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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: Truth Social dropped Nexstar from a defamation lawsuit after Nexstar agreed to fire a breaking news reporter at The Hill; Nexstar denies the accusation  —  The Scoop  —  For the last year and a half, Truth Social has relentlessly pursued a defamation case against 19 media companies …
New York Times:
Sources: as labor costs rose after two strikes, producers of reality shows, indie films, and blockbusters increasingly shot overseas, hurting Hollywood workers  —  Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A profile of Acyn Torabi, or @Acyn, who joined MeidasTouch in 2023 and is shaping the US liberal media with his fast-cut, viral video posts of political gaffes  —  Acyn Torabi dominates the internet with fast-cut clips of political mayhem.  Are they news, or something else?
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:15 minutes ago
Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team  —  Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform.
Discussion: Wired, THE FARCE, Bluesky and GitHub
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Meta is testing using AI tools in the US to detect teen Instagram users, even if they've lied about their birthday, and place them under Teen Account settings  —  On Instagram, AI tools will detect underage users and automatically change their account settings.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Ryan Lizza has departed Politico, where he was Playbook co-author and chief Washington correspondent, and has launched a Substack publication called Telos  —  We have a special announcement: Status is launching a limited-edition First Amendment tee—and opening our very own store.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: WaPo has begun speaking with several candidates to become the editor of its rebooted opinion section, including Reason EIC Katherine Mangu-Ward  —  THE SCOOP  —  The Washington Post is inching closer to finding an editor for its rebooted opinion section.
Discussion: @taylorlorenz
Michael Idov / New York Times:
A look at Votvot, a streamer that provides uncensored content to counter Kremlin propaganda, as its ~$2M annual budget is cut as part of Trump's RFE/RL cuts  —  The Trump administration's decision to take a hammer to the funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty might be legally dubious …
Discussion: CBS News
Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit $700M in ticket sales globally this weekend, signals Hollywood's breakthrough in adapting video games into films  —  While superhero franchises flag, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ shows the industry has finally cracked the formula for translating popular games into films
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Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr:
[Thread] Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, Columbia Journalism Review editor since June 2024; Betsy Morais will serve as interim director
Sewell Chan / Sewell Chan on LinkedIn:
Sewell Chan says the decision to fire him is “quite frankly baffling” and it came after “I had three pointed conversations with staff members in recent weeks”
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, as he builds a live events business; sources: Emanuel is in talks to buy the Miami and Madrid Open tennis tournaments for $1B+  —  The talent agent is buying sports events, and music and art festivals  —  “I'm the juice.”
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Discussion: Sam Sadi on LinkedIn
Julian Wyllie / Current:
A look at the public media projects at risk due to DOGE-driven NEH grant cuts, including three American Masters films and a Ken Burns-produced documentary  —  A forthcoming docuseries on the criminal justice system and three American Masters films are among the public media projects targeted …
 
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Kristina Fiore / MedPage Today:
US Attorney Ed Martin sent letters to CHEST and at least two other medical journals, calling them “partisans” in scientific debates and asking probing questions
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Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
After canceling Mythic Quest, Apple debuts an updated version of the finale to tie up loose ends and removes the original cut entirely from Apple TV+
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge declines the AP challenge to the WH eliminating wire service pool slots, calling the policy “neutral” as it does not punish the AP specifically
 

 
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