Mediagazer: Sources detail the tensions at NBC and its parent company Comcast over MSNBC's embrace of progressive politics, as NBC News strives to appeal to a mass audience (New York Times)

Casey Newton / Platformer:

AI search's arrival bodes ill for everyone who relied on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded — When Sundar Pichai took the stage at Google I/O on Tuesday morning, he said that the rise of generative artificial intelligence would provide …

Discussion: Beyond Search, @inthehands@hachyderm.io, @crumbler@threads.net, @andrewgiambrone, @slightlyoff@toot.cafe, @pranavdixit, Ezra Eeman on LinkedIn, @mike@flipboard.social, @brucel, Wired and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Discussion: 9to5Google, Engadget, @sullyomarr, @mishaalrahman, @bentossell, @kevinroose, @rowancheung, The Verge, New York Times, Associated Press, The Keyword, Ars Technica, Fast Company, @reckless1280@threads.net, @joannastern@threads.net, The Sun and BGR, more at Techmeme »

Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Google expands its SynthID watermark imprinting system to AI-generated video and text; the tool can already attempt to detect AI-generated images and audio

Discussion: Google DeepMind and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Max Tani / Semafor:

NYT reporters are circulating a draft of an open letter to Joe Kahn, criticizing the editor over recent comments they said were dismissive of young reporters — The Scoop — New York Times reporters are circulating a draft of an open letter to Joe Kahn, criticizing the paper's top editor …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @emptywheel and @meyer_hm

Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:

Sources: Jimmy Finkelstein met with potential investors to drum up interest in a new venture, which is in the planning stages, after The Messenger's failure — MESSENGER, PT. DEUX — The 76-year-old media mogul is apparently looking to clear his name after The Messenger spectacularly flopped.

Kate Knibbs / Wired:

Lineup Publishing says Deadspin will include “betting content” but insists the outlet won't become an SEO clickfarm, and restores deleted posts — The future of once-beloved sports blog Deadspin has been murky since it was acquired by an unknown company called Lineup Publishing in March.

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Q&A with Nicholas Kristof on how security for foreign correspondents has changed, the need for more reporting and less punditry, protecting sources, and more — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.

David Bauder / Associated Press:

An interview with veteran entertainment journalist Jed Rosenzweig about LateNighter, his news site and newsletter launched in February to follow late-night TV — At first glance, Jed Rosenzweig's new venture would seem like a fool's errand: launching a digital news site during brutal economic times …

New York Times:

Sources detail the tensions at NBC and its parent company Comcast over MSNBC's embrace of progressive politics, as NBC News strives to appeal to a mass audience — NBC's leaders have been forced to grapple with how to square its cable news network's embrace of progressive politics with the company's straight-news operation.

Discussion: @jeffjarvis

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:

Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6% — Nielsen has launched a new tool to better monitor the ongoing streaming wars. Say hello to the Media Distributor Gauge …

Discussion: Nielsen, Adweek, AdExchanger, Radio & Television …, Amit Ghorawat on LinkedIn, Brian Fuhrer on LinkedIn, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal and Forbes

Michael Schneider / Variety:

Streamers are ordering linear-esque content, like procedurals and sitcoms, with 15- or 16-episode seasons, as they seek to avoid churn and emulate broadcasters — There's a reason the most successful night of primetime used to be branded “Must See TV.” In the late 1990s, NBC's “ER” …

Clara Aberneithie / Press Gazette:

Interviews with journalists from BBC Russia, BBC Persia, and BBC Arabic about BBC World Service's 310 exiled journalists, fighting censorship, and more — How are BBC World Service stories reaching audiences in authoritarian states and how do journalists report when exiled?

Discussion: @bluechalkmedia

Nidhi Subbaraman / Wall Street Journal:

Fake studies have flooded publishers of scientific journals, resulting in retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue; Wiley plans to close 19 journals — Wiley to shutter 19 more journals, some tainted by fraud — Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals …

Discussion: The Overspill, @ianrosewrites@scicomm.xyz, @Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net and @cbecker@hci.social

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

Adam Mosseri says Threads “recently rolled out” its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook's network for a few months — Meta's newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook's network for a few months.

Discussion: @mosseri@threads.net and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »