Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussing the possibility that humans can live to 150 years old, after China state TV demanded its removal and withdrew the legal permission to use it. A Reuters story states, “The footage, which included…
The Next Web, the annual Amsterdam tech conference bought by the Financial Times in 2019, is shutting down, reports Amy Lewin of Sifted. Lewin writes, “TNW, the company behind the event, alongside a coworking space and a digital media publication of the same name, plans to wind down its events and media business by the end of…
Vaughn Sterling is joining CNN as the new executive producer of “The Source with Kaitlan Collins,” the network announced. Sterling previously served as senior executive producer of news and features at The Wall Street Journal, overseeing teams creating digital video for WSJ. Prior to the Wall Street Journal, Sterling worked for over two decades at…
Tech reporter Trisha Thadani is moving to the health beat at The Washington Post, covering alternative medicine and the forces shaping health institutions. She has been covering tech since June 2023. Thadani previously spent six years at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she covered homelessness for the City Hall team, focusing on policy and budget decisions. On…
Josh Fiallo of The Daily Beast looks at the fake authors of the 34 commentary pieces on Business Insider that were pulled. Fiallo writes, “The Beast’s review found several red flags within the since-deleted essays that suggest the writing did not reflect the authors’ lived experiences. This included contradictory information in separate essays by the…