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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
In an email to staff, Telegraph editor Chris Evans says Rob Winnett has decided to stay at Telegraph and will not join the Washington Post — Robert Winnett, hired by Washington Post publisher William Lewis, faced questions about his U.K. work, including stories based on stolen records.
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James Ball / Politico:
The allegations facing Will Lewis and Rob Winnett are not remotely in line with either UK or US journalism ethics; blaming British media culture is wrong — The allegations of journalistic misconduct facing publisher Will Lewis aren't condoned in the U.K. either.
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CNN, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Byline Times, The Guardian, @tallulahb2012, @davidclinchnews, @jamesrbuk, @robcrilly, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost, @justinling.bsky.social, Jeff Jarvis on LinkedIn, John Robinson on LinkedIn, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, Media Nation and The Guardian
Tim Marchman / Wired:
Perplexity scraped a Wired article about Perplexity scraping Wired, apparently ignoring robots.txt; experts say the case might or might not be infringement — Experts aren't unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup's practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US — Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials …
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US Department of Justice, The Guardian, Engadget, CBS News, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, The Verge, Deadline and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts a new Basic streaming plan in the US for $10.99/month, which includes all the benefits of Premium without the monthly audiobook listening time — Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday.
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Spotify, @film_girl@mastodon.social, Neowin, Engadget, BGR, Variety, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, The Hollywood Reporter, UPROXX, Reuters and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for the feature — The company will charge for a feature that's free on every other major platform. — X will soon be moving the ability to live stream behind its premium paywall, the company announced.
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9to5Mac and Neowin, more at Techmeme »
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Internal memo: ABC News Executive Editor Stacia Deshishku is leaving the network and her 35-year career in journalism — Deshishku has served as executive editor since 2022, overseeing shows and editorial strategy. — ABC News executive editor Stacia Deshishku has decided to leave …
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New York Post, @dylanbyers, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, @bristei, Deadline and Variety
Alexandra Canal / Yahoo Finance:
An excess of ad supply on streaming video services, after Amazon's Prime Video joined the market in January, means CPM rates have dropped for now — Amazon (AMZN) entered the ad-supported streaming space in January by defaulting all of its Prime Video subscriptions to ads.
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Linda Tirado, the journalist blinded in one eye by Minneapolis police while covering a 2020 protest, is receiving palliative care as a result of the injury — Linda Tirado lost her eye when Minneapolis police shot her with a foam bullet in 2020. Now, she's dying from dementia, the National Press Club says.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Baltimore Banner launches a new section, Education Hub, and says it now has 49K paid subscribers, as it celebrates its second birthday — The Baltimore Banner celebrated its second birthday this week with a “B” cake, balloons, and a pair of announcements.
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@mskerrygraham, @jessmgallagher, @baltimorebanner, @lizbowie and The Baltimore Banner
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Some users complain that Meta is tagging real photos with the Made with AI label, possibly because AI tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images — Earlier in February, Meta said that it would start labeling photos created with AI tools on its social networks.
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@baekdal and @thebrianpenny@threads.net, more at Techmeme »
Nic Newman / Nieman Lab:
Reuters Institute: data from 47 countries shows a rise in use of video-based platforms for news, making the pivot to video look more lasting now than previously — Aggregate data from 47 countries shows all the growth in platform news use coming from video or video-led networks.
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Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, Media Voices and Nieman Lab
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Sources: Sony is acquiring Queen's music catalog, excluding live performances, for £1B; Disney retains recorded music rights in the US and Canada — The Queen music catalog, along with a number of other rights, is in the process of being acquired by Sony Music for £1 billion …
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