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Harry Litman / Talking Feds Substack:
LA Times op-ed contributor Harry Litman resigns, saying he's protesting the “repugnant and dangerous” actions to appease Trump by owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong — I have been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times op-ed page in some fashion for more than 15 years.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: the LAT now has to send Patrick Soon-Shiong opinion story headlines ahead of publication for review, after carrying a Elon Musk headline he didn't like — Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are “confused,” “offended,” and “frustrated.”
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JD Knapp / The Wrap:
On Scott Jennings' podcast, Patrick Soon-Shiong said he plans to add an AI-powered “bias meter” to LAT stories and hopes to roll it out as soon as January 2025
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Condé Nast lays off some top executives including VPs and SVPs in marketing and sales, along with key staff in events, social media, and editorial jobs — The cuts come as the company combines its commercial and consumer revenue teams — The digital media company Condé …
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Q&A with Jessica Chan, Perplexity's new head of publisher partnerships, on its revenue-sharing program, how publishers are using Perplexity's APIs, and more — Perplexity announced today it has added more than a dozen new media companies to its publisher program, including Blavity …
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Lauren Watson / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Elisabeth Bumiller, who is stepping down as NYT DC bureau chief, on the relentless news pace in Trump's first term, returning to reporting, and more — Reflections on a political cyclone — Elisabeth Bumiller has led the New York Times' coverage of Washington through a decade-long political hurricane.
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@joshuabenton.com and CNN
Adam Sherwin / The i Paper:
After a two-day strike, Guardian journalists continue to push The Scott Trust to seek alternative bids for the Observer; another walkout is set Dec. 12-Dec. 13 — The Scott Trust is due to hold an urgent meeting on the future of The Observer — Guardian staff returning to work …
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says it is not “necessarily true” that Bluesky will always be ad-free; ads could be “user intent-driven”, like running in search results — Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ipsos: in October 2024, BBC News passed Apple News as the biggest UK news app with 14.2M users and 1.7B minutes spent to Apple News' 14M users and 1.3B minutes — BBC News has overtaken Apple News as the biggest news app in the UK in the year since Press Gazette's last annual ranking.
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Circana: Taylor Swift's “Eras Tour Book”, released exclusively via Target, sold 814K copies over the Thanksgiving weekend, the biggest publishing launch of 2024 — Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest publishing launch of 2024.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meta teams up with James Cameron's Lightstorm Vision to bring “live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series featuring big-name IP” to Quest headsets — The multiyear deal will make Meta Quest the exclusive mixed reality headset of Lightstorm, and is meant to turbocharge 3D content development.
Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Memo: Vox Media announces layoffs and a restructuring of lifestyle brands, affecting Thrillist, PS (PopSugar), and Eater, and product, production and tech staff — - Vox Media just cut an unspecified number of staff and reorganized its lifestyle brands. — CEO Jim Bankoff said the company …
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Eleven high-profile staffers have left Politico since March, some apparently chafing at what insiders describe as a meddlesome editorial process by Alex Burns — Politico has always been defined by its scrappy, high-pressure newsroom culture. In its almost 18 years of existence …
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