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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Sources describe internal discontent about CNN's Gaza coverage and complaints about editorial policies preferring Israeli claims over Palestinian perspectives — Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News confirms that President Biden will not do a pre-game Super Bowl interview with CBS, the second year in a row that he has turned down the opportunity — An interview with the U.S. President in the hours before the Super Bowl has become a tradition in recent decades.
Financial Times:
Microsoft strikes an AI deal with Semafor for a breaking news feed called Signals; Ben Smith says it will be written by journalists, using AI as a research tool — Collaboration comes as tech giant faces multibillion-dollar lawsuit from the New York Times Microsoft is working with media start …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
How Condé Nast bought and destroyed Pitchfork by absorbing its creative teams and trying to fit it into the audience-driven terms of programmatic ad sales — The News — In 2015, Condé Nast was nearing a deal to buy the music site Pitchfork, its first major editorial acquisition in years.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Last week's earnings showed signs of an ad market turnaround, with Meta's ad sales up 24% YoY, Amazon's ad business growing 27%, and Google's ad business up 11% — - The digital advertising market appears to be on the upswing based on quarterly results last week from Alphabet, Meta and Amazon.
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Politico reshuffles its six-strong London Playbook newsletters team ahead of an expected UK general election; Politico's UK staff has grown 3x since Dec. 2022 — Politico has more than tripled its London staffing since December 2022. — Politico has reshuffled the six-strong team writing …
Discussion:
@charlesarthur and @pressgazette
Politico:
Mayor of Dearborn says police increased their presence as a “direct result” of a WSJ opinion piece that described the Michigan city as “America's jihad capital” — The move is in response to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece. — DEARBORN, Mich. — Dearborn …
Discussion:
Detroit Free Press, @deanobeidallah, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Newser and CBS News
Financial Times:
Sources: the UK shelved plans to publish rules on the training of AI models using copyrighted material, after artists and tech groups failed to agree terms — Government-led talks stall as artists and tech groups fail to agree terms over access to copyrighted work
Discussion:
Antreas Athanassopoulos on LinkedIn and CMU, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
UK-based Reach strikes a deal with Amazon for “contextual” first-party data to target online ads, as the media industry adapts to the end of third-party cookies — Media sector scrambles to deal with fallout from phase out of cross-website trackers
Discussion:
Jamie Drucker on LinkedIn, @katebevan, Search Engine Land, @rasmus_kleis and @baekdal
Financial Times:
A look at the potential deal between Skydance and Shari Redstone's National Amusements, as a tough media industry landscape forces Redstone to consider offers — Interest from Skydance and other bidders could split shareholders in studio behind ‘The Godfather’
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
How the creator economy is forcing writers and artists to build personal brands and become influencers, making many artists uncomfortable and feel like sellouts — So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok? — When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal …
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AdExchanger, @maclethal@threads.net, @kbeninato@mstdn.party, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, @damianogerli@mastodon.social, @LAGilman@raggedfeathers.com, @lilithsaintcrow …, Caitlin Dewey on LinkedIn, @jon@gruene.social, @taimanzano, @caerickson, @98migrocha, @greenlitcrit, @iamlouislaroche, @ramzeerawkz, @chaykak, @pronounced_ing, @bigmeaninternet, @nmamatas, @ibrahim_m_, @molenasreddin, @rebexxxxa, @_zeets, @jonathangarelick@threads.net and @joanwestenberg@threads.net
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Freely, a free UK streaming service backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 that will deliver live TV over broadband, plans to launch in Q2 2024 — With more than half of U.K. homes expecting to watch TV exclusively via broadband by 2030, it “will bring live and on-demand content together …
Discussion:
Variety and WORLD SCREEN
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at UMG's TikTok retreat, stemming from issues like low payouts and a lack of assurances on fighting deepfakes, and TikTok's role in the music industry — We're about to find out how important TikTok is to the music industry. — Happy Grammy Sunday to those of you who celebrate.
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Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »
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