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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
X posts that have link previews now display titles or headlines in the corner of the image preview, but the text size is small and long headlines get cut off — X, the platform better known as Twitter, removed headlines from posts with links a few months ago, but is now bringing them back in a new format.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Richard Beckman, president of The Messenger, announces his resignation and says January 31 will be his last day — The troubled “non partisan” news startup has seen a staff exodus over the last few months. — Richard Beckman, hard-charging president of the news site The Messenger, has resigned.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
G/O Media names Dan Hirschhorn as editor-in-chief of Quartz; Hirschhorn most recently worked for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Philadelphia Inquirer — Dan Hirschhorn, an experienced editor and digital newsroom leader, has been named editor in chief of Quartz, effective immediately.
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Donald Trump plans to forgo the CNN's GOP primary debate in favor of a town hall on Fox moderated by Fox anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum — The former president has yet to debate other Republican primary candidates. — Former President Donald Trump will participate …
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Reuters:
Hong Kong tycoon, pro-democracy advocate, and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty in his landmark trial; prosecutors laid out key allegations — Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in his landmark trial, where he is accused …
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Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
How Bluey, an Australian animated TV show for kids, became a global hit, in part due to partnerships between its production company Ludo and public broadcasters — The offbeat television show about an animated family of cattle dogs has fast become the country's most important cultural export
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J. Edward Moreno / New York Times:
The lawsuits against tech companies could shape what copyright means for AI, or simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals — The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.
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Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comscore: US and Canada box office revenue rose 20% in 2023 to cross $9B but was still below the $10B+ in 2009 and the $11B+ in every year from 2015 to 2019 — If Hollywood isn't setting off huge fireworks in celebration, it's because revenue is still down from pre-COVID times while worry looms …
GhoulsWhoCode:
Hoodline, a local news service acquired in 2020 by PR agency owner Impress3 Media, seems to have fake people of color bylining stories with automated content — Hoodline.com/Chicago appears to be using AI to generate fictional people of color to re-write aggregated news, often directly pulled from existing news sources or PR agencies.
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@so_treu
Alejandra Molina / Los Angeles Times:
A two-year NAHJ survey of investigative journalism units at 22 US newsrooms: 60% of investigative news reporters are white, 13% are Latinos, and 9% are Black — A two-year survey of 22 major metro newsrooms found that investigative news reporters and editors are overwhelmingly white.
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Julia Kollewe / The Guardian:
UK film, TV, and video game producers will get more generous tax breaks with the new tax credit system for audio-visual expenditure and video-games expenditure — Industry has said Britain could lose out to other countries, particularly in animation and special effects
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@paulino_cuevas, Telegraph, Neil Anderson on LinkedIn and GOV.UK
Bloomberg:
Filing: Baidu terminates its $3.6B acquisition of Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, as some conditions haven't been met; Joyy seeks legal advice — - Tech industry's focus has turned to generative AI now … The Beijing-based company said its $3.6 billion deal for Joyy's YY Live …
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