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Mark Savage / BBC:
Paul McCartney says a sound editor used AI to “extricate” John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create “the final Beatles record”, slated for release in 2023 — Sir Paul McCartney says he has employed artificial intelligence to help create what he calls “the final Beatles record”.
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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Internal memo: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tells employees that the platform is “on a mission to become the world's most accurate real-time information source” — Linda Yaccarino, who joined company last week, describes her mission to employees
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Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
US-based creator startups have raised $8.6B+ since 2021, but at least seven have shut down since 2022 as they were solving irrelevant problems for most creators — Two years ago, Dmitry Shapiro and Sean Thielen were so optimistic about the booming creator economy that they pivoted their startup …
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Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Rembrand, which uses generative AI to insert products into creators' videos, raised an $8M seed, with participation from L'Oreal — Product placement is one of the oldest marketing techniques in the book. — Brands negotiate for years to get their products a mention in a movie script …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Reddit's API pricing changes stem from LLMs driving up the value of the site's data, an upcoming IPO, and third-party apps generating no revenue for the company — As it moves to shut down third-party apps, the site's self-governing ethos comes back to haunt it — I.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Penske Media plans to launch Flow, a women's health focused media brand that includes a website and a digital magazine, on Wednesday, as part of She Media — Penske Media Corporation plans to launch a new media brand Wednesday under its She Media portfolio that's focused on women's health.
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New York Times:
Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert indefinitely delays her new book set in 1930s Russia after a backlash from Ukrainian readers, prompting mixed reactions — Elizabeth Gilbert delayed her new novel indefinitely after an online backlash condemned the book's publication while Russia is at war with Ukraine.
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Marianna Spring / BBC:
A look at UK conspiracy theory newspaper The Light, which prints 100K+ copies per month and has links with the British far-right and a German conspiracy outlet — A UK conspiracy theory newspaper sharing calls for trials and executions of politicians and doctors has links with the British far-right …
Nicole Carpenter / Polygon:
Swedish gaming giant Embracer Group, which bought Dark Horse Media in 2021, says it will close studios, cancel games, and cut staff after a $2B deal collapsed — Embracer Group has close to 17,000 employees over more than 100 studios, many of which were acquired over the past few years
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Madhive, which licenses its software to local TV companies so they can sell connected TV ads, raised $300M from Goldman Sachs at a $1B valuation — Ad tech startup Madhive has raised $300 million from Goldman Sachs, in a deal that values the company at nearly $1 billion, Axios has learned.
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Sophia Stewart / Publishers Weekly:
How the New York Times Book Review changed under editor Gilbert Cruz, including publishing different kinds of features and no longer running “double-reviews” — When Pamela Paul stepped down as editor of the New York Times Book Review in April 2022, the news came as a shock to many of her colleagues.
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Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona:
Source: the latest Fox News layoffs total less than 3% of the workforce, affecting a double-digit number of employees; SVP Amy Sohnen is leaving this month — New from me in tonight's Confider: Fox News has quietly been laying off veteran journalists and longtime staffers in recent months, totaling about 3% of its workforce. This includes Miami-based correspondent Phil Keating, who was let go earlier this year. [image]
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