malaysia
Amaris Castillo / Poynter:
Three photojournalists talk about their reporting funded by California-based nonprofit CatchLight, which supports visual journalists in underrepresented markets — ‘I thought and I understood that it was very likely that I would never be part of a newsroom again, because those positions are so rare ...’
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@catchlight_io, @newspartakid, @citysidelocal, @menanatera, @report4america and Voice of America
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