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12:50 PM ET, November 28, 2023

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Maggie Harrison / Futurism:
Sources: Sports Illustrated published AI-generated articles by fake authors with AI-generated headshots; the outlet now deleted the articles and author pages  —  There was nothing in Drew Ortiz's author biography at Sports Illustrated to suggest that he was anything other than human.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group says SI's articles by allegedly fake writers came from AdVon Commerce and that it has ended its partnership with AdVon
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: Paramount and WBD stopped posting under certain corporate handles on X due to brand safety concerns; Disney-affiliated X accounts have also gone dark  —  The exodus from X is bleeding beyond just major advertisers.  —  In recent days, a number of prominent media brands …
Reuters:
Azerbaijan summons US, French, and German envoys for “illegal financial operations” supporting news outlet Abzas Media, which saw three staff arrested last week  —  Police in Azerbaijan on Tuesday arrested Aziz Orujev, head of the Kanal 13 internet television channel …
Reuters:
Source: Rupert Murdoch is set to be deposed today and Wednesday as part of the Smartmatic defamation case against Fox Corp  —  Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp …
Discussion: The Hill, CNBC and The Messenger
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour crosses $250M at the global box office, with $178.2M in North America and $71.8M overseas, and now stands at 19 on the global chart  —  The concert pic — costing a mere $15 million to make — is one of the most successful and profitable titles of the year.
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Russia extends the detention of WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich for a third time to January 30  —  RIGA, Latvia — A Moscow court on Tuesday extended the detention of the Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich until at least Jan. 30, prolonging his imprisonment since March on charges of spying …
New York Times:
How Taiwan uses international media literacy partnerships, fact checkers, and more to fight Chinese disinformation ahead of its January presidential election  —  Ahead of a presidential election in January, Taiwanese fact checkers and watchdogs say they are ready for Beijing.  But they are still worried.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Messenger
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Studios expands BBC Podcasts Premium, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts, to 166 new countries, offering early and ad-free listening to its podcasts  —  BBC Podcasts Premium, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts, aims to offer “the very best of our audio journalism and storytelling …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Discussion: Media Voices
Temur Durrani / Globe and Mail:
Toronto-based venture fund Good Future plans to buy a majority stake in Canadian tech industry publication BetaKit  —  ////Two former leaders from Shopify Inc. are set to become the majority shareholders of tech-industry publication BetaKit and establish a new advisory board to maintain …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple says Crime Junkie was the most popular US show of 2023 on Apple Podcasts, followed by The NYT's The Daily, Dateline NBC, SmartLess, and This American Life  —  Apple has announced the most popular podcasts of 2023 — and true crime once again leads the pack.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Apple
 
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BreAnna Bell / Variety:
Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan's Trending media company hires Mina Lefevre, ex-Meta's head of development and programming, as its chief content officer of TV
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Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
Archival Producers Alliance, a group of 100+ documentarians, calls for generative AI guardrails, citing the danger of “forever muddying the historical record”
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Popular Science drops its magazine product, which became all digital in 2021; it will continue to offer articles on its website and a PopSci Plus subscription
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How US local authorities are going after journalists and publishers of small papers like Alabama's Atmore News, emboldened by local media's financial decline
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Scott Havens, who became Bloomberg Media CEO in January 2022 after Justin Smith's exit, leaves to become president of business operations for The New York Mets