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3:25 PM ET, April 22, 2025

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In a memo, 60 Minutes EP Bill Owens says he is resigning because he had lost his journalistic independence; the show is under pressure from Trump and Paramount  —  The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
The Washington Post partners with OpenAI to make its content “more accessible” in ChatGPT, which will display summaries, quotes, and links to WaPo's reporting  —  The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has gone into business with artificial-intelligence powerhouse OpenAI.
Kaare Eriksen / Variety:
GamesBeat spins out from VentureBeat into a separate, independent entity, with ex-VentureBeat CSO Gina Joseph as CEO and Dean Takahashi as editorial director  —  Gina Joseph and veteran journalist Dean Takahashi will remain with and lead the new GamesBeat.  —  Video game publication GamesBeat …
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy releases new rules for the 98th Oscars in 2026, including making it tougher to vote in a category without watching all the nominees in the category  —  Additionally, the organization's board of governors has left the door open to again replacing its Oscar Nominees Luncheon with an Oscar Nominees Dinner or some other event.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The Academy says generative AI and other digital tools used in the making of a film “neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination” for the Oscars
Brooks Johnson / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
The Minnesota Star Tribune names Kathleen Hennessey as its top editor, starting May 12; she was deputy politics editor at the NYT for the last three years  —  The Midwest's largest newsroom to be led by the St. Paul native whose career was spent at some of America's most storied news outlets.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The National Science Foundation canceled misinformation and disinformation research grants on Friday because they weren't “aligned with NSF priorities”  —  Hundreds of grants, fellowships, and awards were terminated because they are no longer “aligned with NSF priorities.”
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The National Trust for Local News names The Buffalo News publisher Tom Wiley as its CEO, succeeding Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, who stepped down in January 2025  —  Tom Wiley will join the nonprofit as CEO on May 12.  He'll start with a road trip visiting the Trust's local newsrooms in Maine, Colorado, and Georgia.
Steven McIntosh / BBC:
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker says “perhaps” the BBC wanted him to leave the soccer highlights show, ahead of his departure in May after over 25 years  —  Gary Lineker has said he believes the BBC wanted him to leave Match of the Day as he was negotiating a new contract last year.
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Instagram launches Edits, a “video creation app designed for creators” intended to rival ByteDance's CapCut app, for free on iOS and Android  —  The standalone video editing app supports green screen and cutout features, just like ByteDance's CapCut app.
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
In a reversal, Google says it won't roll out a new standalone third-party Chrome cookie prompt, meaning adtech companies can keep using related targeting tools  —  Google's latest Chrome update leaves third-party cookie phase-out as unclear as ever Read More
 
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Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team
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Meta is testing using AI tools in the US to detect teen Instagram users, even if they've lied about their birthday, and place them under Teen Account settings
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Source: Truth Social dropped Nexstar from a defamation lawsuit after Nexstar agreed to fire a breaking news reporter at The Hill; Nexstar denies the accusation
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Ryan Lizza has left Politico, where he was Playbook co-author and chief Washington correspondent, and launches a Substack publication called Telos
 

 
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Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool

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