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Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Apple quietly launches a catalog of books narrated by AI on its Books app, in a move that publishers, authors, and agents warn may upend the audiobook market — Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI - but move expected to spark backlash
Dave Biscobing / ABC15:
The Wall Street Journal asks the Phoenix PD to conduct an internal review after an officer handcuffed and detained WSJ reporter Dion Rabouin in November 2022 — PHOENIX — The Wall Street Journal is demanding the Phoenix Police Department conduct an internal review and take action …
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Financial Times:
The UK government confirms it will not proceed with Channel 4's privatization, instead opting for reforms to preserve the broadcaster's financial sustainability — Whitehall rejects privatisation in favour of reforms to preserve broadcaster's financial sustainability
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook dropped plans to heavily demote content on politics and sensitive topics, after views for “high quality news publishers” fell, and more — Hitting mute button on political content recommendations brought unintended consequences
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Dana Gerber / The Boston Globe:
A look at three independent Marblehead, Massachusetts news outlets launched in 2022 to fill the void left by Gannett making the Marblehead Reporter go regional — In the wake of newspaper closures, three new outlets have sprung up in the North Shore town. — Not quite a year ago, the local news outlook in Marblehead appeared bleak.
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
TikTok plans to license IMDb data to let US and UK users tag movies and TV shows and access an in-app page with information about the titles — Users will be able to tag a specific work and have access to a dedicated in-app page with relevant information about the title, such as cast, crew release date, run time and more.
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Daniel Tilles / Notes From Poland:
Private media outlets in Poland republish a report critical of the government by Warner Bros. Discovery-owned TVN, after Poland launched proceedings against TVN — Poland's largest private media outlets have republished a report by one of their rivals, TVN, in a show of solidarity …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
An investment group led by LionTree takes a majority stake in Transmit.Live, which develops ad technology for live streaming, valuing the company at $350M — Boutique bank leads group taking majority stake in Transmit.Live — LionTree is betting that live sports is going to continue …
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@ericfranchi, Transmit.Live and Front Office Sports
Melanie Burney / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs a law requiring public schools to teach media literacy to K-12 students, making NJ the first US state to do so — New Jersey has become the first state in the country to require public schools to teach media literacy to K-12 students as a way to combat misinformation …
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Politico, State of New Jersey, @cyn_mccrackan@mastodon.world, @tauhidchappell and @phillyinquirer
Agence France-Presse:
Iran warns France of an “effective and decisive response” after Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting Ayatollah Khamenei that were deemed to be insulting — Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting …
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
After FTX collapsed, citizen journalists, including @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg, stepped up to cover the saga, often outshining traditional media — A group of online creators has skyrocketed to fame by covering every aspect of the meltdown, but some optimize for attention over accuracy
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@niubi, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Sources: Sirius XM and Amazon slow podcast dealmaking and Spotify froze its US budget for new podcasts; all three seek to keep 50% of ad revenue vs. 20% before — As the podcasting universe has matured in recent years it has picked up many of the trappings of more established media industries …
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Radio Ink, @dada_drummer, @felixgillette, @bizboyle, @ericspiegelman, @ashleyrcarman, @lucas_shaw and The Information
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