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Sources: media companies like News Corp and The Guardian have discussed LLM copyright issues and a subscription fee with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, or Adobe — Google and OpenAI are discussing agreements to pay publishers over using content to train generative AI models
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Helen Coster / Reuters:
Gannett plans to launch an AI tool to create bulleted summaries of USA Today articles in Q4 and is developing a tool to break stories into various formats — Publisher Gannett plans to include generative artificial intelligence in the system it uses to publish stories as it and other news organizations begin …
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The Guardian:
As part of its new policy on AI, The Guardian says it will use AI only when it contributes to original journalism and to help with corrections and suggestions — Over the last three months, colleagues from our editorial, creative, engineering, product, legal, commercial and partnerships teams …
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Spotify and Prince Harry and Meghan's production company Archewell Audio end their partnership less than a year after Meghan's podcast debuted on the platform — The couple's production company and the streaming service announced an end to their relationship, less than a year after Meghan's podcast debuted on the platform.
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Alex McCaskill, the Fox News producer who wrote the chyron labeling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator”, has left the company — Sources identified the culprit to The Daily Beast as Alex McCaskill, a longtime producer on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
With the future of RSN increasingly dire, a look at how the MLB's EVP of local media Billy Chambers and his team have prepared to take over game broadcasts — MLB executive Billy Chambers and his three person team took over Padres games in a day. What teams are next?
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The Wrap:
As Southern California Public Radio plans cuts, tax records from 2021 show ex-CEO made ~$580K while retired and another exec made ~$560K working part-time — Tax returns show that two former public radio CEOs at NPR's affiliate LAist made massive salaries until 2021
Financial Times:
Ogilvy sets out plans for an AI accountability code to clearly disclose AI-generated influencer campaigns and commits to using an AI “watermark” on its ads — Agency Ogilvy is pushing for more industry disclosure when lifelike virtual characters are used in ads
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Email: Twitter blocks paid promotion of a campaign video by North Carolina Sen. Rachel Hunt, who is running for lieutenant governor, due to “abortion advocacy” — “The mention of abortion advocacy is the issue here,” a Twitter employee told North Carolina candidate Rachel Hunt, according to emails HuffPost reviewed.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
In the year to September 2022, the UK's Independent reports revenue up 12% YoY to £46.3M, of which 57% was non-ad, and operating profit down 65% YoY to £1.9M — Operating profit was down 65% due to investment in areas such as e-commerce, Independent TV and the US.
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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Hanan Elatr, the widow of Jamal Khashoggi, sues the NSO Group in Virginia, claiming Saudi Arabia used the Israeli company's Pegasus tool to track them both — In the lawsuit, Hanan Elatr says Saudi Arabia used NSO's Pegasus spyware to track her and her husband's whereabouts before he was murdered
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Christine McCarthy, Disney's CFO since 2015, is stepping down; Kevin Lansberry, finance chief for parks business, will work as interim CFO starting July 1 — - Christine McCarthy will step down as Disney's chief financial officer. — She is taking family medical leave and will advise the company as it seeks a successor.
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