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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
A US judge dismisses Trump's $10B defamation suit against WSJ over an article asserting Trump's name was on a 2003 letter to Epstein, but says Trump can re-file — The president alleged an article about a bawdy Epstein birthday letter was defamatory — A federal judge on Monday dismissed …
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A CNTI survey of 43 US “indie info providers” finds only five can fully fund their lifestyle via content creation, while over 50% can't fund it at all — “Journalism isn't immune to the larger trend of the gig-ification of labor.” — There isn't yet a clear playbook …
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Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Gary Neville's soccer media group The Overlap acquires Mark Goldbridge's The United Stand and That's Football YouTube channels, a source says for seven figures — Exclusive: Neville has criticised “those bloody YouTubers” - but The Overlap has now acquired channels with 3.7m subscribers for seven-figure sum
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nikita Bier: X cut payouts to 60% for aggregators “flooding the timeline” with clickbait, with another 20% cut planned, targeting habitual “BREAKING” posters — X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Bryan Cranston, Joaquin Phoenix, and 1,000+ writers, actors, and directors sign a letter opposing Paramount's WBD bid, warning it cuts jobs and audience choice — The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at Saudi Arabia's ambitious push into Hollywood, sources say including contributing ~$12B for Paramount's WBD acquisition, as part of a soft power game
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: CBS News EIC Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski are at odds over the network's direction; source: Weiss tried to hire Noah Oppenheim, who declined — CBS News' viewership is at an all-time low as editor in chief Bari Weiss and the network's president Tom Cibrowski …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit currently block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter backing the IA — As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive's vast collection of web pages.
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Ali Lyon / City A.M.:
Axel Springer says it received approval from the UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport to proceed with its £575M deal to acquire the Telegraph Media Group — The years-long saga over the Daily Telegraph's ownership is poised to reach a conclusion, after the government announced …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal memo: CNN hires Chris Wiggins, who was chief data scientist at the NYT for more than a decade, for a newly created role as head of ML and AI science — CNN has tapped Chris Wiggins, who has served as chief data scientist at the New York Times for more than a decade …
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Leo Marchandon / Reuters:
Publicis reports Q1 net revenue organic growth of 4.5% YoY, meeting company-provided consensus, and reaffirms its FY 2026 net organic growth outlook of 4% to 5% — Publicis (PUBP.PA) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net revenue organic growth of 4.5%, meeting company-provided consensus …
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Ted Alcorn / @tedalcorn:
[Thread] A dashboard shows the past 25+ years of NYT coverage, across 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, and 26K reporters; Israel-Gaza dominates international coverage — I built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world's preeminent news organization not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. https://tedalcorn.github.io/ nyt/
TMZ.com:
TMZ officially launches its Washington, DC operations, dubbed TMZDC, with a three-person production team of Charlie Cotton, Jacob Wasserman, and Jakson Buhaj — TMZ DC HEY EVERYONE, WE'RE HERE!!! … Our TMZ DC staff is now ensconced in Washington, D.C. and open for business!
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Economist plans to launch Economist Play, featuring shows hosted by Economist correspondents alongside interviews and debates, in its app this summer — Founded in 1843, the British newsmagazine The Economist has long been an outlier in the news business.
