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David Rutz / Fox News:
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox Corp and News Corp, transitioning to a new role of Chairman Emeritus; Lachlan becomes sole chairman of both companies — ‘For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change’
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts YouTube Create, an app to let creators to edit videos with effects, royalty-free tracks, and more, available in beta on Android in eight markets — YouTube this morning introduced a new app for creators, YouTube Create, that will offer a suite of easy-to-use and free tools …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils YouTube Studio AI features coming in 2024 and lets select creators test Aloud, a dubbing tool that creates AI-generated dubs in other languages — YouTube is expanding its Creator Music Studio, announced last year, with new AI features in addition to the launch of an AI-dubbing tool.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces Dream Screen, a Shorts feature that lets users create an AI-generated video or image background using text prompts, rolling out in early 2024 — YouTube today announced a new feature coming to its short-form video platform Shorts that will allow users to leverage AI tools to create videos.
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
After talks on September 20, the WGA and AMPTP release a joint statement saying negotiations will continue on September 21, a first during the strike — The union met with four top CEOs, including David Zaslav, Ted Sarandos, Bob Iger and Donna Langley, in their latest negotiations session on Wednesday.
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Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
Data-labeling firms like Scale AI and Appen are hiring writers and poets with humanities backgrounds to improve the literary quality and creativity of AI tools — Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Nonprofit newsroom The City cuts staff hours by 20%, taking advantage of NY state's work-share program; reporter Tom Robbins quit to help stave off job losses — The Scoop — New York nonprofit newsroom The City is slashing costs in the latest sign that philanthropists around the U.S. are tiring of supporting journalism.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WWE's “SmackDown” will move from Fox to NBCUniversal's USA Network in fall 2024; sources say the five year deal is valued at $1.4B, up 40% from what Fox paid — Premier WWE television-rights package to get a new home next fall — NBCUniversal's USA Network has pinned down the rights for “SmackDown,” the
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Deezer plans to raise its monthly subscription price by €1 to €12 across several countries in Europe — Move comes as industry increases fees and era of cheap entertainment comes to an end — Deezer is set to raise its monthly subscription price by €1 …
Jay Cridlin / Tampa Bay Times:
Lucy Morgan, a pioneering Tampa Bay Times journalist, who in 1985 won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, died on September 20 at the age of 82 — The Times' longtime Tallahassee bureau chief investigated corruption in Tampa Bay and beyond. — Lucy Morgan, a pioneering Tampa …
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Alexi Duggins / The Guardian:
Actor Stephen Fry warns about the dangers of AI after finding an unauthorized version of his voice he claims was generated from his Harry Potter book narration — Actor warns about dangers of artificial intelligence after discovering version of his voice based on Harry Potter audiobooks
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The Conversation:
At least 15 media workers have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion, as reports suggest that Russia has been deliberately targeting journalists — At least 15 media workers have been killed in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale war in February 2022.
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