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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Sources: CNET lays off around a dozen people, or ~10% of its staff, including several longtime employees, after revelations the outlet used AI to write articles — Just weeks after news broke that tech site CNET was quietly using artificial intelligence to produce articles …
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: CNET EIC Connie Guglielmo, who defended CNET's use of AI tools, plans to step down to become Red Ventures' SVP of AI content strategy and editor-at-large — Following monthslong questions about how CNET uses artificial intelligence tools, longtime CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo …
Bloomberg:
Filings: Murdoch claims he delegates “everything” at Fox News to CEO Suzanne Scott and hosts claim no one from Fox Corp. gave election coverage instructions — Back in 2021, Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch was described by President Joe Biden as the “the most dangerous man in the world …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Two US senators and 11 US House members sent a letter to Star-Ledger and NJ Advance Media executives protesting the decision to close their Washington bureau — Lawmakers: ‘"Our constituents rely on this coverage to be informed participants in our democracy’
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: ESPN in talks with sports leagues and media partners about offering a live sports guide with direct links, possibly in exchange for a subscription cut — - ESPN has talked with major sports leagues and media partners about launching a feature that would link users directly …
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Gideon Lichfield / Wired:
Wired publishes rules for its use of generative AI tools, saying it will not publish text written or edited by AI but may use AI for headlines and story ideas — Some publications are already using text and image generators. Here's how WIRED will—and won't—use the technology.
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@emilybell, @glichfield, @laurengoode, @ndiakopoulos, @rifish and @nickstatt
Billboard:
UMG CEO Lucian Grainge says the company is working with Deezer on a “new model” of streaming payments, similar to its earlier announced partnership with Tidal — The partnership, which follows a similar collaboration with TIDAL, was announced by UMG CEO Lucian Grainge on an earnings call.
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Universal Music Group 2022 earnings: revenue of $10.96B, up 21.6% YOY, subscription and streaming revenue up 18.7% to $5.6B, operating profit up 14.8% to $1.69B — UMG also reported publishing revenues rose nearly 35% on the year. — Universal Music Group's revenues surged 21.6% to 10.34 billion euros …
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tools.eurolandir.com, Music Business Worldwide, Variety, Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at OptOut News, an app launched in March 2022 by journalists Alex Kotch and Walker Bragman to aggregate news “100% free from corporate media narratives” — After Alex Kotch got into the habit of scrolling Apple News every morning in 2020, he started to find the offering a little limited.
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@risj_oxford, @mariabustillos and @optoutnews
BBC:
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project says unknown actors used false US DMCA copyright claims to take down some Equatorial Guinea news reports — By BBC Trending — Journalists have been forced to temporarily take down articles critical of powerful oil lobbyists due …
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@bbcafrica, @chloefarand, @stylian65, @jpmarthoz, OCCRP and Plagiarism Today
Reuters:
African pay TV company MultiChoice signs a deal with Comcast to create a pan-Africa video streaming service built on MultiChoice's streaming service Showmax — Africa's biggest pay TV company, MultiChoice Group (MCGJ.J), said on Thursday it had entered into an agreement …
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WebWire, Deadline and Broadband TV News
Center for Public Integrity:
The Center for Public Integrity acquires The Accountability Project, which lets journalists search and organize 1.8B public records on campaign finance and more — The Center for Public Integrity will steward and grow a powerful tool that puts public records at the fingertips of journalists across …
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@pennyriordan1, @publicintegrity, @jinkding, @publicintegrity and @mattderienzo
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