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Karissa Bell / Engadget: LinkedIn launches three Wordle-style puzzle games: theme-based guessing game Pinpoint, Sudoku and Minesweeper-style crossover Queens, and trivia game Crossclimb -
Jack Marshall / TOOLKITS: LinkedIn is testing Sponsored Editorial Content, letting publishers like the WSJ stitch pre-roll ads into their organic video content on the platform -
Matt Pearce: A California state senator unveils a bill to impose a data-mining fee on Big Tech companies to fund $500M a year in local journalism jobs through tax credits -
David Bauder / Associated Press: Poll of US adults: 53% are very concerned about news outlets reporting disinformation during the 2024 election; 42% worry about use of AI to create stories -
Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider: Source: Apple is testing an AI-enabled Safari browser with a Web Eraser feature for better content blocking, AI-powered text summarization, a new UI, and more -
Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider: Columbia University's student radio station WKCR deftly covered live news late on April 30 as police entered the campus, amplified via Instagram Live and Twitch -
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: Paul Farhi's weeklong unpaid suspension from The Washington Post in 2022 has been rescinded under a deal between WaPo and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild -
Bron Maher / Press Gazette: DMG Media makes up to 15 sport staff redundant at its Mail titles, as part of a “significant restructuring” on the sports desk -
Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: Roblox expands its immersive video ad format to all advertisers and adds more controls, such as genre targeting and brand suitability, to its Ads Manager -
Todd Spangler / Variety: Sony hikes Crunchyroll's Mega Fan tier by $2 to $11.99/month and the Ultimate Fan tier by $1 to $15.99/month; Fan tier will remain unchanged at $7.99/month -
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Substack now lets writers paywall their Chat discussion spaces and says active Chat participants are 12% more likely to retain their subscriptions -
Bron Maher / Press Gazette: UK's The New European appoints James Ball as its first political editor, as it expands its political coverage ahead of the UK general election -
Jacob Bryant / The Wrap: Fubo cuts ties with WBD after renewal negotiations for their partnership fell through, citing WBD's “abuse of massive market power” as cause for the decision -
Melvin Backman / Quartz: WBD shares hit a 52-week low after a WSJ report suggested WBD could lose rights to NBA games, as NBCUniversal is prepared to bid about $2.5B per year for rights