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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:
Amazon's Alexa has been claiming that the 2020 election was stolen citing sources from Rumble and Substack; Amazon says the errors were 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 — foreshadowing a new information battleground
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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 is turned 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 campaigns that pay for 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.
Reuters:
In a complaint, the Delhi police accuse Xiaomi, Vivo, and other Chinese companies of helping transfer funds illegally to news outlet NewsClick — 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 additional staffers took 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," New York Public Radio's CEO told staff on Friday.
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Emilia David / The Verge:
The BBC says it blocked OpenAI and others from scraping its data, but plans to explore using generative AI, including for journalism research and production — 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
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 subscribers in India, Prime Video has 20M, and Disney+ Hotstar has 40M+; Netflix's slow growth due to lack of local content — Netflix has “not succeeded” in scaling up its business in India despite the global streaming giant consistently lowering …
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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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