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4:05 PM ET, May 17, 2026

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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
New York magazine is reviewing the past work of contract writer Ross Barkan after his story on Ben Shapiro appeared to copy a WaPo piece published days earlier  —  New York magazine is examining the past work of one of its writers who has been accused of plagiarism after publishing …
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at local news outlet Lexington Observer, whose primary revenue comes from acting as an intermediary between foundations and other local outlets  —  The Lexington Observer, like other local news startups that have sprouted in Greater Boston, has a bare-bones reporting team to cover town government …
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John S.W. MacDonald / New York Times:
FiveThirtyEight's archived website now redirects readers to ABC News; many thousands of articles dating back to FiveThirtyEight's founding in 2008 have vanished  —  The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on.
Alison Weissbrot / Adweek:
Publicis agrees to acquire LiveRamp, which allows companies to share and build new data sets and models that can power agentic frameworks, for $2.2B in cash  —  Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire LiveRamp for $2.2 billion in a deal funded by a mix of cash and debt, the French holding company said Sunday.
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times:
Developers say Chinese AI labs lead US rivals in video generation, as ByteDance and Kuaishou train models on vast short-form video libraries from their own apps  —  Chinese artificial intelligence groups have moved ahead of US rivals in video generation, a key battleground in generative AI …
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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
The AP laid off an unspecified number of US-based journalists Friday; News Media Guild: 20 were laid off, and ~40 of 120+ journalists offered buyouts took them  —  The Associated Press laid off 20 U.S.-based journalists on Friday, the union representing them said, part of a restructuring announced …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection program to users over the age of 18, after rolling it out to select creators, politicians, journalists, and others  —  Likeness detection, which scans YouTube for facial matches, will now be available to anyone 18 years or older with a YouTube account.
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have “incontrovertible evidence” of AI-generated work  —  The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.
 
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A New York judge overseeing the third trial over a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein declares a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked
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The Salt Lake Tribune drops its paywall, moving from a subscriber model to a member-driven one after turning nonprofit in 2019 and finding financial stability
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Docs show how the UK's Society of Media Lawyers lobbied government officials to push back on anti-SLAPP legislation, arguing it will enable abuse by the press
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When asked what it means to be a good news consumer, 20% of US adults mention being discerning, 17% following the news, 13% getting news from quality sources
 

 
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present

Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10%, dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro and ASML fall ~7%, and US tech stocks fall in pre-market trading

Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from minority investments in game studios in Japan, such as Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
 
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