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4:55 AM 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

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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 — It's an increasingly familiar drama: Local authorities go after journalists and publishers of small papers, which find themselves on the First Amendment's front lines.

Discussion: @dankennedy_nu@journa.host, @d_yetter, @JaneRLaForge@mstdn.social and Media Nation

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 — After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer be available to purchase as a magazine. In a statement to The Verge, Cathy Hebert …

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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 — The executive will be president of business operations for the baseball team. — Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Havens is leaving for the big leagues.

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Mike Allen / Axios:

Sources: Simon and Schuster won a competition for Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's book on Donald Trump's “final act”, to be written after the 2024 election — Simon and Schuster won a furious competition for the deeply reported book by the two New York Times political correspondents.

Discussion: @newsjennifer, @keitholbermann and Mediaite

Wall Street Journal:

WSJ created Instagram accounts following only young gymnasts and influencers and found salacious Reels, like risqué footage of kids, shown next to big brand ads — Content served to WSJ test accounts included risqué footage of kids, overtly sexual adult videos and ads from major brands

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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 …

Discussion: @oliverdarcy@threads.net, @carnage4life@threads.net and @oliverdarcy@threads.net, more at Techmeme »

Max Goldbart / Deadline:

Source: the BBC paid a large free upfront to the episodic writers of Doctor Who, shifting away from a residual model, after Disney+ came on board as a partner — - Gaumont UK Lands Latest Channel 5 Thriller; Juno Dawson Series For Altitude; Ukrainian Anthology Sales; ZDF Kim Dotcom Drama - Global Briefs

Discussion: The Sun and Tafkar

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Tumblr plans to sunset Post+, launched in 2021 to let creators charge users a subscription to access content, in January 2024 — Tumblr is doing away with Post Plus, the feature that lets creators charge users a subscription to access their content. Starting on December 1st …

Discussion: Tumblr, @darnell@one.darnell.one and @researchbuzz@researchbuzz …

Financial Times:

The UAE's press freedom and media record are under close scrutiny after RedBird IMI, an Abu Dhabi-backed group, bids for The Telegraph's buyout — Gulf state funding RedBird IMI's bid for UK newspaper has sought to build English-speaking media assets for past 15 years

Discussion: Media Voices, DeSmog, Semafor, Talking Biz News, The Guardian and The Guardian

Jane Martinson / The Guardian:
The UK government's potential scrutiny of Abu Dhabi's role in the Telegraph purchase is welcome after its failure to do so with the Independent

Discussion: @jimpearson17@threads.net and Bloomberg

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 …

Discussion: BroadcastPro ME, Radio World and Broadband TV News

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” — “Generated material presented as ‘real’ in one film will be passed along - on the internet, in other films …

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, fired in April 2023 after admitting to inappropriate conduct, is in talks to lead RedBird's sports and entertainment investments

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YouTube rolls out Playables, which lets users play games on mobile and desktop with no need to download, for Premium users, available until March 28, 2024

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Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Russia opens a criminal case against prominent journalist Masha Gessen for allegedly spreading “false information” about Russian army's atrocities in Ukraine

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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
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Rory Smith / New York Times:
A look at Stretford Paddock and other soccer watchalongs popular in the UK, whose livestreams try to recreate the feeling of “watching the game with your mates”

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Patrick Egwu / Reuters Institute:
Q&A with Manasseh Azure Awuni, EIC of The Fourth Estate, on launching the Ghanaian nonprofit investigative journalism project, Ghana's media landscape, and more

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Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Marty Krofft, a TV producer and co-creator of popular kids TV shows like H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost, died on November 25 at age 86

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
An interview with Bloomberg's Chief Digital Officer about reaching 500K subs five years after launching a paywall, ad business, engaging with Gen Z, and more

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Yona Tr Golding / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Paul Caruana Galizia, son of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia of Malta, on writing about her death, choosing his own media career, and more

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
A look at The Gleaner, a local Kentucky newspaper, now a ghost newsroom with no full-time staff, as the loss of local papers grew to 2.5/week on average in 2023

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Samantha Subin / CNBC:
The Nasdaq falls 4%, with Meta closing down 7%, Nvidia down 6%, Amazon down 5%, and Apple down 4% as the White House say Trump's tariffs on China now total 145%

Reuters:
The cybersecurity industry is mostly quiet after Trump canceled SentinelOne's security clearances for hiring Chris Krebs; SentinelOne says it will cooperate

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI updates ChatGPT with a memory feature that references past chats for answers, rolling out to ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers, but not in the UK and EEA

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