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Chris Brown / CBC News:
Since October 7, at least 50 journalists have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with the vast majority from Gaza; Israel's military denies targeting them — Reporters covering the war claim they're being deliberately targeted — When a rocket fired by Israel's military flattened buildings …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Source: Jeff Zucker's vision for The Telegraph includes a potential expansion into the US, where he believes a market has emerged for a center-right news outlet — The veteran TV executive is poised to take control of two prominent British news outlets, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and may expand them into America.
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@karaswisher, @fifilamoura@eldritch.cafe, @benmullin, @joegalarn, Next TV, HuffPost and Frontpage Mag
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Financial Times:
Source: RedBird IMI plans governance changes as the UK culture minister prepares an investigation of the Telegraph Group's buyout by the Abu Dhabi-backed group — Redbird IMI plans to offer further assurances to ensure independence of the newspaper — UK culture minister Lucy Frazer …
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Reuters, Fortune, Sky News, @danielthomasldn, The Guardian, @danielthomasldn, The Information and New York Post
CNN:
Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media suspends an ad campaign on X one month after announcing a partnership with X; it's unclear whether the partnership is still on — Paris Hilton's entertainment company 11:11 Media has pulled an advertising campaign from Elon Musk's X just one month after announcing …
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John Carreyrou / New York Times:
How Carl Rinsch's sci-fi TV series became a costly fiasco for Netflix, which burned $55M+ without receiving a single episode, an example of streaming excess — After suitors flocked to a sci-fi project by Carl Rinsch, director of a single movie, the winner handed over money and control.
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@jalefkowit@octodon.social, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An independent review of a police investigation into UK woman Nicola Bulley's disappearance finds failings in how non-reportable background briefings were used — Review says non-reportable background briefings could have been used effectively. — The relationship between the media and police must be …
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@carlevecrime, @pressgazette, The Times, @fhamiltontimes, @mariannaspring and HoldtheFrontPage
Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Media campaigners say proposals in the European Media Freedom Act to stop the hacking of journalists' phones and guarantee press independence have been diluted — Fears proposals on hacking journalists' phones and press independence in European Media Freedom Act have been diluted
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@liliebayer, @pressgazette and @criticalvas
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
ProPublica's union complains that ProPublica is helping the Post-Gazette's management endure a strike by supplying the outlet with stories via its partnership — The media nonprofit's union wants to stop a collaboration with a newspaper whose reporters are on strike.
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@willsommer, @legalcat.bsky.social, @zacktanner, Investigative Reporters … and @dicktofel
Kirsten Chuba / The Hollywood Reporter:
A profile of 25-year-old Reece Feldman, hired by studios and streamers like Paramount and Prime Video to make TikToks from film sets, junkets, and red carpets — “People of my generation know when they're being advertised to, but they'll accept being advertised to if it's in their language …
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
A summary of a talk with Hearst Newspapers Chief Commercial Officer Bridget Williams on using commerce-friendly content like newcomers guides to fund local news — On this week's episode of The Rebooting Show, I spoke to Bridget Williams, chief commercial officer at Hearst Newspapers.
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Public statements on the Israel-Hamas war roil Hollywood, as agencies drop clients and demote or fire staff and producers of Scream 7 fire Melissa Barrera — Four days after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in Israel, WME invited Steve Leder, the rabbi from Wilshire Boulevard Temple, to visit the agency's Beverly Hills headquarters.
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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
TikTok-funded report: TikTok users are much likelier to pay for a music streamer than the average consumer and spend more on concerts than the average listener — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — TikTok has commissioned research firm Luminate for a new report analysing its impact on music.