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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: CNN CEO Mark Thompson plans to combine newsgathering into one TV-and-digital unit, and outlines his vision for subscriptions and improving mobile video — New CNN Boss Shakes Up News Operations, Explores Digital Subscription Model One combined unit will serve TV, streaming and digital platforms …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN names longtime executive Virginia Moseley as the network's first executive editor; CNN's international news chief Mike McCarthy will be managing editor — Months after being named the new CEO of CNN Worldwide, Mark Thompson on Wednesday unveiled his strategy for bringing the decades-old cable new network for the digital era.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a note to staff, Condé Nast announces it is bringing Pitchfork into the GQ organization, and lays off Pitchfork EIC Puja Patel and some Pitchfork employees — Pitchfork editor-in-chief Puja Patel will depart the company in the consolidation. — It's the end of an era for Pitchfork.
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Nico Grant / New York Times:
Email: Google plans to cut 100 employees from YouTube's operations and creator management teams; a source says YouTube employs 7,173 people — The layoffs are part of efforts by the video platform's parent company, Google, to trim costs and bureaucracy as it embraces artificial intelligence.
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James Hale / Tubefilter:
Internal memo: YouTube is restructuring its creator management teams, including consolidating various sports, media, film, and TV teams into a single team — YouTube's partnerships side is undergoing its first corporate restructuring in a decade-one that'll see changes to the creator management …
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The Information, Variety, Fox Business and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
Miranda Green / The Guardian:
Floodlight investigation: Alabama Power and its foundation fund local news outlets to control narrative around high electric bills and utility-related pollution — A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper.
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@floodlightnews, @mirandacgreen, @sammy_roth, @byrontau, @mirandacgreen, @mirandacgreen and @mirandacgreen
Wendy Kaur / Elle:
A profile of, and interview with, Kaitlan Collins on becoming a CNN anchor at age 31, having no regrets about her May 2023 Trump town hall, and more — At age 31, Collins is one of the youngest anchors—and fiercest reporters—in CNN history, with loyal viewers tuning in every weeknight …
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@hameturgeman, Fox News, @dylanbyers, @jeremymbarr, @jdawsey1 and The Wrap
Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:
Fairly Trained, a nonprofit founded by ex-Stability AI VP Ed Newton-Rex, will give certification labels to AI companies that get consent for their training data — New system seeks to create a sort of ‘organic’ or ‘fair trade’ label for AI. — A new initiative will evaluate …
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
A group of 20 prominent screen trade organizations ask governments around the world to enact regulations ensuring that streamers invest more in local content — The joint plea — hailing from production bodies in Europe, Canada, Australasia and Latin America — comes as streaming services …
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The Guardian
Abigail Summerville / Reuters:
LiveRamp, which helps match up customer datasets for brands and advertisers, agrees to acquire marketing data startup Habu for ~$200M in cash and stock — , a software company which helps match up customer datasets for brands, advertisers and retailers, told Reuters on Wednesday it has agreed …
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@ericfranchi, @aripap, @crumbler@threads.net, Business Wire, Business Insider and @tkawaja, more at Techmeme »
BreAnna Bell / Variety:
Amazon and Tastemade sign a multi-year first-look deal to produce unscripted lifestyle content, including 15 new shows for Prime Video and Amazon Freevee — Amazon and Tastemade have signed a multi-year first look deal to produce unscripted lifestyle content.
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The Desk, Nate Rea on LinkedIn, Emily Sweet on LinkedIn, Next TV, Media Play News and Cord Cutters News
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Amazon now lets US users create AI-generated backgrounds using Alexa prompts on the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series — Amazon is officially rolling out the ability to create AI-generated images on Fire TV devices. Starting today, the feature is available …
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Joshua Danovitz on LinkedIn, 9to5Google, Cord Cutters News and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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