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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 -
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 -
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 -
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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+ -
New York Times: Sources: Sewell Chan's departure from CJR comes as the magazine has been running under tight budgetary constraints and was beginning a fundraising campaign -
Sewell Chan: 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” -
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: UK law enforcement is targeting gangs, rather than consumers, to tackle the boom in “broken” Fire sticks, used to stream sports and other content illegally -
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