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10:50 PM ET, August 22, 2023

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An analysis of Google policy dilemmas as YouTube and UMG explore AI licensing, Google scrapes the web to train AI, and lawsuits threaten to upend copyright law  —  Google has made clear it is going to use the open web to inform and create anything it wants, and nothing can get in its way.
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
Elon Musk says that X plans to remove preview headlines from posts linking to articles, so that the previews show only the article's lead image and the URL  —  X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service …
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Whether Wirecutter has deteriorated is difficult to determine given the rise of copycats, changes to the internet since 2011, and falling trust in institutions  —  Longtime fans have turned on the product-recommendation website.  An evolving internet may be to blame.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Four Motherboard alumni, including ex-EIC Jason Koebler, launch tech publication 404 Media to cover hacking and more; subscriptions are $10/month or $100/year  —  They are joining a recent boom of publications owned and operated by the reporters and editors themselves.
Klaus Lauer / Reuters:
Axel Springer settles with Julian Reichelt, the former Bild EIC it had sued for sharing internal data with newspaper Berliner Zeitung  —  German publishing magnate Axel Springer has agreed to an out-of-court settlement in a civil lawsuit against Julian Reichelt, the former editor-in-chief …
Discussion: Financial Times
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports podcasting network Blue Wire opens up a community fundraising round, seeking $1M at a $26M valuation; in 2022, it had $8M in revenue and a $5M loss  —  Blue Wire, a sports podcast company founded in 2018, will open up a community fundraising round on Tuesday, allowing podcasters …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta is rolling out a Threads web app over the next few days that will let users post, interact with other posts, and look at the feed  —  Meta is finally launching a much more capable web app for Threads, the company announced on Tuesday.  You'll be able to post, interact with other posts …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Prominent media execs and others raise ~$3M to launch the Center for News, Technology & Innovation, which focuses an open internet and independent press  —  A group of prominent media, tech and research executives have raised nearly $3 million to launch an independent policy research center focused …
Sean Piccoli / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA members and sympathizers picketed outside of Amazon's and HBO's offices in New York on Tuesday as the Hollywood strikes continue  —  - Dispatches From The Picket Lines: Latine Writers & Actors In L.A. & NYC; ‘Roseanne’ And ‘The Conners’ Teams Reunite At Radford
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Turkey's media regulator gives VOA's digital outlet in Turkey 72 hours to apply for a broadcasting license, or access to its website VOA Türkçe will be blocked  —  The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) gave VOA Türkçe 72 hours to make an application for a license.
 
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Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
IBM plans to sell its weather business, including Weather.com and business-oriented offerings, to private equity firm Francisco Partners for an undisclosed sum
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Mather Economics buys AI tool Sophi, which recommends when publishers should show readers a paywall, from The Globe and Mail; Sophi works with 100 newsrooms
Australian Financial Review:
A profile of Sky News Australia CEO Paul Whittaker, who critics say turned the broadcaster into an antipodean Fox News, as Sky News expands its YouTube push
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Lacey Rose / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Simmons, Ben Shapiro, Kara Swisher, and other podcast hosts, executives, and agents on how the industry has changed, not reaching “peak podcast”, and more
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Lachlan Murdoch pays Crikey ~AU$1.3M in legal costs for his failed defamation lawsuit, on the condition the outlet donates its ~AU$589K raised via crowdfunding
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Jezebel EIC Laura Bassett resigns, becoming the seventh EIC to quit G/O Media in eight months; sources say CEO Jim Spanfeller has become impossible to work for
Catherine Thorbecke / CNN:
Justin Trudeau blasts Meta for “putting corporate profits ahead of people's safety” as the company keeps blocking news content while wildfires rage in Canada
 

 
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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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