Mediagazer: Q&A with Harvard law professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig on AI's impact on social media and free speech, copyright use, TikTok, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

11:40 AM ET, October 25, 2023

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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:

Internal Slack messages show senior NYT editors dismissed suggestions from some staff that the paper hedge in its initial framing of the Gaza hospital explosion — Internal messages obtained by Vanity Fair offer a glimpse into the newsroom decision-making process and reveal pushback among …

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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
The Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars are fueling graphic videos online for a global audience, sometimes as propaganda, and potentially causing more trauma

Discussion: @drewharwell.com and The Hill, more at Techmeme »

CNN:
Asked about their coverage of the hospital blast in Gaza, the WSJ declines to comment, the AP and Al Jazeera ignore inquiries, Reuters and CNN admit no fault

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Shruti Rajkumar / HuffPost:

Scholastic drops plans to separate books based on themes about race and gender at US school fairs, after criticism that segregating books enabled censorship — The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country.

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, The Hill, NPR, @petersuber@fediscience.org, @mikejungwroteabook …, @fangmous, @mikejungwroteabook … and @mikejungwroteabook …

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World:

Amazon Live and Flipkart's Vibes are trying to revive livestreamed e-commerce in India, after most startups that tried to popularize the retail push struggled — Most startups that tried to popularize livestream commerce in the country are struggling. — • BENGALURU, INDIA

Discussion: @nilchristopher and Nilesh Christopher on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Naomi Forman-Katz / Pew Research Center:

Survey: US adults who say they follow the news all or most of the time fell from 51% in 2016 to 38% in 2022; in 2022, 19% said they follow the news now and then — Americans are following the news less closely than they were a few years ago, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

Discussion: American Press Institute, MediaPost, @pewresearch, Poynter, Media Voices, @benjamintoff and Next TV

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:

Apple increases the price of Apple TV+ from $6.99 per month to $9.99 per month and News+ from $9.99 per month to $12.99 per month — Apple today announced that it is increasing the prices of some of its subscription-based services, including Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ …

Discussion: The Wrap, The Streamable, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, Engadget, CNBC, The Verge, @tvgrimreaper, The Hollywood Reporter, @markgurman, @bzamayo and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »

Scott Nover / Slate:

US v. Google: Judge Amit Mehta has repeatedly accepted Google's requests to redact documents and hold private testimony, alarming press advocates and reporters — U.S. v. Google was supposed to be the “antitrust trial of the century”—the highest-profile, and potentially the most consequential …

Discussion: @lutherlowe, @scottnover@mas.to and New York Times, more at Techmeme »

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with Harvard law professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig on AI's impact on social media and free speech, copyright use, TikTok, and more — After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you'd think about AI and TikTok …

Discussion: @tressalynne, @catgirlstarbies and @michellemanafy@journa.host, more at Techmeme »

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

WGAW apologizes for the “tremendous pain” caused by its silence on the Israel-Hamas war, saying that the guild generally takes stances only on domestic issues — The Writers Guild of America West issued an apology to its members on Tuesday for the harm caused by its decision …

Discussion: @jonatha65804577, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Bollyinside and The Wrap

Barak Ravid / Axios:

Sources: US Secretary of State Tony Blinken told Jewish community leaders that he asked the Qatari prime minister to tone down Al Jazeera's war coverage — U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken told a group of American Jewish community leaders on Monday that he asked the Qatari prime minister less …

Discussion: @pogue.bsky.social, @barakravid, @mashabani, @tparsi and Fox News

Rania Aniftos / Billboard:

TikTok announces its first live global music event, set for December 10 in Mesa, Arizona, with Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta, and Charlie Puth headlining — The event will take place on Dec. 10 at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. — TikTok is continuing its foray into the music world …

Discussion: Variety, Engadget, Rolling Stone, 9to5Mac and Vibe, more at Techmeme »

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

TelevisaUnivision reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $1.3B, US revenue up 5% YoY to $806.3M, US ad revenue up 3%, and its free Vix streaming service has 40M+ MAUs — The Spanish-language media giant, led by CEO Wade Davis, reports more than 40 million monthly active users for streamer ViX …

Discussion: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Media Play News, WORLD SCREEN, Deadline, TelevisaUnivision and Bollyinside

Lauren Theisen / Defector:

The Messenger, which launched in May, appears to be speedrunning every stage of a VC-funded, ad-dependent media startup life, from VC darling to barren husk — Nobody can be surprised that The Messenger isn't living up to its grand promises. Before the news site launched …

Discussion: Mediaite, @michaelroston, @nbj914@threads.net, @sokane1@threads.net, New York Post, @reedfrich.bsky.social, @karlbode.bsky.social, @robpegoraro.com, The Wrap and The Daily Beast

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Snap reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.19B, vs. $1.11B est., net loss up 2% YoY to $368M, DAUs up 12% YoY to 406M, vs. 405.7M est., and won't give Q4 guidance

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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to update tvOS with a redesigned TV app around December and discontinue some of its Apple TV apps to steer more users toward the TV app

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Anja Karadeglija / National Post:
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters urges the government to also regulate services beyond Google's and Meta's, like Apple News, under the Online News Act

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Chris Welch / The Verge:
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A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data

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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Tucker Carlson's Last Country signed its first advertising deal, worth at least $1M, with conservative-friendly shopping app Public Square, on October 20

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Science:
Science open-access journal eLife fires EIC Michael Eisen for quote posting an Onion article on X about Palestinians; eLife editor Lara Urban resigns in protest

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Apple says Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU's DMA, more than any other company, and that these could affect users' privacy and security

Hayden Field / CNBC:
OpenAI debuts a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging the number via WhatsApp globally

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