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10:45 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
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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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
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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
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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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
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Paramount Global's UK network Channel 5 pulled a documentary on Thames flooding after allegations a historian posted racist and homophobic social media messages
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
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