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New York Times:
A former colleague and records indicate WaPo's Will Lewis and Robert Winnett used fraudulently obtained records in Sunday Times articles in the early 2000s — Years before becoming the Post's publisher, Will Lewis assigned an article based on stolen phone records, a former reporter said.
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Washington Post:
Sources reveal alleged ties of incoming WaPo editor Robert Winnett to a PI who worked for The Sunday Times, from deceptively obtained material to legal help — Unpublished book drafts and other documents raise questions about Robert Winnett's journalistic record just months before he is to assume a top newsroom role.
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: the Washington Post is in talks with legendary admaker David Droga to commission a new marketing campaign to redefine its image — The Scoop — The Washington Post is shopping for a new brand. — The Post is in talks to bring aboard the legendary admaker David Droga to commission …
New York Times:
Sources: Jeff Bezos appears to be standing by Publisher and CEO Will Lewis and has envisioned WaPo growing to reach 100M subscribers from its current 2.5M
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Pixar's Inside Out 2 grosses $155M in the US and Canada, 2024's biggest opening weekend, and $295M globally, the biggest in history for an animated film — - Animated sequel tops ‘Dune: Part Two’ for 2024's highest bow — Opening is boon for theaters and for Disney's rebounding Pixar
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Jack Herrera / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of Lorena López, the founder and editor of La Prensa de Iowa, an improbably successful Spanish-language paper serving rural farm towns in western Iowa — At a Spanish-language newspaper in rural Iowa, Lorena López proves that the best counter to online misinformation is human connection.
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Media Voices, @andreafrantz221 and @jherrerx
Thomas Germain / BBC:
Copywriters detail how AI is changing their jobs, with some seeing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less — If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future.
Adam Ganucheau / New York Times:
The defamation suit from former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant against Mississippi Today could become a political playbook to dismantle US press freedoms — Slow-moving lawsuits intended to drain newsrooms of their limited financial resources and editorial bandwidth.
Paresh Dave / Wired:
How the launch of AI search chatbots such as Bing Copilot is affecting advertisers, as they look for new ways to target users with relevant ads — Microsoft and Google are bringing ads to their AI search experiences. But users don't always find it helpful.
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@wired, Paresh Dave on LinkedIn and @jordannovet, more at Techmeme »
Ari Saperstein / The Guardian:
How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation in the Podcast app, a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators — Apple rolled out a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators. Why did it take so long?
John Branch / New York Times:
High-end outdoors print magazines like Adventure Journal and Mountain Gazette are thriving, often costing $25+ per issue and designed to be collectible — Titles like Adventure Journal, Mountain Gazette, Summit Journal and Ori are aimed at “people who just don't want to be on their phones anymore.”
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Riley Seebeck on LinkedIn and @nbj914
Associated Press:
A bankruptcy judge orders the liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets but dismisses for now the bankruptcy case against the company that runs Infowars — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but dismissed …
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Jason Parham / Wired:
Q&A with HuffPost editor Phil Lewis on aggregating news on X, being a “newsfluencer”, Black media and Black newsrooms, the future of news, and more — Editor and news aggregator Phil Lewis isn't afraid of YouTubers or TikTokkers. He says the real threat is misinformation.
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