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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 …
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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube and Universal Music Group partner to explore new products, using music in AI tools, and paying artists whose work is used to make AI-generated content — Universal Music artists and songwriters plan to explore the future of royalties and content-creation tools in the age of generative AI.
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YouTube Official Blog, Plagiarism Today, YouTube Official Blog, The Information, The Verge, Shelly Palmer, Complete Music Update, @youtubeliaison, @reneritchie, Ad Age, Music Business Worldwide, Los Angeles Times, Tubefilter, Deadline, MediaPost, 9to5Google, The Wrap, TechCrunch, @noahkeatonhawks.bsky.social, Music Ally, Billboard and Digital Music News, more at Techmeme »
Maria Heeter / The Information:
Memo: Bloomberg LP names Vlad Kliatchko as CEO, JP Zammitt as President, and plans to form a new board chaired by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney — Bloomberg LP made a sweeping overhaul of its top ranks, putting in place a new CEO, president and chief financial officer …
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New York Times, @maxwelltani, @sarafischer, @benmullin, @benmullin, Financial Times, Talking Biz News, Inside Radio, Axios, Reuters and The Wrap
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.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta plans to roll out a more capable web app for Threads in the next few days, offering the ability to 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.
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Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Washington Post, RTÉ, BBC, CNBC, Mashable SEA, Insider and The Information, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tucker Carlson plans to post an ad-free interview with Donald Trump on X during Wednesday's GOP debate, which Trump plans to skip, citing poll numbers — The former Fox News host plans to stream pretaped conversation with the former president on X during Wednesday's Republican presidential debate.
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Axios, CNN, New York Post, The Desk, The Hill, @karaswisher, @asharma, NBC News, Reuters, Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter
Alex Cooper / Advocate:
Wellness company For Them acquires queer online magazine Autostraddle in an all-equity deal — Iconic queer online magazine Autostraddle has been acquired by wellness company For Them, the companies announced Tuesday. The site will now become Autostraddle by For Them.
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Axios, Autostraddle and Ad Age
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon's free, ad-supported streaming TV app Fire TV Channels adds content from Variety, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, TV Line, and more — Amazon is updating its recently launched Fire TV Channels app. The free, ad-supported streaming platform has a new sidebar that lets …
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Amazon Fire TV on YouTube, The Streamable, @dcnorg, Broadband TV News, The Desk, TechCrunch and Cord Cutters News
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 …
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@blackamazon
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 — He's risen from The Gold Coast Bulletin to run Sky News Australia, and he's close to the Murdoch family. So, what's next for Paul Whittaker?
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@samebjones, @markdistef and @eatatjoe2
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Jezebel EIC Laura Bassett resigns, becoming the seventh EIC to quit G/O Media in eight months; sources detail harsh working conditions under CEO Jim Spanfeller — In this week's edition of Confider, we look at how G/O Media just lost its seventh EIC in eight months—a sign of absolute tumult at the private equity-owned media empire.
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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 — The most powerful people in podcasting weigh in with their predictions, plans and biggest pet peeves.
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