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8:40 PM ET, August 19, 2023

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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge demands that Meta lift its “reckless” news ban on Facebook and Instagram for the safety of people fleeing wildfires  —  The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta (META.O) lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms …
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Pete Evans / CBC News:
Evacuees from the wildfires threatening Yellowknife say that Meta's news fight with Canada's government makes it harder for them to share lifesaving information  —  Meta notes government sources not blocked as northerners duck ban by sharing screenshots of information
New York Times:
Sources: Donald Trump plans to upstage the first GOP primary debate on August 23, hosted by Fox News, to instead sit for an online interview with Tucker Carlson  —  The former president's apparent decision to skip the first debate is a major affront both to the Republican National Committee and to Fox News, which is hosting the event.
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A judge upholds a US Copyright Office finding that artwork created by AI isn't eligible for copyright protection as “human authorship is a bedrock requirement”  —  A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection.
Steven Kurutz / New York Times:
A look at Standard Industries, a roofing conglomerate that employs some Vanity Fair alumni and has invested in media startups like Puck, Air Mail, and Pushkin  —  Technically, none.  So why has Standard Industries hired several of them?  —  When Graydon Carter started his digital newsletter …
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
How The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Sun, The Independent, and other publishers are using non-news verticals to grow revenue, traffic, and subscribers  —  Building strong verticals beyond hard news can be a useful investment.  —  The New York Times “bundle” …
Lauren Hirsch / @laurenshirsch:
Filing: activist investor ValueAct, which revealed a 6.21% stake in The New York Times in August 2022, sells part of its stake, bringing its ownership to 4.62%  —  New: Per filing, activist investor ValueAct has sold off part of its stake in The New York Times, bringing it down to 4.62% from 6.21%. ValueAct first revealed its stake on August 11 of last year. Shares of $NYT are up 34% over the last 12 months. https://www.sec.gov/...
Bloomberg:
Email: Amazon offers some creators up to $12,500 for 500 videos, or $25 per video, for its TikTok-like shopping feed; creators typically charge $200+ per video  —  - Content creators typically charge more than $200 a pop  —  Amazon.com Inc., looking to amp up its TikTok-like shopping feed …
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at nonprofit news outlet The Conversation's first foray into investigative reporting, which pairs journalists' reporting chops with academics' expertise  —  “It is elevating investigative reporting to a level where we are able to access ... jewels lying on the beach in the research of the academic world.”
 
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
Reuters:
How major advertisers have adopted AI: WPP is using generative AI in Nestle and Mondelez ad campaigns, citing 10x-20x savings; Unilever developed its own LLM
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Netflix partners with Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator, to bundle its Netflix Basic streaming tier with two of the carrier's pay-as-you-go plans
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Kim Zetter / Zero Day:
How Timothy Burke accessed un-aired Fox News videos and why his lawyer says Florida prosecutors are using a “novel and unsupported” interpretation of the CFAA
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: news outlets in the US say Meta made changes that cut their Facebook referral traffic; one publisher said traffic fell by 30%+ YoY, another by ~40% YoY
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The trustees of NYC's five pension funds write to the CEOs of Disney, Comcast, and Paramount, calling on them to “end the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes promptly”
Discussion: Deadline
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft's Start, using “algorithmic techniques with human review”, listed the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist site and suggested visiting on “an empty stomach”
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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