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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Reach CEO says the company published its first three AI-written articles last week and that AI may be reliable enough to take on content based on data and lists — Chief executive says journalists should not fear it means being replaced by machines — The owner of the Daily Mirror …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach reports revenue fell 2.3% YoY to £601.4M in 2022 and operating profit fell 27.4% YoY to £106.1M; digital revenue made up £149.8M of total revenue — Growing online audience for Reach was accompanied by plunging revenue in Q4 2022.
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How TV Rain and dozens of other exiled Russian media outlets flocked to Latvia's capital of Riga, only to encounter a distrustful public and strict regulations — Dozens of media outlets have fled to the capital of Latvia, only to encounter a distrustful public and a set of strictly enforced laws and regulations.
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Reuters Institute, @newyorker, @brianstelter, @ilvestoomas, @sevslv and Columbia Journalism Review
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Benedict Evans:
Analysis: Amazon had $38B in 2022 ad revenue, more than the entire global newspaper industry and likely more than the revenue Prime generated from subscriptions — I first started paying attention to Amazon's ad business a couple of years ago, when a line called ‘other’ in the back of the accounts started to grow really fast.
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@aparanjape, @minethatdata, @vilile, @btsavage, @riolongacre, @benedictevans and Cord Cutters News
Vox:
Vox plans to retire its Recode and The Goods brands, moving Recode's coverage to Vox's tech section and The Goods' coverage into its culture and money sections — Today, Vox announced it will retire the branding for Recode and The Goods. You can still find all the same great work …
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Vox, @waltmossberg, @teddyschleifer, @recode, @edmundlee, @laurengoode, @anthonyquintano, @owenthomas, @ahess247, @ahess247, @karaswisher, @ahess247, @daveleeft, @scottnover, @thekenyeung, @seangriffey, @mtfarnsworth, @film_girl, @vjeranpavic, @teddyschleifer, @mhbergen, @daveleeft, @delrey, @kurtwagner8, @ahess247, @jtemple, @jmbooyah, @mcwm, @nkulw and Talking Biz News
Christianna Silva / Mashable:
TikTok launches Series, letting select creators sell Collections of content of up to 80 videos, each up to 20 minutes; creators initially get 100% of earnings — Series puts premium content behind a paywall, which means more money for creators. … TikTok is introducing new ways for creators to get paid.
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Wall Street Journal:
Dominion lawsuit documents show how Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott deals with the Murdochs, Rupert's involvement in editorial, the influence of top hosts, and more — Court documents show how CEO deals with Murdochs on editorial strategy, influence of top hosts
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@jbflint, @dicktofel, @maynereport, @noahcrothman, @phil_rosenthal, @jtoonkel, Media Matters for America and Insider
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Legal experts say the $1.6B Dominion lawsuit puts Fox News in real jeopardy as the amount and weight of evidence surpasses other major, recent defamation cases
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The Hill, Washington Post, Associated Press, @joanespositochi, @deggans, @stengel, @paulcshipley, @aaronblake, @jackshafer, @oliverdarcy, @joeconason, @wajahatali, @davidsacks, @dbauder, @badfoxgraphics, @kimmasters, @casmudde, @unrealdmgold, @thekenbarnett, @mattgertz, @sharonwaxman, @davidfolkenflik, @davidamoyal, @juliusgoat, Florida Politics, The Wrap, @darnell@one.darnell.one, @GreenFire@climatejustice … and CBS News
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Medium opens up its Mastodon instance as a perk included in its $5/month or $50/year membership, and forecasts a community in the “six figures” later in 2023 — Publishing platform Medium is opening up its debut Mastodon instance, me.dm, to its members, the company announced today.
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The Verge, Alex Benzer, @medium and @kimonostereo
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Former The Week executives launch Heatmap News, a subscription-based climate media outlet, with eight staff and a $4M Series A at an $11.5M post-money valuation — The former executives in charge of The Week magazine are launching a new subscription-based climate media company on Wednesday called Heatmap News, its founders told Axios.
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@raju
Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review:
In an email, News Corp Australia's executive chair urges staff to try ChatGPT and tasks an AI Working Group to explore how AI can add “high-value opportunities” — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has asked its Australian employees to give ChatGPT a go, tasking an AI Working Group …
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@thetowncrier
Karan Deep Singh / New York Times:
A profile of Meena Kotwal, the founder of The Mooknayak, an online news outlet she started two years ago to cover Dalits and other marginalized groups in India — Meena Kotwal started a news outlet focused on Dalit and other marginalized groups in India, hoping that telling their stories will help improve their lives.
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American Press Institute, @surajyengde, @kotwalmeena, @profdilipmandal and @pjkanojia
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global explores selling a majority stake of BET Media Group, which caters primarily to Black audiences; actor Tyler Perry expressed interest — Potential sale of part of parent of BET and VH1 would help Paramount shore up resources for streaming
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