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Pranav Dixit / Engadget:
Arc Search's Browse for Me feature, which creates custom webpages with search result summaries, faces a backlash over concerns about losing monetizable traffic — A new feature from the Arc browser puts search result summaries on a single web page that it creates on its own, cheating websites out of valuable traffic.
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Clara Aberneithie / Press Gazette:
A look at Scottish Beacon, a non-profit website launched in August 2023 to showcase work from 22 independent local and hyperlocal newsrooms across Scotland — There is an appetite for local journalism according to work done by The Scottish Beacon. — Collaborative journalism projects can …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ex-Messenger staffers say Jimmy Finkelstein flustered them by meddling in daily operations, including an obsession that the homepage shouldn't be too anti-Trump — Jimmy Finkelstein was chief executive and founder of the Messenger, a much-hyped general news site that recently collapsed, leaving about 250 journalists looking for work.
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Kevin Lind / Columbia Journalism Review:
In a study, only 44 out of 2,529 Pennsylvania residents accepted a free online subscription to either the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette or the Philadelphia Inquirer — When 2,529 people were offered a free subscription to their local newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Philadelphia Inquirer …
Reuters:
Prince Harry settles the remainder of his phone-hacking lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers after it agreed to pay “substantial” damages and his legal costs — Prince Harry has settled the remainder of his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers over phone-hacking …
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Drew Taylor / The Wrap:
Sources: WBD seems unlikely to sell or release Coyote vs. Acme, despite backlash; Netflix, Amazon, and Paramount made generous offers, but WBD wanted $70M-$80M — Warner was seeking $75 - $80 million but rejected offers from Netflix, Amazon and Paramount, insiders tell TheWrap
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Outlets are abandoning hard subscriptions, as many of them don't have the cushion for upfront spending on premium content and see paywalls throttling ad revenue — News companies are reversing course on hard subscriptions — once seen as a safer alternative to the volatile ad market …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Rolling Stone EIC Noah Shachtman is stepping down on March 1 after over two years due to, a source says, editorial differences with CEO Gus Wenner — Noah Shachtman, the magazine's editor in chief since 2021, is resigning because of editorial differences with the chief executive Gus Wenner.
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New York Times:
CBS Sports, which will broadcast the Super Bowl on Sunday, faces a wave of change with new leadership, the possible Paramount sale, and the streaming challenge — The storied network is facing a wave of change, including new leadership, the possible sale of its parent company and the continued challenge of streaming.
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Disney is testing a contextual ad tool dubbed “magic words” for Disney+ and Hulu that uses AI to analyze scenes and identify contents, brands, images, and mood — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is harnessing artificial intelligence to power a new advertising tool that will help brands tailor …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost will be the featured entertainer at its annual dinner on April 27 — The “Saturday Night Live” comedian has co-anchored “Weekend Update” since 2014. — WASHINGTON — “Saturday Night Live” …
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CoinDesk CEO Kevin Worth leaves in a major restructuring by new owner Bullish; Sara Stratoberdha, who ran business development for Bullish, will be the new CEO — Sara Stratoberdha replaces Kevin Worth, who has led CoinDesk since 2017. — Register Now — CoinDesk's longtime CEO Kevin Worth …
Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Tucker Carlson releases his two-hour interview with the Russian president Vladimir Putin for free on his website and on X — The former Fox News host sat with the Russian president in Moscow — Tucker Carlson released his two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president whose military …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin says he would “not rule out” releasing Evan Gershkovich, but maintains claims the WSJ reporter committed espionage
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin says he would “not rule out” releasing Evan Gershkovich, but maintains claims the WSJ reporter committed espionage
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