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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitch streamers are growing their audiences as they stream student protests, and some viewers and protesters see them as more trustworthy than traditional news — Live-streamers are amassing audiences through real-time coverage of student encampments and police crackdowns.
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@taylorlorenz, @91tophtwitch, @brethamilton, @brethamilton and @taylorlorenz
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Matt Cooper / University of Oregon:
A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement — The popular app Twitch, created to livestream video game action, is redefining journalism as it becomes a source for news, University of Oregon research found.
Discussion:
@kennysmith@mstdn.social, Maxwell Foxman on LinkedIn and Taylor & Francis
Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place — Gaza is one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist, according to Reporters Without Borders
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RSF, Iran International, @thatbenloh, @simongerman600, @ramabdu, @kajakallas, Brendon Craigie on LinkedIn, Sabrina Hastings Mela on LinkedIn, @voanews, @emilybell, @farhip, ICIJ, Voice of America, The Guardian, Press Gazette, @michellemanafy@journa.host, News/Media Alliance, Journalism.co.uk and Newslaundry
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Reuters:
Al Jazeera source and Israeli official: police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office, following a government shutdown order — Israeli police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office on Sunday following a government decision …
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Semafor, @fpaispal, Haaretz, Al Jazeera, Variety, Associated Press, The Guardian, @unhumanrights, Mediaite, Financial Times, @brianstelter, CNN, Committee to Protect …, @phil_lewis_, @baekdal, @pressfreedom, @tparsi, @ajenglish, @alon_mizrahi, @hadas_gold, @ajenglish, @ussamamakdisi, The Hill, @seamus_malek, Reclaim The Net, @LiamOMaraIV@mastodon.social and Deadline
SWI swissinfo.ch:
Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF plan to drastically reduce their communications on X, saying they aren't reaching their target audience on the platform — Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF are drastically reducing their communications via the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Discussion:
@swissinfo_en and @marcel@waldvogel.family
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Some publishers plan to keep testing Google's Privacy Sandbox but won't allocate further resources to it, as Google delays cookie deprecation from Chrome again — Publishers could see the writing on the wall when it came to Google's announcement that it was delaying cookie deprecation from Chrome yet again.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates — - The new suits add heft to the Times' claims. … Several other large news publishers, including the Financial Times …
Discussion:
@sarafischer, Peter Csathy on LinkedIn, Digimentors on LinkedIn and New Republic, more at Techmeme »
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Chinese-owned media stopped submissions to Asia's highest-profile journalism prize SOPA due to Chinese government pressure to avoid foreign “collusion” — Outlets stop SOPA submissions under pressure to avoid foreign ‘collusion’ — Nationalists have attacked Chinese media …
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@williamyang120, @williamyang120, @elimeixler, @kanghexin and @joemosch
Yun Li / CNBC:
Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold its entire Paramount stake and “lost quite a bit of money”; Berkshire owned 63.3M shares of Paramount as of the end of 2023 — WATCH NOW — Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold its entire Paramount stake and ‘lost quite a bit of money’
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Bloomberg, @richlightshed, @thetranscript_, @joecarlsonshow, @tvgrimreaper, Deadline, Quartz, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, @mgsiegler@threads.net and Reuters
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen — Artificial intelligence has changed filmmaking a lot over the past year, even though the technology is just getting started. But first...
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New York Post, @nemperez, @semil, Fortune and IndieWire, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition — After months of M&A talks, Paramount Global and controlling shareholder Shari Redstone might be going it alone after all.
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New York Times, New York Times, @willsun_1, CNBC, The Wrap, Quartz, Financial Times, Rich Greenfield on LinkedIn, Reuters, Reuters, Variety and The Information
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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3
Discussion:
The Information, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Advanced Television, Wall Street Journal, @sherman4949, Inside Radio, Associated Press, Yahoo Finance, The Guardian, Liz Spaulding on LinkedIn, ComingSoon.net, Media Play News, Radio & Television …, Financial Times and CNBC
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming — Musk emails with details on AI-powered news inside X. An AI bot will summarize news and commentary, sometimes looking through tens of thousands of posts per story.
Discussion:
Social Media Today, CoinGape, @kantrowitz, @brianstelter, @pkafka, @scobleizer, @kurtwagner8, @thekenyeung, @mcculloughirvin, @nxthompson, @chrismoranuk, @hshaban, @hshaban, @hshaban, @iethics, CoinGape, Bloomberg, @nzpom.com, @krveale.bsky.social, @anthonyintx.bsky.social, @avishaybsg.bsky.social, Business Insider, @born2bemild.bsky.social, @notgareth.bsky.social, @mjpaul.bsky.social, @caprine.bsky.social, @emmiehine@dair-community …, @Kierkegaanks@beige.party, @nateschenkkan.bsky.social, @kilgoretrout.bsky.social, @getwired.bsky.social, @smartsmears.bsky.social, @blackamazon.bsky.social, @legalba.bsky.social, @niedermeyer.io, @LiamEgan@mstdn.ca, @firerock31@threads.net and @reneeleegreco@threads.net
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label — “The Hardest Part,” a new song from indie pop artist Washed Out, is all about love lost, among the most human of themes.
Discussion:
@ankitpr89, @vividfeverdrms, @thisisnalaa, @counternotions, @counternotions@mastodon …, @paultrillo, @realwashedout, @realwashedout, @realwashedout, @paultrillo, @realwashedout, @paultrillo, @realwashedout, @realwashedout, @abelowrob, @kennyle31, @carlfranzen, @paultrillo, Kamila Sultanova on LinkedIn, @billyfx.ig@threads.net, @patrickromeoau@threads.net, Mashable, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, Thred Website, No Film School, Voicebot.ai, Interesting Engineering, Stereogum, Washed Out on YouTube, Paul Trillo on Vimeo, VentureBeat, Boing Boing, r/videos and r/washedout, more at Techmeme »
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