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David Folkenflik / NPR:
WaPo columnist and Associate Editor Ruth Marcus resigns, accusing Will Lewis of killing her column that criticized Jeff Bezos's drive to overhaul opinion pages — A top political columnist for The Washington Post resigned Monday, accusing Post Chief Executive and Publisher Will Lewis …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: WaPo makes big newsroom changes, like splitting the national desk and focusing on digital product growth by hiring a head of print to “ring-fence print” — The Washington Post is making major changes to its newsroom that are meant to broaden the outlet's coverage and reach …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: the White House has hired Patrick Witty, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who left National Geographic in 2017 after allegations of misconduct — The White House has hired Patrick Witty, an accomplished Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who left his role at National Geographic …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with WSJ Publisher and Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on WSJ cutting tech reporting, the content deal with OpenAI, WSJ opinion pages, press freedom, and more — Today, I'm talking with Almar Latour, who is the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of its parent company Dow Jones …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times names Chief Commercial Officer Jon Slade as CEO, replacing John Ridding on July 1; Slade manages 75% of the FT Group's £500M annual revenue — Financial Times chief commercial officer Jon Slade has been named as the next CEO of the business, to succeed John Ridding.
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Media Matters sues X for breach of contract, saying X went on a “campaign of libel tourism” by suing the nonprofit in Texas, Ireland, and Singapore, not in SF — Media Matters, the liberal watchdog organization that billionaire Elon Musk has sued in multiple lawsuits around the world, is going on the offensive.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Reach CEO Jim Mullen says the Mirror, Express, and Star's print titles will become loss-making in six to eight years, but digital will keep them from closure — Chief executive of Reach says he is committed to print, and higher online income will keep business afloat
Columbia Journalism Review:
A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly — We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They're All Bad at Citing News. — AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Bluesky adds support for three-minute videos, up from the previous one-minute limit launched in September 2024, bringing it closer to X and Threads — Bluesky will let you accept or reject messages from people you might not know. … Bluesky is adding support for longer, three-minute videos …
Brian Welk / IndieWire:
Report: writers on at least five 2024 streaming TV shows, including Bridgerton and Fallout, received performance-metric bonuses under the WGA's 2023 contract — “Bridgerton,” “Griselda,” “The Last Airbender,” “Fallout,” and “Ted” all got bonuses paid, and SAG-AFTRA members have also been paid from Netflix …
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Jack Herrera / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at The Houston Landing, which launched in 2023 with $20M+ in philanthropic funding, as major funder Arnold Ventures says it won't renew its $4M funding — Arnold Ventures, which provided $4 million in seed funding, isn't renewing its gift. The Landing is trying to close the gap.
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
An interview with former Puck reporter Tara Palmeri, who says she is taking her political reporting to YouTube to speak to audiences from “the middle” — Tara Palmeri, who formerly wrote for Puck and Politico's Playbook, said she wanted to speak to larger audiences in “the middle.”
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