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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Microsoft's and Google's plans to use AI in search increase uncertainty for publishers and raise old questions about the link economy, fair use, and aggregation — A dozen years ago, Eric Schmidt forecast the AI pivot that's playing out this week. And the questions it prompts …
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Duncan Campbell / Byline Times:
Freelancer Duncan Campbell details the conflicts of interest and long delays when CJR edited his article on The Nation's defense of Russia; CJR blames Campbell — How the investigation into The Nation magazine's pro-Russia bias was canned by ‘press watchdog’ the Columbia Journalism Review
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CNBC:
Q&A with 17 TV industry leaders, including Barry Diller, Kevin Mayer, Bela Bajaria, and Jeff Zucker, on bundling, linear TV and cable networks' fate, and more — - CNBC asked media insiders, including Barry Diller, Bela Bajaria, Jeff Zucker and Bill Simmons, for their predictions about what TV will be like in three years.
Bloomberg:
EU study: Russia supports operations that impersonate media outlets like Al Jazeera and Euronews and satirical magazines as part of its disinformation campaigns — The Russian government is supporting operations that impersonate international media outlets as part of its disinformation campaigns …
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TechCrunch, Euractiv and Politico
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
The Athletic Chief Commercial Officer Sebastian Tomich says the outlet is considering ticketing, merchandise, and betting as revenue sources with partner BetMGM — Last September, The Athletic introduced ads to its business model for the first time (aside from podcast and newsletter ads that've …
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The Newsletter Newsletter, @niemanlab and @adater
New York Times:
Penske Media announces a strategic investment in Vox Media; sources: Penske acquired a ~20% stake for $100M, becoming the largest shareholder of Vox Media — The deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions and investments made by Penske Media, the owner of a swath of entertainment …
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Mélissa Godin / The Guardian:
A profile of Elaíze Farias, the editor of Amazônia Real, a digital media outlet focused on covering marginalized people and their rights in the Brazilian Amazon — Elaíze Farias, editor of news outlet Amazônia Real, wants her ‘post-colonial’ journalism to put the voices of marginalised people first
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Megan Morrone / Fast Company:
Atmosphere TV, which streams ad-supported video channels often without audio, raised a $65M Series D at a $1B valuation and names Blake Sabatinelli as its CEO — The out-of-home streaming TV network wants you to look away from your screen and look at theirs. And now it has a new CEO and fresh funding to vie for your attention.
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Business Wire, Axios and Light Reading
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Voice actors are increasingly being asked to sign away rights to their voices so clients can make synthetic AI versions that may eventually replace them — Motherboard spoke to multiple voice actors and advocacy organizations, some of which said contracts including language around synthetic voices are now very prevalent.
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@gregpak, @mildlyamused, @otherhappyplace, @thatsunil, @lovejessicaryan and @bclevinger, more at Techmeme »
Inside Radio:
Radio Advertising Bureau: digital sales grew 21.1% YoY to hit $1.8B in 2022, or 19% of ad revenue, from $85,064 for a small station to $1.2M for a large station — The radio industry is poised to hit $2 billion in digital sales this year, according to RAB's newly released 11th annual benchmarking report …
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RAB.com, RADIO ONLINE and Radio & Television …
Matthew Keys / Radio Ink:
In a first, NPR offered member stations and listeners bilingual coverage of the SOTU address; journalist A Martínez hosted the Spanish-language coverage — NPR will offer member stations and listeners bilingual coverage of the State of the Union address for the first time.
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@cres_guez, @isalara, @nproye, @alejanse_, NPR, Washingtonian and Colorado Public Radio, Thanks:@thedeskdotnet
Axios:
Sources: in its investor pitch deck, India-based Sun Group values Forbes at $800M and says the outlet brought in ~$285M in revenue and ~$50M in earnings in 2022 — A group of investors led by India-based Sun Group is trying to lure tech billionaires and Hollywood types to join its bid for Forbes …
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