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11:00 PM ET, October 31, 2023

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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 …
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 …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Forbes' owners give Luminar CEO Austin Russell two more weeks to finalize his $800M bid; Russian executive Magomed Musaev denies investing in the deal  —  Austin Russell, the 28-year-old Luminar Technologies CEO who is seeking to buy Forbes, has requested an extension of a Nov. 1 deadline …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
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 …
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
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’
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.
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
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at some of the creators who report and aggregate news on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and more, as people under 35 move away from traditional news outlets  —  One recent study concluded consumers are looking for news that “feels more relevant,” giving a boost to creators on social media
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube says it “launched a global effort” to encourage users with ad blockers to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, after a “small experiment” earlier this year  —  YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers.  The platform has “launched a global effort” …
Samuel Earle / The Guardian:
A profile of Paul Marshall, GB News co-owner and founder of UnHerd, one of the biggest websites for political commentary in the UK, as he bids for The Telegraph  —  UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
SmartNews VP of Content Rich Jaroslovsky plans to step down from a full-time job at year's end; Wendy Bounds is taking over and Bernie Davis' role will expand  —  Rich Jaroslovsky, vice president of content and chief journalist at SmartNews, sent out the following to his colleagues on Tuesday:
 
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A profile of Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman, whose play-by-play posts on X about Capitol Hill's dramas feed DC's bottomless appetite for fresh intel
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A US judge dismisses three artists' AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt but allows a direct claim against Stability AI to proceed
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Julie DiCaro / Deadspin:
ESPN confirms digitally altering a clip of NBA player Damian Lillard from 2020 and posting the new video after the Bucks' opening night win against Philadelphia
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Meta plans to offer an ad-free option for Instagram and Facebook in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, charging €9.99/month on the web or €12.99/month on mobile