Mediagazer: AI-produced music raises copyright questions on whether AI or their human creators can claim authorship and whether artists mimicked by AI should be compensated (Dani Deahl/The Verge)

1:00 PM ET, April 21, 2019

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Mike Harris / CNN:

Lyra McKee freely gave time and energy to fight Northern Ireland's archaic libel laws, which she said are used to silence investigative journalists — Mike Harris was a friend of journalist Lyra McKee, killed in Northern Ireland on Thursday night. Based in London, Harris is the CEO of 89up, a campaigns agency.

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CNN:

Northern Ireland police say they have arrested two men, aged 18 and 19, under the Terrorism Act in connection with the killing of Lyra McKee — (CNN)Northern Ireland police have arrested two teenagers in the killing of 29-year-old investigative journalist Lyra McKee, authorities said Saturday.

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The Irish News:

Lyra McKee, Mediagazer editor, freelance journalist, and writer who wrote about the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles, was killed amid violence in Derry, NI — A 29-year-old woman has died after shots were fired in Derry, with police treating the death as a “terrorist incident”.

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Cormac Fitzgerald / TheJournal.ie:
Lyra McKee was dedicated to telling the stories of marginalized people and devoted to dragging Northern Ireland out of its dark past

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Susan McKay / The Guardian:
Lyra McKee, a symbol of Irish freedom, worked to improve life for others: “It gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better”

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The Guardian:
People mourned Lyra McKee at local vigils; leaders of Northern Ireland's six main political parties issued a rare joint statement condemning the murder

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The Irish Times:
Writers pay tribute to Lyra McKee, the person and the writer: “the work she was doing is the opposite of silence”

Brian Stelter / CNN:

Three printed versions of “The Mueller Report” rose to the top of Amazon and Barnes & Noble best-seller lists 24 hours after the release of Mueller's findings — New York (CNN)Three versions of “The Mueller Report” soared to the top of Amazon and Barnes & Noble's best-selling book charts …

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David Yanofsky / Quartz:
Scribd reinstates 32 copies of Mueller's report, which is in the public domain, says they were removed after algorithms identified them as copyrighted work

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Mueller report not only validates reporting labeled “fake news” by Trump, it also shows that he and his aides misled or lied to the journalists and the public

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Dani Deahl / The Verge:

AI-produced music raises copyright questions on whether AI or their human creators can claim authorship and whether artists mimicked by AI should be compensated — AI is capable of making music, but does that make AI an artist? As AI begins to reshape how music is made …

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Karsten Schmehl / BuzzFeed News:

Research: some WhatsApp group users are spreading Nazi propaganda through stickers and chain letters in Germany, where local laws forbid the use of Nazi imagery — BERLIN — German WhatsApp users are spreading far-right propaganda through the use of stickers and chain letters …

Discussion: @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, @miriamelder, Mashable and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / Recode:

LinkedIn's Jessi Hempel on connecting with readers, LinkedIn as a way to finding knowledgeable sources, and frequent narrow thinking behind business stories — Hempel joined the site's editorial team this year after 17 years at magazines like Businessweek, Fortune, and Wired.

Discussion: @_maditla, @adammarx13, @recode and @cfair1

Variety:

Motion Picture Academy says it stands by its decision to expel Roman Polanski, after he sues the Academy claiming unfair treatment and demanding reinstatement — UPDATE: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has responded to a lawsuit from director Roman Polanski that claimed …

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Matt Tullis / Nieman Storyboard:

A Washington Post reporter and Sandy Hook parents reflect on their motivations during the reporting process in the wake of unimaginable loss — In the wake of unspeakable grief, parents from the 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings kept lists of journalists they would, and wouldn't, talk to

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Katherine Khashimova Long / Columbia Journalism Review:

Report: Tajikistan's Radio Ozodi, funded by the US as a member station of the RFE/RL network, has become a mouthpiece for the country's authoritarian government — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a network of radio stations funded by the US government to counter misinformation abroad …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

WarnerMedia pulls out of OpenAP, a media alliance for helping advertisers target TV viewers; alliance members include Viacom, Fox, Univision, and NBCUniversal — WarnerMedia is going its own way when it comes to helping advertisers find specific groups of TV-watchers.

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:

For the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, local journalism was the highlight, with local news winning several categories amid a year of layoffs and changing business models — Several local newsrooms have something new in common this week — a Pulitzer Prize. — This year, local newsrooms won …

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