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David Folkenflik / NPR:
The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, “nor in any future election,” writes CEO Will Lewis in a note to readers — Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remains neck and neck …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned over the paper's decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election — The Scoop — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board resigned on Thursday over the paper's decision …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Recent moves at the Los Angeles Times and NBC News, and the lack of a Washington Post presidential endorsement, raise concerns that owners are appeasing Trump — Recent episodes involving major U.S. news organizations have stoked fears that outlets are preemptively self-censoring coverage …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Meta strikes a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries in Meta AI chatbot, a first for Meta — - Meta has backed away from news content in its platforms' main feeds amid regulatory scrutiny, but news content may prove harder …
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BBC:
Three journalists have been killed in Lebanon by an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters, whose courtyard had cars marked “press” — Three journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters in south-eastern Lebanon, witnesses have told the BBC.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Nonprofit Notus names Brad Bosserman as CRO, who says the site will have ads and sponsors; the newsletter has a five-figure subscriber base and ~20 fellows — The nonprofit news organization will have a three-pronged approach to revenue — The nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute …
Christopher Beam / The Atlantic:
A profile of Mike Solana, a Peter Thiel protégé whose Pirate Wires newsletter and podcast became popular among “anti-woke” tech figures since the “techlash” — Mike solana has opinions. Here are a few of them: Building stuff is good.
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James Powel / USA Today:
A poll of 1,000 likely US voters finds 72% had not seen Kamala Harris on a podcast and 77.5% had not seen a Trump podcast appearance — An exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll asked respondents whether they caught campaign appearances by Harris and Trump on podcasts.
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
In a post, Perplexity criticizes media companies that have sued over AI, saying they wish AI tools didn't exist and prefer that corporations own reported facts — Perplexity shot back at media companies skeptical of AI's benefits in a blog post Thursday responding to News Corp's lawsuit filed against the startup earlier this week.
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
UMG releases a Spanish version of “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” using Sound Labs' Mic Drop and says it shows how AI use can be respectful of artists — Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) on Friday released a Spanish version of country music star Brenda Lee's 1958 hit song …
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Sophie Vershbow / Esquire:
How the uncertainty of elections affects the US book publishing industry, as publishers try to schedule relevant nonfiction books in the fall in hopes for a hit — Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome …
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Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg:
Filing: Grupo Televisa SAB Executive Chairman Emilio Azcarraga steps down amid a US DOJ probe into the Mexican conglomerate's dealings in international soccer — - Grandson of broadcaster's founder stepping down immediately — Investigation ongoing, company says it's cooperating
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