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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
USA Today names Jamie Stockwell, a former editor at WaPo and NYT, as its next top editor; she is the third person named to the job in the past three years — Ms. Stockwell, who recently left The Washington Post, is the third person named to the job in the past three years.
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
The US DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over US live events — Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster …
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
An audit says USAGM failed to provide information for a required annual review of its 2025 finances, and auditors declined to express an opinion on its numbers — A new report says the lack of information provided for a required annual examination was so “pervasive” that auditors declined to opine on the agency's financial numbers.
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Shannon Bond / NPR:
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research sues the Trump administration over a policy targeting noncitizens whose work the government deems “censorship” — An adjunct professor at a university in the eastern U.S. who studies online harms to children has left the country …
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Knight First Amendment …, New York Times, The Hill, @kreighbaum, Coalition for Independent …, @andrewlevesque.bsky.social, MediaPost, @knightcolumbia.org, @protectdemocracy.org, NewsMax.com, Courthouse News Service, Reuters, Law & Crime, @katiefallow.bsky.social, Protect Democracy, @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, Bloomberg Law and Knight First Amendment …
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to a select group of government officials, political candidates, and journalists to fight AI impersonation — YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.
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The Hollywood Reporter, YouTube Official Blog, The Wrap, TechCrunch, New York Times, The Verge and NextBigWhat, more at Techmeme »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Bill O'Reilly launches a new weekly interview podcast called We'll Do It Live, debuting in the same week as Sean Hannity's similar show Hang Out — One of Bill O'Reilly's most infamous lines becomes the title of what he no doubt hopes will becomes a popular new venture. — “We'll do it LIVE!”
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A former adviser sues Paramount President Jeff Shell for $150M over an alleged unpaid PR contract, and claims Shell disclosed non-public Paramount plans to him — Jeff Shell, the president of Paramount Skydance, was sued Monday by a man who claims he is owed $150 million for crisis communications services …
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta's Oversight Board calls for an AI content moderation overhaul, saying current methods are not “comprehensive enough” to handle misinformation in a conflict — The board is calling on Meta to scale AI content labeling, including C2PA.
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Android Headlines, Digit, The Information, The Indian Express, Engadget, Oversight Board and Rest of World
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work — About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN hires six sports journalists, including enterprise reporter Kent Babb, who were laid off from WaPo when the newspaper eliminated 300+ jobs in February — ESPN said it has hired six sports journalists who were cut from The Washington Post when it eliminated more than 300 jobs in early February …
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ESPN Press Room U.S., @jeremymbarr, @jbflint, @sbj, Kent Babb on LinkedIn, @davejorgenson.bsky.social, Mediaite, Axios, @bryandfischer.bsky.social, Awful Announcing, @alexaphilippou.bsky.social, Sports Business Journal, The Wrap, Barrett Media, Deadline, Talking Biz News and Front Office Sports
Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees — Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.
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@rokhladnik and Communicate Online, more at Techmeme »
Sean James / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly says 60 Minutes made “deceptive edits” to a Pete Hegseth interview to “rehabilitate” Israel's role in Iran war because of Weiss' “pro-Israel” stance — Megyn Kelly accused 60 Minutes of making “deceptive edits” to its Pete Hegseth interview so that it could …
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