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Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
How an AI-generated, error-filled Star Wars story created internal chaos at Gizmodo, an incident that speaks to a larger debate about the role of AI in the news — The error-filled story about Star Wars movies and TV shows demonstrates why artificial intelligence shouldn't be involved in news-gathering, reporters said
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Sam Hancock / BBC:
The BBC suspends a presenter accused of paying a teen £35K for sexually explicit photos, and says it has contacted the police and is working to establish facts — Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has held urgent talks with the BBC's director general after a presenter was accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photos.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri says Threads will not “encourage” politics and “hard news” as such content brings scrutiny that isn't worth the “incremental engagement or revenue” — / Adam Mosseri ran Facebook's News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics …
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Threads doesn't have ads, but Meta representatives are talking with ad agencies and brands, some of which, like Netflix and Wendy's, already have many followers
Bloomberg:
French media companies Le Monde, AFP, Le Figaro, and Liberation are posting on Threads even though Meta hasn't launched the platform in the European Union
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Poynter:
Some journalists say Threads has a lot of promise for work, and a few say publishers should be wary of a platform from Meta, which has blocked news links before
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Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
In a letter, the New York Times sports staff asks leadership about its future amid concerns the paper could shut it down and merge The Athletic into the NYT — The New York Times sports department sent a pointed letter to the newspaper's leadership Sunday asking for answers about the future …
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@marcatracy, @kevinmdraper, @ericjackson, @bdomenech, @dcsportsbog and @benjstrauss
Giacomo Tognini / Forbes:
Marina and Pier Silvio Berlusconi will each inherit a ~26.5% stake in Fininvest, which owns 53% of publisher Mondadori and 49% of broadcaster MediaForEurope — The former prime minister and media mogul died at age 86 in June. The unsealing of his will revealed how much his five children …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: Vinco Ventures, the majority owner of a joint venture planning to acquire the National Enquirer, says completing the deal wasn't in its best interests — Vinco Ventures, part of a group that agreed to buy the supermarket tabloid, found transaction wasn't in its best interest
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@wsj and Vinco Ventures
Masha Borak / The Verge:
How Telegram became a key channel for news about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but its hands-off moderation turned the messaging app into a misinformation tool — The messaging app has become a key channel for news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But the government's relationship with it is complicated.
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@rybar_force
Nieman Lab:
Survey: journalists say academic research about journalism can help with business models, but can also be irrelevant, out of touch, hard to access, and too long — A survey finds there are key differences between what journalists think researchers can help with, and what the journalists …
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@chriswhite_news, @tamarwilner, @terifinneman, @averyholton and @niemanlab@mastodon.social
Laura Oliver / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
A look at Daraj, an independent, pan-Arab investigative news site launched in 2017; ~80% of its income comes from grants and ~20% from services for companies — In 2017, veteran Lebanese journalist Diana Moukalled co-founded Daraj with two colleagues. Six years later, Daraj is an independent …
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@gijn, @gijn, @drewoccrp and Bloomberg
Financial Times:
UK media organizations say the government's proposals to force companies to ease canceling subscriptions for customers are “too prescriptive” and costly — Media organisations and small businesses say government proposals ‘too prescriptive’ and costly
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Wesley Lowery on leading the Investigative Reporting Workshop, six methods to guide journalism, and more — Lowery took the helm of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University as its executive editor this month.
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@qujournalism, @froomkin and @niemanlab
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Sky News details an experiment to develop an AI-based reporter and an AI-based editor tasked with creating a video package and a feature-length news story — The Comcast-owned channel wanted to see if off-the-shelf AI tools could soon replace human journalists (spoiler: not today). — Video
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