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Washington Post:
Some news creators and journalists, who moved to Threads from X, criticize Meta after it announced it would stop recommending political content on Threads — The platform announced it won't recommend “social commentary” or political news. — Meta announced on Friday it would stop proactively …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery are discussing a price that could approach $50 a month for their new, jointly owned sports streaming service — Disney, Fox and Warner's venture to bundle live sports content—the latest hit to traditional cable packages—needs to cover high costs and keep leagues on board
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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 …
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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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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: incoming BBC chair Samir Shah is searching for a buyer for his production TV company Juniper to avoid a conflict of interest with his new role — Samir Shah is searching for a buyer for production company Juniper — Incoming BBC chair Samir Shah is searching for a buyer …
Reuters:
A court in Kyrgyzstan rules to dissolve Kloop, an NGO that ran a popular news website often critical of the government, following raids on several other outlets — A court in Kyrgyzstan has ruled to dissolve a non-governmental organisation that ran a popular news website often critical of the government.
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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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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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 …
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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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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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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