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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Q&A with Independence Public Media Foundation President Molly de Aguiar on the frequent disconnect between local media funders and national funders, and more — Molly de Aguiar on a key goal of plans like Press Forward … Q. I think we agree that the only way to really sustainably achieve …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Alexa has been claiming that the US 2020 presidential election was stolen, citing unvetted Rumble and Substack sources; Amazon says the errors have been fixed — The popular voice assistant says the 2020 race was stolen, even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source …
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Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
A look at the launch of the French Sunday newspaper La Tribune Dimanche, as the only other Sunday paper, Le Journal du Dimanche, turns into a far-right outlet — La Tribune Dimanche goes on sale in landscape of declining print sales, culture wars and scrutiny of billionaire proprietors
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NPR:
Sources: Florida Politics founder Peter Schorsch lets politicians buy unlabeled stories and distorts coverage at the behest of political campaigns that buy ads — This story was reported by NPR's David Folkenflik and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.
Emilia David / The Verge:
The BBC blocks OpenAI and Common Crawl from scraping its data, but plans to explore using generative AI for research, production, and personalized experiences — The BBC, the UK's largest news organization, laid out principles it plans to follow as it evaluates the use of generative AI …
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@owenboswarva, @back_the_bbc, @coolshannes, @leokelion, @darrenwaters and BBC
Reuters:
Delhi police accuse Xiaomi, Vivo, and others of helping transfer funds illegally to news outlet NewsClick, which India accused of spreading Chinese propaganda — Indian police have formally accused Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp and Vivo Mobile of helping transfer funds illegally …
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Max Rivlin-Nadler / hellgatenyc:
New York Public Radio lays off 20 staff members and cuts two podcasts from its studio division; three more employees took union-negotiated voluntary buyouts — “It is not a good use of any of our time, looking in the rearview mirror and trying to figure out where we should place blame,” …
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Matt Binder / Mashable:
X appears to be rolling out a new mobile ad format that can't be reported or blocked, lacks an ad label and user profile, and doesn't disclose the advertiser — The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads. — X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter …
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Katelyn Newberg / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
The Nevada Supreme Court protects murdered reporter Jeff German's devices from police searches, calling for a third party to search his journalistic materials — The Nevada Supreme Court has moved to protect slain Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German's personal devices …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
AllianceBernstein: Netflix has ~6.5M subs in India, Prime Video has 20M, Disney+ Hotstar has 40M+; Netflix's slow growth is due to having just 12% local content — Netflix has “not succeeded” in scaling up its business in India despite the global streaming giant consistently lowering …
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@kvnbbg and @alok_nayak
Agence France-Presse:
Canada's heritage minister says the country “will not back down” despite Big Tech opposing the Online News Act; Google says “critical structural issues” remain — Canada “will not back down” in the face of opposition from tech giants to a new law requiring companies …
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@canadakaz, @mgeist, @tobi, @mikenelson, @jason_kint, @mgeist, Globe and Mail, Canadian Press and Bloomberg
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's increasingly aggressive words, like advocating for extrajudicial killings, get little attention, as the media still doesn't know how to cover him — After eight years of Trump in politics, is a ‘banality of crazy’ setting in? — Last week, the Republican Party's leading …
Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone:
Hipgnosis Songs Fund subsidiary Hipgnosis Songs Group places CEO Kenny MacPherson on leave after a former colleague alleges he sexually assaulted her in 2005 — MacPherson was accused of sexually assaulting a colleague 15 years ago while he was the president of the music publishing company Chrysalis
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Billboard, New Model Adviser, NME, CMU, Variety and Digital Music News
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