Mediagazer: 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 (Simon Owens/Simon Owens's Media Newsletter)

6:40 AM ET, November 8, 2023

Top News:

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

Discussion: 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.

Discussion: @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

Discussion: 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 …

Discussion: @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 …

Discussion: 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?

Discussion: @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

Discussion: The CW Network on LinkedIn, @ceehawk, @vick_8122, @itsgresh, TV Insider, TVLine, Bleeding Cool News, Variety, Sportico, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, The Wrap and Cord Cutters News

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.

Discussion: @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

Discussion: Reuters, Press Gazette, @rachelmcgrath, @nujofficial, @joshi, @gareth_davies09, @joshneicho, National Union of Journalists …, @taj_ali1, @josiahmortimer, Telegraph, London Evening Standard and HoldtheFrontPage

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 …

Discussion: @rollingstone, @vernam, @noahshachtman, @urocklive1, @brianstelter, @mealfitforaking, @melissajpeltier, @aidnmclaughlin, New Republic and Fox News

Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Brian Stelter: Fox didn't approve of Tucker Carlson's 2021 Hungary trip, where he fawned over PM Viktor Orbán; Fox moved Jeanine Pirro to The Five to demote her

Discussion: The Hill, Barrett News Media and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: MediaNama, Crikey, @digichelle@hachyderm.io, @gartenberg, VentureBeat, @harrymccracken@mastodon …, @ajcousins.bsky.social, @timbray@cosocial.ca and Futurism, more at Techmeme »

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.

Discussion: Engadget, @davidclinchnews, @googleads, Alasdair Johnstone on LinkedIn, The Verge, The Keyword and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bloomberg Media passes 500K subscribers, up from 425K in 2022; 60% of the subscribers are in the US, 20% in Europe and the Middle East, and 20% in Asia-Pacific

Discussion: @sumerki8, @sarafischer, Stephen Schwartz on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News

Diana Fuentes / Investigative Reporters & Editors:
Phil Meyer, an early proponent of using data analysis for investigative journalism and a former Knight Chair of Journalism at UNC, died on November 4 at 93

Discussion: @palewire, @campbellronaldw, @brizzyc, @scobleizer, @ire_nicar, @shanbow, @nataliesekicky, @srabil, @nixonron, @fvaraorta, @ichinoy, @digiphile, @maryjowebster and Shannan Bowen on LinkedIn

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Amazon sells out its ad inventory for Thursday Night Football games slated for November 16 and November 30, and plans to open those games to non-Prime members

Discussion: @tvgrimreaper, @bristei and GQ

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Peter Chernin's North Road Company acquires a “significant stake” in Questlove and Black Thought's film and TV production company Two One Five Entertainment

Discussion: The Wrap, Reuters, Deadline, Variety and WORLD SCREEN

Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Crunchyroll debuts Game Vault, offering five mobile games for free to subscribers of its two higher-cost tiers, and promises a “new wave of titles coming soon”

Discussion: Advanced Television, @crunchyroll, @loudmouthjulia, @rogue_wave7, @carnage4life@mas.to, @pogue.omg.lol, VentureBeat, IGN, Variety and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »

Earlier Picks:

Doug Greenberg / Front Office Sports:
The US Soccer League and CBS sign a deal to broadcast 100 games annually through 2027 across CBS' platforms, the first time that network TV will air USL matches

Discussion: Paramount Press Express, @uslchampionship, @steelarmy, The Desk, Court Jeske on LinkedIn, Awful Announcing, The Streamable, USL Championship, World Soccer Talk, Associated Press, CBSSports.com and The Guardian

Chloe Cornish / Financial Times:
Omdia predicts India will be the world's fastest growing digital economy through 2027; YouTube's video ad revenue in the country grew 20% YoY to ~$690M in 2022

Discussion: The Information, @pressgazette and @jyots43, more at Techmeme »

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Four former Kotaku employees launch Aftermath, a subscription-based video games and culture website with an ownership model inspired by outlets like Defector

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
European Parliament lawmakers approve political ad rules forcing Meta, Google, and others to clearly label such ads, who paid, how much, and for which elections

Discussion: Euractiv, EUobserver, European Commission, CCIA, Euractiv and Council of the EU

From Techmeme:

CNBC:
OpenAI closes a $40B round, the most raised by a private tech company, at a $300B post-money valuation; SoftBank led with $30B; source: ~$18B is for Stargate

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
OpenAI's new GPT-4o-powered image generator is now available to all users; Sam Altman last week mentioned a limit of three images per day for free-tier users

Sean Endicott / Windows Central:
Microsoft expands Copilot+ PC features exclusive to Snapdragon, like Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image, and Image Creator, to PCs with AMD or Intel chips

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