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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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TechCrunch, Tumblr Staff, Tumblr, @darnell@one.darnell.one and @researchbuzz@researchbuzz …, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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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.
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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.
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Bloomberg and The Messenger
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.
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@newsjennifer and @keitholbermann
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at Pulman's Weekly News, a small news outlet in Devon, UK, that is trying out Facebook subscriptions, gaining 500 who pay £3.49/month in under a month — One publisher trying out subscriptions on the platform thinks it could benefit others too.
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