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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox News reshuffles primetime: Jesse Watters takes Tucker Carlson's 8pm slot, Ingraham moves to 7pm, Hannity will stay at 9pm, and Greg Gutfeld moves to 10pm — Fox News announced the new prime time lineup it's putting in place in the wake of Tucker Carlson's shocking ouster earlier this year.
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NewsGuard:
Analysis: in May and June 2023, 141 major brands ran programmatic Google ads on 55 low-quality sites, each producing 1,200+ AI-generated articles/day on average — NewsGuard identified 141 brands that are feeding programmatic ad dollars to low-quality AI-generated news and information sites operating with little to no human oversight
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James Vincent / The Verge:
AI is killing the web with spam sites, article-churning “AI editors”, “AI-generated junk” in places like Etsy and Reddit, exhausting forum moderators, and more — In recent months, the signs and portents have been accumulating with increasing speed. Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links.
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New York Times:
As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases globally, consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails — Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Profits at the largest US entertainment companies have fallen 60%+ since 2013, despite mergers, as media companies spent record sums to build streaming services — Good afternoon from Los Angeles, wherever you may be. Thanks to those of you who came to Bloomberg's Tech Summit.
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Diana Falzone / Rolling Stone:
Some Newsmax staff raised privacy concerns after Newsmax allegedly told them to hand over work and personal correspondence that Smartmatic subpoenaed them over — Court filings rife with internal communications exposed Fox News' post-election misinformation push. Newsmax could be next
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Duke Reporters' Lab:
An annual fact-checking census finds there are 417 fact-checking sites active globally in 2023 so far, roughly the same as in 2022 and 2021, up from 151 in 2015 — 10th annual fact-checking census from the Reporters' Lab tracks an ongoing slowdown — While much of the world's news media …
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at Harry and Meghan's Hollywood flop in streaming's era of slower growth; sources: Netflix is unlikely to renew their $100M deal, which runs through 2025 — They arrived three years ago with royal star power amid a streaming boom, but have notched more cancellations and rejections than produced shows
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: membership at the UK's NUJ was 24,528 in 2022, of which 20,722 pay, down by 21% since 2012 and 32% since 2004; some blame high subscription fees — The journalists' union voted in April to raise membership fees by 5% this year and next. — Membership at the National Union …
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Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
Some question The Athletic reporter Shams Charania's commercial partnership with FanDuel after his tweet on June 22 moved NBA draft betting lines — Shams Charania works for both sports news site the Athletic and gambling company FanDuel. Things got complicated when he tweeted an NBA draft tip that turned out to be wrong.
Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline:
Cineworld files for the administration of its listed entity Cineworld plc in the UK as part of its restructuring, but will continue operating as normal — Cineworld said on Monday that as part of its proposed restructuring following Chapter 11, it expects to file for administration …
Meara Isenberg / CNET:
Starz plans to increase its ad-free subscription from $9 to $10 per month, the first price increase for the standalone service since its 2016 launch — The change comes after the premiere of a new season of Outlander. — It's about to cost a bit more to stream Starz.
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