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Tim McDonnell / Semafor:
Advertisers face growing pressure to cut their emissions; Scope3: digital ads create ~7.2M tons of CO2 annually, equivalent to 1.4M US homes' electricity usage — The News — Of all the sectors under pressure to cut their carbon footprint, advertising has largely flown under the radar.
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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 …
Natalie Weiner / The Verge:
A look at Discogs, a user-generated music database and marketplace for physical music media, as sellers complain about the website's old tech and increased fees — A home for music diehards has been fractured by increased fees that are pushing sellers and shoppers to other platforms.
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@dupuisj, @mulderbatflip, @natalieweiner and @burn_amb
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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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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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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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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@alok_nayak and @kvnbbg
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 …
Financial Times:
Sources: major Hipgnosis Songs Fund shareholders aim to block a $440M music rights sale to a private Blackstone fund, a source says because the price is too low — Some investors believe the sale of music rights to a private sister fund owned by Blackstone undervalues the assets
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney is in talks with potential acquirers for its Indian assets, including Gautam Adani and Kalanithi Maran, the chair of broadcasting company Sun TV — - US group weighing outright sale, joint venture, other options — Early discussions have also been held with Ambani's Reliance
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