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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Platformer is leaving Substack and migrating to Ghost, saying the outlet doesn't believe Substack will publicly commit to proactively removing pro-Nazi material — After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack. Over the next few days, the publication …
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
As deepfakes warp elections overseas, US state legislators race to enact laws, with varying penalties, requiring disclosure of the use of AI in political ads — Sophisticated political deepfakes have warped elections overseas. Can U.S. legislators act fast enough to make A.I. campaign ads more transparent?
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Semafor and @votepenelope, more at Techmeme »
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI CEO Jeff Zucker met Ofcom officials to make a last pitch and win them over RedBird's Telegraph takeover, ahead of a crucial Ofcom report — Jeff Zucker meets Ofcom ahead of its report on whether takeover backed by Abu Dhabi cash should proceed
Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:
A US judge orders Trump to pay $392,638 in legal fees to The New York Times over a “frivolous” 2021 lawsuit he brought against NYT and three of its reporters — A New York state judge ordered former President Donald Trump to pay The New York Times a six-figure legal fee …
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The Wrap, The Daily Beast, CBS News, Boing Boing, @wjcarter, @susannecraig, @katiephang, @jason_kint, @markjacob16 and @susannecraig
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
A look at TikTok's dogged e-commerce push by subsidizing sales and promoting sellers in user feeds, as ad sales weaken and social media stagnates — It was supposed to be a test. Suddenly hundreds of people were watching. What's going on here? — Over the last four months …
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@svzwood, @jwherrman, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, James Hirst on LinkedIn and Bloomberg
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN, Fox, and MSNBC carried Trump's conference after his NY fraud trial live, a reminder of his media advantage and readiness to exploit his trials — The coverage was a stark reminder that the former president's legal troubles offer an outsize media platform as he pursues the Republican nomination.
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Mediaite, Reuters, Adweek, Vanity Fair, Associated Press, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hill and Forbes
Tom Gerken / BBC:
Many prominent voice actors say they weren't told about the SAG-AFTRA's deal with Replica Studios setting out how AI-generated voices can be used in video games — Prominent voice actors say they weren't told about a landmark deal setting out how voices generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in games.
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@charalanahzard, @bluehorizon186, @yongyea, @g0ffthew, @andrethetruth, @eliastoufexis, SAG-AFTRA, gamedeveloper, NME, Decrypt, The Verge and GamesHub
Neha Gupta / WAN-IFRA:
Project Oasis, a research initiative focusing on european digital-native media outlets, finds those with sales staff average 6x more revenue than those without — Digital native companies with dedicated sales teams and solid gender diversity are more successful than those that do not …
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@nehahaz
Sportico:
Sources: Laurene Powell Jobs is looking to sell half of her stake, or about 10%, in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, owner of the Monumental Sports Network — Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs is looking to sell a chunk of her stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment …
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@novy_williams, @novy_williams and @dylanbyers
Bloomberg:
Sources: Universal Music Group plans to cut hundreds of jobs in Q1 2024, as revenue growth slows; in 2022, the company had about 10K employees — - Brunt of firings will fall on the recorded music division — CEO Lucian Grainge talked about impending cuts in October
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Billboard, Reuters, Variety and @lucas_shaw
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: Cheddar News is hanging on by a thin thread, with no more than a half-dozen or so editorial staffers, down from a couple dozen in December 2023 — Not too long ago, on the 25th and 26th floors of the One State Street tower in lower Manhattan, a vibrant newsroom existed.
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@oliverdarcy@threads.net and Talking Biz News
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the post-election battle over Poland's state-run media, as the new moderate government aims to dismantle the hard right party's media legacy — A little over a year ago, Civic Platform, then the main opposition party in Poland, proposed a bill aimed at doing away …
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Bloomberg, @jon_allsop, Fox News, American Press Institute and New York Times
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sources: Pixar may lay off up to 20% of its workforce; Pixar says that number is too high and that the layoffs are not imminent, but will occur later in 2024 — Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed.
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