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Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years — Chatbots are replacing Google's traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers — The AI armageddon is here for online news publishers.
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Adweek, The Rebooting, implicator.ai, Barron's Online, TipRanks Financial, @ianb@mastodon.well.com, Melissa Korn on LinkedIn, Richard Tofel on LinkedIn, New York Post, Quartz, Beyond Search, One Man & His Blog, @wavesblog.bsky.social, @dylanbyers, TechCrunch, @jtoonkel, @bgurley, @lonseidman, @sjvn@mastodon.social, @mcwm@threads.com, @carlquintanilla.bsky.social, Newsbusters, @rustybrick, TVNewsCheck, @carnage4life@mas.to, @lisadrewradio, @gzuckerman, @thespaceshipper.com, @simonowens and PhoneArena, more at Techmeme »
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Internal memo: Paramount Global is cutting its US-based staff by 3.5% and may also reduce its workforce outside of the US over time — Paramount Global is cutting its U.S.-based staff by 3.5%, the latest round of layoffs at the media company as it contends with the decline of the traditional pay-TV bundle and macroeconomic headwinds.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
SmartLess podcast hosts create SmartLess Mobile, a phone company that will run on T-Mobile's network and target customers who can save money by taking less data — Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge Shows the Limits of Impressively Thin Phones … Explainers
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
ABC News says it has “made the decision to not renew” Terry Moran's contract after suspending him for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” — BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News. “We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post - which was a clear violation of ABC News policies - we have made the decision to not renew,” an ABC spokesperson says.
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Pew tracker: Democrats use and trust a wider range of news sources, and Joe Rogan was the most-cited news source for Republicans that wasn't a broadcast network — Republicans and Democrats live in “nearly inverse news media environments,” a Pew Research Center report found five years ago.
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Pew Research Center, Associated Press, WNYW-TV, Poynter and Pew Research Center
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
WPP Media expects ad revenue from user-generated content and platforms like YouTube and TikTok to surpass that from traditional media for the first time in 2025 — User-generated material to surpass advertising income from professional media amid change in viewing habits
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Vanity Fair names Vogue creative editorial director Mark Guiducci as its global editorial director, replacing Radhika Jones and starting at the end of June — Mark Guiducci will be the first “global editorial director” at Vanity Fair.Amir Hamja for The New York Times — Vanity Fair has found its next editor.
Washington Post:
CPJ says police have assaulted “more than 20” journalists, including by less-lethal projectiles, since LA protests began on June 6, echoing the 2020 US protests — Reporters say they were struck with less-lethal rounds fired by law enforcement. Advocates worry it will inhibit vital journalism.
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Columbia Journalism Review, CNN, New York Times, BBC, First Amendment Coalition, New York Post, The Hill, @froomkin.bsky.social, @jeremymbarr, The Guardian, The Guardian, The Intercept, @ecksearoh.bsky.social, USA Today, WWL-TV, Wired, Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, Deadline, KFF Health News, National Press Club, The National Interest, Media Nation, TVNewsCheck, Reporters Without Borders, Committee to Protect …, @rsf.org, @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io, CBS News, @tracyjan.bsky.social, MediaPost, @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social, @yousefbaig.bsky.social, @scottnover.bsky.social, @scottnover.bsky.social, Committee to Protect …, Grabien, NBC News, PetaPixel, MyNewsLA.com, Irish News, The Guardian and r/Journalism
Todd Spangler / Variety:
MLB acquires a minority stake in Jomboy Media and partners with the baseball-centered media company to collaborate on content activations, IP growth, and more — Jimmy “Jomboy” O'Brien has made it to the big leagues. — O'Brien's Jomboy Media has inked a strategic pact with Major League Baseball …
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TV Tech, MLB.com, Sports Business Journal, Tubefilter, MLB.com, More Jomboy on YouTube, TVNewsCheck, @sportsrapport, Barrett Media, @maxmannis, @jomboymedia, @jomboymedia, Deadline, @mazznyc, The Hollywood Reporter, Sports Business Journal, @brownsonjacob2, Sportico, Awful Announcing, @brappy55, @kennysmith.bsky.social, @simmy_cohen, Front Office Sports and Associated Press
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
CPB CEO Patricia Harrison says three board members that President Trump tried to fire in April remain directors, after a US judge recognizes CPB's independence — Correction: A previous version of this article gave incorrect names of the fired CPB board members. They are Laura Ross, Diane Kaplan and Thomas Rothman.
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Current, CPB, Inside Radio, TV Tech, Reuters, Radio Ink, Deadline, Radio & Television …, Diane Ravitch's blog and RADIO ONLINE
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
The Orlando Sentinel got a cease-and-desist from Florida's DCF that claims its reporter coerced families for a story on a foundation tied to Gov. DeSantis' wife — Florida's child welfare agency sent a letter to a Florida newspaper telling it to “cease and desist” its reporting on foster families …
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Naples Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, @raymondnorman.bsky.social, @bgrueskin.bsky.social, @jonzoidberg.xyz, Orlando Sentinel, @tyleraking.com, @bgrueskin.bsky.social, @zuma888.bsky.social, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, OutsideTheBeltway, @joekrulder.bsky.social, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, Florida Politics, @michaelsderby.bsky.social, @willbunch.bsky.social, @jestastrophy.bsky.social, @skippyoz.bsky.social, @anthonylfisher.bsky.social, @SteveThompson@mastodon.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, Mediaite, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Tencent Music agrees to buy podcasting startup Ximalaya for $1.3B in cash, plus some stock, in a bid to become China's Spotify; Ximalaya had 303M MAUs in 2023 — The company, a unit of WeChat-operator Tencent Holdings Ltd., will issue shares to its founders and other backers to help fund the acquisition, it said in a statement.
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Yahoo Finance, Reuters, Benzinga, Billboard, Digital Music News, Music Business Worldwide and South China Morning Post
