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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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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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James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney+ and Lucasfilm bring Andor season one to Hulu and the first three episodes to the Disney+ YouTube channel for free, ahead of Andor's season two launch — Disney+ is making episodes more widely available online ahead of the release of season two. — “Oppression breeds rebellion,” says a character in Andor.
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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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@reckless.bsky.social, @reckless.bsky.social and Talking Biz News
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
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 …
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell will join MSNBC as a co-host of The Weekend, a source says in spring 2025 — The economics and politics-focused writer joins as new president Rebecca Kutler continues to revamp the channel — Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell …
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Variety, MSNBC, Forbes, @msnbc_reports, Barrett Media and Deadline
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Hollywood is shifting toward programming that appeals to Trump's America, with shows featuring conservative viewpoints and less emphasis on DEI — TV shows like ‘Shifting Gears’ and ‘Duck Dynasty’ resonate with ‘flyover country,’ while fewer shows take on the president
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Los Angeles Times, TVNewsCheck, @jbflint and @mattklewis
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Digital publishing software company Chartbeat acquires FatTail, which helps publishers automate direct sales deals with advertisers and their agencies — Chartbeat, a digital publishing software company, has acquired FatTail, an advertising software platform, its CEO John Saroff told Axios.
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Cuadrilla Capital, @sarafischer and LinkedIn
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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The Ankler, @tvgrimreaper and @kalihays.bsky.social
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 …
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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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