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The Washington Post publisher and CEO Fred Ryan plans to leave in August and the outlet names Gates Foundation founding CEO Patty Stonesifer as its interim CEO — Ryan, chief executive of The Post for most of the decade since Jeff Bezos bought it, will lead the new Center on Public Civility at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
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A profile of The Washington Post's interim CEO Patty Stonesifer, a former Microsoft executive who has never led a news company and insists her role is temporary — Stonesifer ran the Gates Foundation for many years after several successful years at Microsoft.
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New York Times:
Jeff Bezos has been more involved in The Washington Post's operations in 2023, a source says after staff raised concerns in January about Fred Ryan's management
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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
In a memo to Twitter employees, CEO Linda Yaccarino said the platform is “on a mission to become the world's most accurate real-time information source” — Linda Yaccarino, who joined company last week, describes her mission to employees — Twitter's new chief executive told employees …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Pat Sajak, the host of Wheel of Fortune for 40 years, plans to retire in 2024 after the game show's 41st season which begins in September — Pat Sajak, who has hosted the hit game show Wheel of Fortune since Ronald Reagan was president, will retire next year.
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Sources: Netflix is in talks to livestream its first sporting event this fall, a celebrity golf tournament with professional golfers and Formula One drivers — Tournament would feature celebrities from Formula One series ‘Drive to Survive’ and golf program ‘Full Swing’
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New York Times:
Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert indefinitely delays her new book set in 1930s Russia after a backlash from Ukrainian readers, prompting mixed reactions — Elizabeth Gilbert delayed her new novel indefinitely after an online backlash condemned the book's publication while Russia is at war with Ukraine.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube lowers subscriber and watch hour requirements to monetize under the YouTube Partner Program; creators now only need 500 subscribers, down from 1,000 — YouTube is lowering the requirements for creators to get access to monetization tools under the YouTube Partner Program (YPP).
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Elaina Plott Calabro / The Atlantic:
How Lara Logan, once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent, became a conspiracy theorist after CBS publicly disavowed a Benghazi story she had reported in 2013 — Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent. Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even far-right media disavow.
Avram Piltch / Tom's Hardware:
Google's Search Generative Experience seems like an “AI plagiarism engine” that cobbles together snippets of text from a variety of sites, often word-for-word — The Search Generative Experience seems more like a text-copying experience. — Search has always been the Internet's most important utility.
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Filing: Disney sold KRDC, its last radio station, for $5M; at its peak, Disney owned more than 40 AM and FM broadcast stations — The station, KRDC in Los Angeles, has served as an ESPN Radio simulcast for more than two years. — After more than three decades of supporting AM and FM radio stations …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Madhive, which licenses its software to local TV companies so they can sell connected TV ads, raised $300M from Goldman Sachs at a $1B valuation — Ad tech startup Madhive has raised $300 million from Goldman Sachs, in a deal that values the company at nearly $1 billion, Axios has learned.
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Marianna Spring / BBC:
A look at UK conspiracy theory newspaper The Light, which prints 100K+ copies per month and has links with the British far-right and a German conspiracy outlet — A UK conspiracy theory newspaper sharing calls for trials and executions of politicians and doctors has links with the British far-right …
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