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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis says opinion section changes are “not about siding with any political party” but about “being crystal clear about what we stand for” — David Shipley, The Post's opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.
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Jeff Bezos / @jeffbezos:
Jeff Bezos says the WaPo's opinion pages going forward will largely focus on personal liberties and free markets, and opinion editor David Shipley is leaving — I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We'll cover other topics too
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Marty Baron condemns changes to WaPo's opinion section, says he is “disgusted” as Bezos is “betraying” WaPo's “longstanding principles” for commercial interests — Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” …
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Sources: WaPo publisher Will Lewis told Jeff Bezos that changes to the Opinion section would have consequences for the health of the paper
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Editor and Publisher, Ace of Spades HQ, Politico, Sydney Morning Herald, Axios, @nkulw, @nomaga.bsky.social, @charlottetklein and RedState
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The White House kicked out Reuters and a HuffPost reporter from Trump's Wednesday press pool; with AP still blocked, just one wire service remained in the pool — Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.
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Reuters News Agency:
Editors of Reuters, AP, and Bloomberg News, all permanent members of the White House pool, say limiting wire access to the president harms people and markets — By: Reuters News Agency — Reuters, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News today issued the following statement:
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@spj_tweets, TVNewsCheck, Mediaite and @reuterspr
Brian Stelter / CNN:
On day one of choosing its own “press pool,” the White House replaced HuffPost with Axios; two staunchly pro-Trump outlets, Newsmax and The Blaze, were added
Hadas Gold / CNN:
WHCA President Eugene Daniels said the White House move to take over the press pool “tears at the independence of a free press”; longtime reporters share alarm
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NPR, @jacquiheinrich, Townhall, The Wrap, The Hill, Business Insider, The Federalist, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, @lauraphillips.bsky.social, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, IJR, The Daily Signal, @presssec, @jenicearmstrong, @sueannhowell, @clumsyandshy, @taylorpopielarz, @tvreporter, @patrickdehahn, @bpopetv, @tbonier, @jamesrbuk, @aclufl, @glennthrush, @billgertz, @pamelafessler, @patricialopez_4, @arifleischer, @milligansusan, @toddgillman, @ahaywa, @timothy_bellman, @farhip, @farhip, @farhip, @jacquiheinrich and @walshfreedom.bsky.social
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the White House, not the WHCA, will now decide which outlets will be in the pool covering presidential events
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Max Tani / Semafor:
YouTube's VP for News Partnerships Tim Katz says the platform has continued to boom as a news platform, particularly for news commentators like MeidasTouch — The News — YouTube is touting a mind-boggling statistic to demonstrate its increasing dominance in podcasting.
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YouTube Official Blog, Pedro Pina on LinkedIn, @maxwelltani and Kimberly Diaz on LinkedIn
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods says he is retiring May 2 after 15 years at NPR; CEO Katherine Maher says NPR won't veer from a dedication to diversity — NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced Wednesday that he would retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years …
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Fox News, RedState and @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta's Oversight Board says it will weigh in on Meta's hate speech policies, changed before Trump's inauguration, in a test of the enforceability of its powers — It's unclear how much the group will be able to influence the rules. — Less than two weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration …
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TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal:
Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google will be charged a fee to recover regulatory costs related to Canada's online news law, starting April 1 — Google would be charged a fee to recover regulatory costs related to Canada's online news law — OTTAWA—Canada's broadcast regulator …
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@paulvieira, more at Techmeme »
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Wired gained 62,500 new subscribers in the US during the first two weeks of February, as the tech outlet aggressively covers the Trump administration and DOGE — Shortly after becoming Wired's global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea.
The Guardian:
Sources: UK lawmakers plan key concessions for artists about plans to make it easier for AI companies to use copyrighted work, after lobbying by top artists — Exclusive: partial climbdown over use of work protected by copyright considered after intense lobbying by top artists
New York Times:
Meduza and hundreds of newsrooms globally, which benefited from at least $180M in annual funding from USAID and the US government, face long-term uncertainty — Investigative journalists around the world relied on funding from the U.S. Now, those watchdogs are scrambling to survive a sudden cash crunch.
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