Talking Biz News Today – July 6, 2023

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

JetBlue is dumping its partnership with American Airlines to salvage its purchase of Spirit, by David Koenig

Federal Reserve minutes: Some officials wanted to raise interest rates last month, by Christopher Rugaber

CNN

Stephen A. Smith speaks out about ESPN’s layoffs: ‘I could be next’, by Michael Nam

Federal judge blocks Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies, by Devan Cole and Vanessa Yurkevich

The Wall Street Journal

AI Boom Stems Tech’s Downturn, by Tom Dotan

Are Airline Credit Cards Worth It?, by Jacob Passy

CNBC

GM second-quarter sales increase 18.8% as supply chain stabilizes, by Michael Wayland

Reuters

ChatGPT’s explosive growth shows first decline in traffic since launch, by Krystal Hu

Oil steadies as market digests supply and demand outlook, by Natalie Grover

News about business journalism:

Dow Jones strikes deal with Italian biz news service

The Messenger hires two new business reporters

Gizmodo posts AI-generated story with errors

Bloomberg Industry hires Lukyanova for video team

The Messenger hires Gavin to cover breaking biz news

Leprince-Ringuet joins Sifted as French tech reporter

Kremlin open to exchange talks for WSJ’s Gershkovich

Messenger’s new breaking news editor, WaPo sports editor promotion, BBC names on-air presenter