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9:15 AM ET, April 11, 2024

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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The MPA announces plans to work with US Congress to enact a SOPA-like anti-piracy law; SOPA was fiercely opposed by the tech industry and failed to pass in 2012  —  The Motion Picture Association said it will work with Congress to enact an anti-piracy law similar to legislation that failed …
Jessica Jerreat / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders says Hong Kong authorities detained and deported a Taiwan-based RSF advocacy officer who had planned to cover the Jimmy Lai trial  —  A media watchdog said Wednesday that Hong Kong authorities expelled one of its officials who had arrived to cover the trial of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Axios changes strategy in response to AI: more events, a $1K/year membership program, and more subscription newsletters; Aja Whitaker-Moore will be the new EIC  —  “The premium for people who can tell you things you do not know will only grow in importance, and no machine will do that,” says Jim VandeHei, C.E.O. of Axios.
Discussion: @danprimack and @djtweets
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify is developing tools to let subscribers speed up, mash up, or edit songs, a type of playback feature; rights holders would be paid for the songs  —  Streamer is developing tools that would make it easier for fans to create custom versions of their favorite music
Jeff Jarvis / Nieman Lab:
Excerpts from an analysis of the California Journalism Preservation Act, which has yet to pass the state Senate, including its many weaknesses and alternatives  —  “If there are resources to be put to work, we must ask where those resources should come from, who should receive them, and on what basis they should be distributed."
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Richard Smirke / Billboard:
The UK parliament's CMS Committee urges the government to address “pitiful returns” for songwriters from music streaming, including changing the revenue split  —  The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is pushing for a package of reforms that would include changing the revenue split between recording and publishing.
Avi Asher-Schapiro / Context:
Unions representing animation and VFX workers plan to demand rules for how studios deploy AI, as most entertainment executives see AI displacing workers  —  What's the context?  —  Entertainment bosses see AI as a way to cut costs, but animators and visual effects workers are fighting back
 
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Voice of America:
FCCC survey: reporting conditions in China have improved since the pandemic, but foreign journalists still face visa problems, surveillance, and harassment
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Rep. Adam Schiff introduced a bill that would require companies training generative AI models to disclose all of the copyrighted work they used to do so
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK-based nonprofit newsroom Open Democracy cuts staff, citing inflation and uncertain funding; source: the cuts are expected to impact around 10 of its 52 staff
New York Times:
Simon & Schuster celebrates its 100th anniversary, as KKR's investment helps start new imprints and hire editors, while most other publishers seek to cut costs
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CBS News:
CBS News rebrands CBS News Streaming Network as CBS News 24/7 and plans to expand its programming, including CBS News Confirmed, to examine misinformation
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
AP survey: ~70% of newsroom staff used AI to help write or edit social media posts, newsletters, and headlines, and 49% said AI has already changed workflows
Discussion: Media Voices
Wall Street Journal:
Roblox partners with PubMatic to show video ads on in-game billboards to users aged 13 and over; creators that opt to show the ads will get a cut of ad revenue
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Memo: NPR Chief Content Officer Edith Chapin defends NPR's journalism and commitment to reflecting a diverse array of views, rejecting Uri Berliner's assessment