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Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to require advertisers to disclose running political ads with media altered by AI or other software, starting in early 2024, ahead of the US election — Facebook parent said new policy to go into effect beginning next year, ahead of U.S. presidential primaries
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Insider, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, The Hill, The Verge, New York Times, Engadget, Search Engine Journal, The San Diego Union-Tribune, CNN, MediaPost and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Nature retracts a high-profile paper on the discovery of a superconductor, the second paper by Ranga P. Dias retracted by the journal in just over a year — It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted.
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@ionerrea, @dangaristo, Nature, Las Vegas Review-Journal and TechCrunch
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
The UK's ITV reports revenue up 1% YoY to £2.98B, ad revenue down 7% YoY, ITV Studios revenue up 9% YoY to £1.52B, and digital revenue up 23% YoY to £340M — - Brit List 2023 Revealed: Family Adventure Feature On Dyslexic School Kid Sent To Stay With ‘Super Gran’ Tops List
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Advanced Television and Financial Times
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
How the Financial Times, The New York Times, Vox, The Times of India, CNN en Español, and other news publishers are using WhatsApp Channels to share news — We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India …
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@ishaantharoor, @niemanlab, @hanaatameez, @damianradcliffe, David Cohn on LinkedIn and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter:
A look at the Sunday Long Read, a newsletter launched in 2015 that curates longform online journalism, and now has 25K+ subscribers and commissions its stories — Don Van Natta Jr. and Jacob Feldman grew the newsletter to over 25,000 subscribers. … The entire genesis of the Sunday Long Read newsletter …
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Media Voices, @dvnjr and @jacobfeldman4
Anna Holmes / New Yorker:
Jezebel's founder reflects on the feminist site's role, particularly women's anger expressed in its comments section, in stoking outrage culture on social media — When the feminist Web site launched, in 2007, it quickly became known for its contentious readership. What have we learned about online outrage since?
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@chrismohney, @dannygroner, @michaelluo, @emilybell, @sarahest@threads.net, @mbrauchli@threads.net and The Overspill
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
WWE's NXT will move from the USA Network to The CW in October 2024 in a new five-year deal, that sources say is over double the $15M/year current contract price — - Endeavor's TKO Group, New Home Of UFC & WWE, Reports First Quarterly Results Since Going Public This Fall
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Joan Kroc's $230M+ donation to NPR in 2003 helped the organization create an endowment, accelerate its national growth, and open new international bureaus — Was Joan B. Kroc a public radio fan? It's unclear. But the heiress of the McDonald's fortune knew how she wanted to spend her millions.
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@nishatjaan, @farhip and @jamietarabay
The Guardian:
UK publisher Reach plans to cut 450 jobs as part of proposals to trim operating costs by 5% to 6% in 2024; in January, Reach laid off 200 staff to save £30M — Reach says job losses part of plans to reduce costs by 5% to 6% in 2024 and accelerate digital-first strategy
Brian Stelter / Rolling Stone:
Messages show Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and Laura Ingraham bashing Fox's news division colleagues for admitting Trump lost; Ingraham said “THEY ARENT SMART” — In an exclusive excerpt from Brian Stelter's new book, Network of Lies, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson …
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@rollingstone, @vernam, @noahshachtman, @urocklive1, @brianstelter, @mealfitforaking, @melissajpeltier, @aidnmclaughlin, New Republic and Fox News
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Matt Growcoot / PetaPixel:
Adobe's site for stock images lists AI-generated images of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and some small outlets have used them without labeling them as AI — As fears rise over fake imagery generated by artificial intelligence flooding the internet, one of the world's leading stock photo websites …
Matt G. Southern / Search Engine Journal:
Google adds generative AI features to its Performance Max ad platform, rolling out first as a beta to all US advertisers by the end of the year — Google launches generative AI in Performance Max to help marketers easily create customized text and image ads at scale.
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Engadget, @davidclinchnews, @googleads, Alasdair Johnstone on LinkedIn, The Verge, The Keyword and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
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