Mediagazer: Sources: Hunterbrook, founded by investor Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz and writer Sam Koppelman, plans a $100M fund to trade on stories unearthed by its news arm (Financial Times)

Sources: Hunterbrook, founded by investor Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz and writer Sam Koppelman, plans a $100M fund to trade on stories unearthed by its news arm — Fund would get exclusive access to market-moving stories before they are published — A group of veteran US financial journalists …

Liam Scott / Voice of America:

A deepfake video used the likeness of VOA Russian Service anchor Ksenia Turkova to pitch crypto software, after similar fakes of BBC, CNN, and CBS journalists — Like so many others, the video looks real at first glance. — Ksenia Turkova, a journalist with VOA's Russian Service, is seated at a desk looking directly at the camera.

Discussion: Associated Press, Variety, Forbes, The A.V. Club, Bloomberg, PolitiFact and Ad Age

Gerry Shih / Washington Post:

Apple told some Indian journalists that they had been targeted in state-backed iPhone cyberattacks, without attributing “any specific state-sponsored attacker” — NEW DELHI — Apple has warned at least 20 prominent Indians, including opposition politicians and journalists …

Discussion: The Wire, @priyankac19, @samirsaran, The Wire, Financial Times, @svaradarajan, @mkvenu1, BGR and TechCrunch

Max Tani / Semafor:

Forbes journalists say some sources are refusing to give them sensitive information due to Forbes' new reported ownership by Russian businessman Magomed Musaev — The Scoop — Forbes journalists have told the publication's management that some sources are refusing to share sensitive information …

Discussion: @maxwelltani

Discussion: @arashmassoudi, @sarafischer and Talking Biz News

Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:

Israel denies press credentials to seasoned conflict reporter Jesse Rosenfeld after his critical coverage, saying “Rolling Stone is not a news organization” — The Netanyahu administration has denied a press credential to Jesse Rosenfeld, who has reported on the prime minister and the war

Discussion: @walshfreedom, @christapeterso, @mdslock, The Wrap, @ampersine@mastodon.online, @noahshachtman@mstdn.social and @kevincollier.bsky.social

Discussion: Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, Rafael Brown on LinkedIn and Media Voices

Dan Milmo / The Guardian:

The Guardian says its reputation was damaged after Microsoft Start placed an AI-generated poll about a woman's death next to the outlet's article about her — Publisher says poll speculating on cause of woman's death that appeared next to Guardian article caused ‘significant reputational damage’

Discussion: Insider, Axios, Ars Technica, Media Voices, Boing Boing, @alexbruell, @chrismoranuk, @alexbruell, @jeridansky@sfba.social, @quinnypig, @lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz, @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org, @otfrom@functional.cafe and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Amanda Meade / The Guardian:

Australia's media authority fines The Seven Network AU$13K over breaching a ban on gambling ads during live sports; SBS now lets viewers block gambling ads — Media regulator cracks down while federal government considers recommendation to ban online gambling ads within three years

Discussion: Mumbrella, @luciedigitalni@aus.social and Sydney Morning Herald

Emma Roth / The Verge:

YouTube “launched a global effort” to encourage users with ad blockers to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, after a “small experiment” earlier in 2023 — YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” …

Discussion: Engadget, @alex_roddie@mastodon.scot, TechCrunch, Android Authority, The Hill, Tubefilter, 9to5Google and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

KKR completes its $1.62B Simon & Schuster acquisition, marking a major shift in the US publishing industry; KKR plans to offer an employee profit-sharing model — The process of selling Simon & Schuster has been long and tumultuous, and was waylaid by an earlier antitrust suit.

Discussion: Deadline, The Wrap, bookforum.com, Publishers Weekly and MediaPost

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

In a US Copyright Office filing, the MPA says there is “no need” for new copyright legislation or special rules for AI and warns against “inflexible” guidelines — - MPA Sees “No Need” For New AI Copyright Legislation Or Special Rules, Warns Of “Inflexible” Guidelines

Discussion: CMU and Digital Content Next

Katie Robertson / New York Times:

News Media Alliance study: developers rely on articles more than generic web content to train LLMs; the NMA says this shows that AI companies violate copyright — The News Media Alliance, a trade group that represents newspapers, says that A.I. chatbots use news articles significantly more than generic content online.

Discussion: American Press Institute, CNN, Fast Company and News/Media Alliance, more at Techmeme »

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with Golnar Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Reservoir Media, a record label that buys catalogs of hit songs, on copyright, generative AI's impact, and more — The publisher behind the songwriting copyrights to some of the most popular music ever recorded doesn't think AI spells doom for the industry.

Discussion: @verge@mastodon.social and Forbes