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6:10 PM ET, March 6, 2024

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
News sites are closing due to the collapse of programmatic ad revenue; a case study of Talking Points Memo shows how subscriptions kept the site in business  —  Over the years I've written about structural problems in the digital news industry, often driven by the growth of platform monopolies and other issues.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
An interview with LinkedIn EIC Dan Roth on investing in journalism and news, work with over 400 news publishers globally, launching a podcast network, and more  —  - Unlike Facebook and X, traffic referrals to news publishers have increased slightly from LinkedIn over the past three years, per Similarweb.
Hayden Field / CNBC:
Patronus AI releases CopyrightCatcher and says OpenAI's GPT-4 produced copyrighted content on 44% of prompts in its test of AI models for copyright infringement  —  - Patronus AI, an AI model evaluation company founded by ex-Meta researchers, on Wednesday released research showcasing …
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Dish Media announces it has formed an advertising partnership with streaming service Philo, letting Dish Media clients purchase Philo's addressable ad inventory  —  Dish Media has formed a strategic, advertising-driven partnership with wallet-friendly general entertainment streaming service Philo, the companies announced on Wednesday.
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Will Shanklin / Engadget:
Twitch details its 2024 plans, including redesigning its mobile app for the first time since 2019 to add mod tools, the ability to upload short videos, and more  —  It promises “a more modern, immersive viewing experience” later this year.  —  Twitch is redesigning its mobile app for the first time since 2019.
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Road & Track magazine pulls a 5,000-word article by socialist writer Kate Wagner that skewered the F1 racing scene; source: EIC Daniel Pund ordered it pulled  —  Editors for Road & Track aren't saying why they yanked Kate Wagner's story from the website shortly after it published
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CNBC expands its Make It personal finance brand with new ventures like a weekly TV series and online classes, and says Make It is its largest vertical  —  A ‘Make It’-branded TV series and an online course are among the projects in the works.  —  CNBC is expanding its presence …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Police in Azerbaijan detained about a dozen journalists after raiding offices of Toplum TV; EIC Khadija Ismayilova said no explanation for the raid was given  —  Police in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, detained about a dozen journalists from the online Toplum TV channel on March 6 after searching …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
WBD plans to shut down Rooster Teeth after failing sell the unprofitable fandom, gaming, and comedy entertainment unit, resulting in layoffs of ~150 employees  —  Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to sell shows like ‘RWBY,’ ‘Red vs. Blue’ and ‘Gen:Lock’ and will shop the Roost podcast network
Todd Spangler / Variety:
At a tech and media conference, Bob Iger says Disney is working to catch up with Netflix's tech capability and downplays the effects of activist investors  —  CEO says Nelson Peltz's activist investor proxy fight ‘designed to distract us’; reveals studio has ‘killed a few’ movie projects
 
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