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Eva Mathews / Reuters:
Spotify plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce, or ~600 jobs, says content and ad head Dawn Ostroff is leaving, and reorganizes its engineering and product units — Music streaming firm Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) plans to cut 6% of its workforce, the company said on Monday …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
An interview with Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution CTO Aaron LaBerge on the Disney Ad Server, which shows ~500M Hulu and Disney+ ad impressions per day — Aaron LaBerge, chief technology officer of the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) division …
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Digiday, AdExchanger, @myles_younger, @petersontee and Gizmodo
Jon Christian / Futurism:
An investigation finds extensive evidence that AI used by CNET appears to have plagiarized the work of competitors and human writers at Bankrate and even CNET — CNET's AI-written articles aren't just riddled with errors. They also appear to be substantially plagiarized.
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Axios, @davidmacredmond, @wolven, @randfish, The Desk, @firepile, @carnage4life, @futurism, @coracarmack, @davidclinchnews, @aaronwall, @automaticzen, @bypatrickgeorge, @kantrowitz, @parismarx, @nickjcal, @melmitchell1, @jezcorden, @vikkie, Gizmodo, Talking Biz News and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Reddit promotes Harold Klaje to be its first chief revenue officer; Klaje joined in 2020 and grew advertising outside the US, including in the UK and Germany — Social media company Reddit Inc. has made several changes to its executive ranks about a year after filing for an initial public offering.
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Adweek, Insider, The Information and The Wrap
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
A look at the challenge of moderating livestreams for children and vulnerable users, even if age verification can be improved and privacy concerns addressed — Abby Rayner was 13 when she first watched livestreams on Instagram that demonstrated self-harm techniques and encouraged viewers to participate.
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@jimpethokoukis, @aadilbrar, @cristinacriddle, @emarketer and @mattnavarra
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at Informed, an app that bundles curated articles from FT, NYT, WSJ, WaPo, and other partners, raised a €5M seed, and costs £51.99/year or £6.99/month — Paywalled publishers such as the Financial Times, Economist, Bloomberg and NYT are on board.
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Media Voices, @janebsinger, @johnmcm1 and @informed_app
Rob Salkowitz / Forbes:
Q&A with executives from Skybound, the media company behind The Walking Dead, on their campaign to raise $50M from the public to “bring fans into our ecosystem” — Skybound Entertainment is the company behind some of the most popular original IP of the past 20 years …
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@robsalk, Ignas, GamesIndustry.biz and Fast Company
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Magna study: 41%, 49%, and 36% of surveyed US, UK, and Australian consumers believe a brand's video ad is supporting the content simply by being adjacent to it — The brand safety of advertising content adjacencies is far from a new issue for the ad industry, but a new study …
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The UK Commissioner for Public Appointments William Shawcross plans to review the hiring of Richard Sharp as BBC Chair, in addition to the BBC board's review — The process of hiring BBC chairman Richard Sharp is to be reviewed by the Commissioner of Public Appointments William Shawcross.
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The Guardian, Mirror.co.uk, Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk and London Evening Standard
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC chair Richard Sharp says he's asked the BBC board to review any potential conflicts of interest over his reported role in securing a loan for Boris Johnson
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The Guardian, @jake_kanter, @gabriel_pogrund, @alliehbnews, @tomlarkinsky, @harryyorke1, @peterwalker99, Broadband TV News, Sky News, The Guardian, Variety, BBC, BBC, Daily Express and Deadline
Natalie Allison / Politico:
A look at Miami-based Americano Media, launched in March 2022 and called “Fox News in Spanish” by its CEO, and its plans to grow and cover the 2024 US election — Republicans have made notable inroads among Hispanic voters in recent election cycles.
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@reedgalen, @praxishabitus, @michaelrcaputo, @joelweingart_, @brianstelter and @albertomiguelf5
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: ABC News is considering offloading Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight, which faces renewed scrutiny for polling data selections, as ABC looks to cut costs — This reporting is one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media.
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@farai, @aoxamaxoa, @tencor_7144, @jacobdotgov, @them_l_g, @rachelbitecofer, @thedailybeast, @thedailybeast, @hashtaggriswold, @aoxamaxoa, @electproject, @lachcartwright, @zach_solomon1, @mediaevan, @ettingermentum, @jfruh, @mattyglesias, @wilson__valdez, @thedailybeast, @tvgrimreaper, @ryan_hassett, @douglaslukasik, @ecaliberseven, @lxeagle17 and Mediaite
Jim Fitzpatrick / openDemocracy:
Hacked emails: the UK Treasury issued special licenses in 2021 to let Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, sanctioned in 2020, sue Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins — UK Treasury, then under Rishi Sunak's control, let Yevgeny Prigozhin circumvent sanctions to target Eliot Higgins
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@billbrowder, @liambyrnemp, @writesbright, @kadhim, Financial Times, @michaeldweiss, @peterkgeoghegan and @janelytv
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Schools tell teachers in Manatee County, Florida to make their classroom libraries unavailable until they are “vetted” by librarians, or risk felony prosecution — Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other “unvetted” …
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@juddlegum, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, @flickreynolds, @rweingarten, @mdbell79, @adam_morfeld, @votegloriaj, @richardlnewby, @steveschmidtses, @adamsessler, @ashtonpittman, @farmgeek, @mariskreizman, @sifill_, @joycewhitevance, @wendykloiber, @lifesafeast, @penamerica, @juddlegum, Mediaite and BOOK RIOT
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