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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Over a dozen Jewish celebrities and creators confronted TikTok executives on a call, urging them to do more to address antisemitism and harassment on the app — TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content. “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call.
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New York Times, @mattnavarra@threads.net, @LALegault@newsie.social and KTSM-TV, more at Techmeme »
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
TikTok removes videos promoting Osama Bin Laden's “Letter to America” that justified the 9/11 attacks, but calls reports that they were trending “inaccurate” — - George Santos “Blatantly Stole From His Campaign” And Deceived Donors, House Ethics Committee Report Says; Congressman Won't Seek Reelection
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The Guardian takes down the full text of Osama Bin Laden's 2002 letter criticizing US support of Israel, after TikTok users shared the letter out of context
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Study: there are ~6,000 local newspapers left in the US, down from 8,891 in 2005; 4,790 publish weekly and 204 counties, or 6.4%, don't have a local news outlet — The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
How The Washington Post decided to publish an extremely graphic report on mass shootings, aiming to show the brutality and devastation and avoid desensitization — ‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post's executive editor told Poynter.
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Washington Post, Washington Post, Business Insider, Newser, @ZhiZhu@newsie.social, Nieman Lab, Politico, @philiprucker, @xankarn@mastodon.online, @lexfri@hachyderm.io, @mateagold, @karlaadam, @clarajeffery, @samstein, @alexanderrusso, @philiprucker, Mediaite, @greendesignek@mstdn.social, @therobburgessshow …, @cakitchener, @KimPerales@toad.social, @SeanCasten@mastodon.social, @ArtSmart@mas.to and @samstein
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
IBM suspends its advertising on X after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, Xfinity, and NBCU's Bravo alongside pro-Nazi material — Tech company's move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino's efforts to convince brands Elon Musk's platform is safe
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Variety, Reuters, The Atlantic, Daily Mail, MarketWatch, Fox Business, The Verge, @eusisdm, @mshannahmurphy, Media Matters for America and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Dan Sheehan / Literary Hub:
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Boyer resigns as The New York Times Magazine's poetry editor, calling out “ghoulish euphemisms” about Palestinians' suffering — It's been a hell of a 24 hours for writers demonstrating moral courage. — Last night at the National Book Awards …
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ned Blackhawk wins the National Book Award for nonfiction and Justin Torres wins for fiction; 12+ nominees issue a statement seeking an Israel-Hamas cease-fire — Justin Torres' novel “Blackouts,” a daring and illustrated narrative that blends history and imagination in its recounting …
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Zibby's Highlights, Publishers Weekly, Vulture, Literary Hub, Publishers Weekly, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and NPR
Will Knight / Wired:
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
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YouTube Official Blog, NBC 7 San Diego, Pamala Billman on LinkedIn, YouTube on YouTube, The Daily Beast, @keunwoochoi, Karthika Periyathambi on LinkedIn, @pushmeet, Kevin Ferguson on LinkedIn, @vaibhavk97, Amanda Carl on LinkedIn, @mealreplacer, TechCrunch, Deepti Jasti on LinkedIn, @andrewcurran_, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, The Wrap, @andrewcurran_, @jannespijkervet, Elijah Adefope on LinkedIn, @catalinacangea, The Verge, Gizmodo, @sedielem, Vadim Lavrusik on LinkedIn, Variety, @giffmana, CMU, Music Ally and Billboard, more at Techmeme »
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube updates its guidelines to allow monetizing videos that display nudity while breastfeeding if a child is present, non-sexually graphic dancing, and more — YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity …
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Creator Insider on YouTube, Tubefilter and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How Audacy's ~$1.5B bet on CBS Radio backfired: radio is struggling, podcasts and streaming audio did not make enough revenue to replace lost ad sales, and more — - Field family gambled, lost on $1.5 billion CBS Radio merger — Young listeners and sponsors bailing on struggling industry
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Kayla Wassell / Cord Cutters News:
Samsung updates TV Plus with a dedicated music destination, a Best of Kids section, and more news coverage, and says the app's global viewership is up 60% YoY — Samsung TV Plus released a slew of new channels, titles, and an extensive product update to help find new content on the free platform.
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The Streamable, Samsung Newsroom, Takashi Nakano on LinkedIn and Media Play News
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
An interview with Newsquest CEO Henry Faure Walker about bucking the regional press decline, paywalls, AI experiments, subscriptions, local ad sales, and more — Online paywalls, AI experiments and local ad sales all came up in the rare interview. — The chief executive …
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@pressgazette, @bgrueskin, Jody Doherty-Cove on LinkedIn and Henry Faure Walker on LinkedIn
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A group of 10 staff members at podcast company Pushkin Industries unionizes through the WGA East, and management voluntarily recognizes the proposed unit — The unionization effort comes amid a broader retrenchment in the podcasting market
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