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5:15 PM ET, July 18, 2023

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Axios:
Sources: Vox Media plans to stop using its Chorus CMS, which it licensed until 2022, and move its websites to WordPress  —  Vox Media, the parent company to websites such as New York Magazine, Eater and SB Nation, will no longer use Chorus — its proprietary content management system — to power its own websites, sources told Axios.
Peter Kafka / Vox:
G/O Media executives plan to publish more AI-generated stories, despite the blowback from employees and media circles for their first botched attempts  —  Why G/O Media thinks we should have more stories written by bots.  —  In early July, managers at G/O media, the digital publisher …
Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
The AMPTP says it offered SAG-AFTRA a deal that included $1B+ in wage increases, pension, and more, alongside “first-of-their-kind” AI protections  —  Major film and television studios offered Hollywood actors more than $1 billion in higher compensation and enhanced benefits …
Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information:
Sources: Cameo tells staff it is laying off 80+ workers because of financial pressures, leaving fewer than 50, down nearly 90% from its peak headcount last year  —  Cameo, the video shoutout app that gained in popularity during the pandemic shutdowns, told employees on Tuesday that it was laying off …
Reuters:
OpenAI commits $5M to the American Journalism Project in support of local news and $5M in API credits to help its members assess and deploy emerging AI tech  —  OpenAI is committing $5 million to the American Journalism Project (AJP) under a partnership that will look for ways …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Since Bloomberg shut off its open-market programmatic advertising, CPMs are up about 20%, average ad-load time is down 15%, and page-load time is down 40%  —  Page load, viewability, CPMs and clickthrough rates have improved  —  On Jan. 1, the privately owned business publisher Bloomberg Media shut off …
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
A bankruptcy court allows Diamond Sports to end its broadcasts of Arizona Diamondbacks games; MLB will take over production of broadcasts  —  - Bally Sports owner Diamond ends deal with second MLB team  — MLB said it will broadcast future Diamondback's game
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
A pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC used an AI version of Donald Trump's voice that appeared to narrate a Truth Social post of his, in a statewide TV attack ad in Iowa  —  The spot illustrates the new frontiers in political advertising.  —  A pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC uses an Artificial Intelligence version …
 
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
How Detroit-based local TV broadcaster Graham Media Group plans to use a GPT 3.5 bot that asks positive questions to spark productive comments for news articles
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Peacock raises its Premium price by $1 to $5.99/month and Premium Plus by $2 to $11.99/month, at once for new customers and on August 17 for current subscribers
Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:
Report: the BBC faces a UK government review of its funding model; potential alternatives to the license fee include a subscription, a broadband levy, and ads
Byline Times:
Investigation: GB News' Dan Wootton used fake online identities from 2008 to 2018 to bribe media executives and others into sharing compromising sexual material
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
An interview with Jesse Watters about how his controversial comments are “brutally honest”, Tucker Carlson's firing, and more, as he moves to Carlson's 8pm slot
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and OpenAI are preparing a major announcement of their partnership at WWDC; the new AirTag with a better chip is scheduled to arrive by mid-2025

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US officials have told Google, Meta, and others about concerns that undersea cables could be vulnerable to tampering by China-owned repair ships

Financial Times:
Microsoft, Meta, Google and others pitch smaller language models that are cheaper to build and train, to lower costs and hardware requirements for generative AI
 
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