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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Edith Chapin, NPR's top editor and acting chief content officer, will leave the organization later this year — Edith Chapin, who is also acting chief content officer, has been editor in chief of the public radio network since 2023. — Edith Chapin, the top editor …
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Variety:
Patrick Soon-Shiong says the LA Times will go public “over the next year” and it is now “working through with an organization” to put a plan together — The Los Angeles Times will become a publicly traded company, its billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong announced on “The Daily Show.”
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Financial Times:
Sources: Bari Weiss is seeking a valuation of between $200M and $250M for The Free Press amid talks with Skydance CEO David Ellison over a potential sale — ‘Anti-woke’ journalist holds talks with incoming CBS owner David Ellison over sale of new media venture
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Google is seeking to recruit news organizations for a new licensing project related to AI, and plans to launch a pilot initially with ~20 US outlets — The company has ramped up its overtures to news organizations in recent months — Google is seeking to recruit news organizations …
New York Times:
Dave Jorgenson, who leads WaPo's TikTok and YouTube presence, plans to leave next month to start a company based on his YouTube channel Local News International — Dave Jorgenson is leaving The Post next month to start an online video company based on his personal YouTube channel, Local News International.
Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
UMG has partnered with IP asset management company Liquidax Capital to “accelerate the development of UMG's music-related AI patents”, already filing 15 — UMG said it's filed for 15 patents through the partnership already, including one related to AI threat protection.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: Paramount will pay $300M a year for five years to bring global streaming rights for South Park to Paramount+, including US rights for the first time — The creators of Comedy Central's “South Park” reached a breakthrough Monday in the tense negotiations over the streaming rights of the long-running satirical cartoon.
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Joe Budden Network CEO Ian Schwartzman says the podcast network is on pace to generate $20M+ in 2025, after Joe Budden accidentally showed his Patreon earnings — Joe Budden, a former rapper who now oversees a robust podcast network, gave a rare look into the finances of the industry.
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
A full US Court of Appeals keeps in place a June 6 decision that let Trump bar the AP from the Oval Office; a Supreme Court appeal is possible — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declined to lift restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on White House access …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
TelevisaUnivision reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to $1.21B, ad revenue down 5%, operating expenses down 9%, and 10M+ ViX subscribers, up from ~7M at 2023's end — Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision said it had to rely on trimming expenses to boost second-quarter profit as the company faces …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
UK government offers a new framework for artists who signed record deals before the streaming era and missed out on streaming income to renegotiate contracts — Proposals aim to boost streaming earnings for some of the most disadvantaged in industry — Older musicians, songwriters …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Economics and politics may have contributed to the cancelation of Colbert's show, but mainstream liberal comedy shows are fading amid the death of mass culture — Economics played a role. Politics might have, too. But mainstream liberal comedy has struggled between the death of mass culture and the rise of Trump.
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Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
An interview with Mario Guevara, who faces deportation to El Salvador and says ICE detained him as direct retaliation for his coverage of the agency's raids — In an exclusive interview from an ICE detention facility, Mario Guevara talks about his month behind bars and his once positive feelings toward Donald Trump.
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