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5:00 PM ET, September 7, 2023

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The MacArthur Foundation and 20+ nonprofits announce Press Forward, an initiative to invest $500M over five years in local news, aiming to raise and invest $1B  —  The effort, spearheaded by the MacArthur Foundation, will give grants to support newsrooms and start-ups as concern grows over the rapid disappearance of local news outlets.
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URL Media, a network of media outlets focused on communities of color, receives a $1M Knight Foundation investment to support its 21 partners  —  The $1M Grant is made possible by Knight Foundation  —  New York, NY - URL Media, a network of media organizations that serve …
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Hamish McKenzie / On Substack:
Substack sets a goal of making the 2024 US election “the Substack Election” and hires publicist and producer Catherine Valentine to lead politics initiatives  —  We're leaning into politics  —  In recent years, the way political discourse has played out on social media has been incendiary.
Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless:
The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority  —  Today, the U.S. Senate finally approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Krystie Lee Yandoli / Rolling Stone:
Interviews with 16 current and former employees describe a toxic workplace at The Tonight Show, starting with Jimmy Fallon's outbursts and erratic behavior  —  Sixteen current and former staffers say Fallon's erratic behavior spoiled their “dream” of working on The Tonight Show  —  I
Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024's E3 will not be held there  —  E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snapchat adds new safety features for minors, including making it harder for strangers to contact teens and removing accounts marketing inappropriate content  —  Snapchat today is announcing a series of new safeguards for its app, aimed at better protecting teen users, similar …
Discussion: Engadget, CNN and Snapchat
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google releases its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox in general availability, making them available in Chrome without browser flags or trials  —  Google's Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
An interview with The New York Times Head of Games Jonathan Knight on the newspaper's new game Connections, creating a “news plus games” daily habit, and more  —  “Come for the news, stay for the games.”  —  Jonathan Knight, head of games for The New York Times, has a few rules for new games.
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Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator who used AI to mimic Drake and The Weeknd, has met with record labels, Grammy organizers, and more, and releases a new song
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Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
Google plans a November policy update requiring election advertisers to prominently disclose when their ads contain generative AI-based images, video, or audio
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD plans to add live sports to Max at no extra cost for a limited time later in 2023, and start charging a sports fee likely in February or March 2024
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A look at Netflix's success-based residuals in France, Germany, and Scandinavia, driven by laws about authors' rights, as some in the US debate such metrics
 

 
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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:
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