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The Guardian:
A reconstruction of the events that led to Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna's detention and death in Russia; forensics suggest “numerous signs of torture” — The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna's final months
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
The US House passes the Take It Down Act to criminalize posting nonconsensual intimate imagery, including deepfakes, and require online platforms to remove them — Trump is expected to sign into law a bill that would force online platforms to quickly take down nonconsensual intimate images.
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to €4.2B, operating income of €509M, below its €548M forecast, Q2 MAUs forecast below analysts' estimates; SPOT drops 8%+ — Spotify Technology SA shares tumbled on Tuesday after the streaming company gave a muted outlook for profit and subscriber growth in the current quarter.
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Yahoo Finance, Financial Times, Variety, Billboard, The Wrap, Deadline, Motley Fool, Sherwood News, The Information, Reuters, Music Business Worldwide, The Hollywood Reporter, Investor's Business Daily, Barron's Online, Music Ally, Wall Street Journal, Spotify, @eldsjal and Entrepreneur, more at Techmeme »
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Tortoise relaunches The Observer in print with a 20p cover price increase to £4.20; EIC James Harding says it will be liberal, progressive, and internationalist — Observer editor-in-chief and major shareholder James Harding set out his stall in the first issue under its new Tortoise ownership on Sunday.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
President Trump says “fake news organizations” should be “investigated for election fraud” after several prominent polls showed his approval ratings sinking — President Trump, in an early morning Truth Social post Monday, slammed “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS” …
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal depicts Paramount+ as Nazis after the streamer pulled a Nathan For You episode in 2023 citing “sensitivities” around antisemitism — In a 2015 episode of the reality comedy series “Nathan for You,” Nathan Fielder starts an outdoor apparel line called Summit Ice.
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at Semafor, which has differentiated itself as an outlet geared toward the powerful with events that convene big names, and now has 50 editorial staffers — The Smiths' newsletter-and-events business is both a modern media mash-up and a throwback to a pre-Trump era.
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@semaforben, @charlottetklein, @patrick_media and @joshsternberg.com
Taylor Lorenz / Rolling Stone:
The 2025 WHCD weekend, with events like Substack's party, highlighted the growing influence of new media personalities on political and cultural conversations — As networks and newspapers give way to newsletters and creators, one longtime reporter summed it up nicely: “This is the year where the transition feels real”
Rebecca Sananès / Vanity Fair:
Interviews with Mediaite's Dan Abrams, Ezra Klein Show editor Claire Gordon, and others about podcasts becoming YouTube shows and essentially television — Major news outlets, like The New York Times and The Atlantic, and ex-cable stars, are finding audiences on YouTube.
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Columbia Journalism Review, Liz Kelly Nelson on LinkedIn and @mlcalderone
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
In the WH briefing room, pro-Trump media personalities, who lack the accountability structures of traditional media, are asking fawning, useless “questions” — For years, independent media has assailed the traditional press for a variety of alleged sins — a deference to experts …
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Mediaite, Columbia Journalism Review, @mediaite, New Republic, Associated Press and USA Today
Max Tani / Semafor:
Staff of business-focused public radio outlet Marketplace say comments by its CEO following last week's layoffs were tone-deaf; management expresses regrets — The News — Many staffers at Marketplace were displeased last week by layoffs at the financial news organization …
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Inside Radio, @maxwelltani, Talking Biz News and @mediaevan.bsky.social
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
IAC agrees to add Tor Braham, a former technology banker at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, to its board after discussions with activist investor Arkhouse — Tor Braham, a former technology banker at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, will serve on the renamed nominating and corporate governance committee …
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