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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A politics editor quits The Messenger; sources detail organizational confusion and tensions over demands to mass-produce articles based on competitors' stories — The company's high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists.
Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
How startups use “dynamic music” tech to adapt recorded music and create bespoke soundtracks in real time attuned to listeners' moves in games, workouts, and VR — Cutting edge technology now allows music to change its shape to fit our virtual and real world lives.
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@wordsbykristin
Scott Galloway / No Mercy / No Malice:
The WGA incorrectly assessed the situation and will exit the strike impaired, similar to the British coal miners' 1980s strike that ended with a weakened union — Forty years ago, 190,000 British coal miners went on strike. The U.K. government, which owned the mines, met none of the strikers' demands.
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@profgalloway, @jeffrey723, @alanjlsmith, @spencerreiss, @jasondunn, @profgalloway, @silveriomia, @jbflint and @bigmeaninternet
David Folkenflik / NPR:
In a 145-page report, US investigators detail abuses of power by Trump's appointee helming the US Agency for Global Media that put its “missions at risk” — On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020 …
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Rolling Stone and @davidfolkenflik
Financial Times:
Sources: days after Linda Yaccarino's appointment, media agency GroupM tells its clients that Twitter is no longer “high risk”, a designation from November 2022 — WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino
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The Verge, Fortune, Deadline, @catthekin, @johnlegere, The Information, The Week, @titterdaily, @mshannahmurphy, @jason_kint, @goldengateblond, @pt, @ivanthek, Comic Book and Media Matters for America
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK appeals court orders Carole Cadwalladr to pay 60% of Arron Banks' libel trial costs, or £1M+, plus £35K in damages, despite finding her Ted Talk “lawful” — Brexit donor Arron Banks entitled to damages over Carole Cadwalladr's Ted Talk, appeal judges have ruled.
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@carolecadwalla, The Guardian, @arusbridger, @ianclucas, @althecat, @gauravsabnis, @claresambrook, @claresambrook, @malloryontravel, @pipsinks, The Guardian, @guardiancomms, @carolecadwalla, @dgurdasani1, @dgurdasani1, @arron_banks, @denismacshane, @danielmgmoylan, @bournemouth4eu, @jkosseff, @emilybell, @bremaininspain, @jason_kint, Reporters Without Borders, @epkaufm, @marcowenjones, @frank3davies, @stepbd, @mariaressa, @carolecadwalla, @marcowenjones and @jacobbe79601492
Justine Bateman / Newsweek:
An actress and filmmaker argues now is the last time “any labor action will be effective in our business”, unless strong rules for the use of AI are introduced — What does it mean to be human? — You look human, you act human, you learn lessons, you have challenges, you feel emotions.
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@alexandercubis, @valleymrk, @sandrabernhard and VentureBeat
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
An interview with brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, whose podcast The Blog Era chronicles the time when a network of quasi-anonymous publications remade hip-hop — The new podcast from the brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal explores what made hip-hop blogs matter — and why they faded away.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
President Biden's last-minute Australia trip cancellation stuck media outlets with big bills, showing that such trips are impractically costly for most outlets — Some correspondents think it could prompt media bosses to pull back from covering the president on future overseas tours
Discussion:
The Hill, @farhip, @emptywheel, @dceiver, @jkbjournalist, @michaelsocolow, @washingtonpost and @krisnelson@legal.social
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
For the second time, Russia rejects US officials' request to visit WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, after the US denied visas to Russian journalists in April 2023 — In barring U.S. officials from visiting Evan Gershkovich, Moscow blames Washington over visa status of its reporters
Discussion:
@suneengel and The Moscow Times
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A look at SCOTUS' Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh rulings and why Justice Thomas' explanation for Section 230's existence bodes well for the internet — Our long national wait for how the Supreme Court would rule regarding Section 230 is over, and the answer is... we need to keep waiting.
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@digiphile, @jess_miers, The Nation, TechCrunch, Technology & …, CNN, Washington Post, Next TV, The Hill, CNBC, Reason, Politico, ABC7, MediaPost, Quartz, Variety, The Messenger and Fox Business
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News hires The Economist's G. Elliott Morris as its editorial director of data analytics for the news division, which includes overseeing FiveThirtyEight — EXCLUSIVE: ABC News is hiring The Economist's G. Elliott Morris to be the editorial director of data analytics for the news division …
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