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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces was delayed by ~25 minutes of crashes, feedback glitches, and audio failures — - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement plans evening were derailed by massive technical glitches …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's intent in buying Twitter wasn't only to dismantle a tool he perceived as empowering the media but also to turn the app into a right-wing heavyweight
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Financial Times:
An in-depth look at Vice's downfall, as private equity's ill-fated bet on the future of media fell apart; some shareholders blame TPG, which invested $450M — The evaporation of TPG's $450mn investment shows what can happen when Wall Street collides with an uncontrollable creative industry
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at Disney and Comcast's Hulu fight; sources say their Hulu valuations vary by tens of billions, they're in arbitration, and Comcast stopped funding Hulu — Parent companies are in final phase of battle marked by legal threats, broken promises and secret arbitration
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: CNN shifts production for CNN en Español to Mexico City, trimming linear TV work and expanding mobile video; source: Atlanta and Miami may see job cuts — CNN will shift the bulk of its operations behind its Spanish-language efforts to Mexico City, scaling back production …
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Talking Biz News, @variety and @jason
Access Now:
Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target at least five journalists, among others, in 2021 and 2022, the first documented use in a war — The Armenia spyware victims include a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson) …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube plans to shut down Stories on June 26, 2023, as the company focuses on other key areas, like Shorts, Community posts, live videos, and its usual content — Stories are over — at least on YouTube, that is. The Google-owned video site announced today that YouTube Stories will be shutting …
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google DeepMind details how its visual language model Flamingo generates descriptions for YouTube Shorts, stored as metadata and helping improve discoverability — Google just combined DeepMind and Google Brain into one big AI team, and on Wednesday, the new Google DeepMind shared details …
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@glenngabe, DeepMind Blog and The Messenger
Financial Times:
Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe says AI can help authors generate content; Bertelsmann is using AI to analyze character emotions on shows to help place fitting ads — Thomas Rabe says that despite copyright challenges machine-generated content could be ‘very positive’
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@baldwinre
Emily Steel / New York Times:
US Interior Department report: two Park Police officers used excessive force against two Australian journalists covering a George Floyd protest in 2020 — The Interior Department concluded that U.S. Park Police officers exceeded the “minimum level of reasonable force” during a George Floyd protest in 2020.
Washington Post:
Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan announces two AI teams: the AI Taskforce, working on strategy and priorities, and the AI Hub, an operational team — Announcement from Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan on The Post's next steps in AI innovation: — Dear Washington Post colleagues,
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@steven_aquino, @ndiakopoulos, @ethangach, @pressgazette and MediaPost
Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:
A look at the NFL's widening streaming portfolio, including YouTube, Peacock, and Amazon, signaling that the future of live sports is outside the cable bundle — Football still dominates traditional TV ratings, but the league's deals with YouTube, Peacock, and Amazon—all while ESPN considers …
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New York Post, @vanityfair, Observer, @jkosner and Billboard
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
In an email, Wall Street Journal EIC Emma Tucker says Deputy EICs Neal Lipschutz and Jason Anders are leaving the paper — Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday: — Dear All, — I am writing to share the news that Neal Lipschutz and Jason Anders …
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New York Times, @katie_robertson, @bgrueskin, @bgrueskin and @froomkin
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
MoviePass relaunches in the US with four credit-based tiers, starting at $10/month for one to three movies; showtimes determine how many credits a film “costs” — As promised, MoviePass is returning. After last year's Labor Day beta/waiting list launch, the movie theater subscription service …
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