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Casey Newton / Platformer:
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relied on web search to have their business discovered, or 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 …
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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 …
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 — New York Times reporters are circulating a draft of an open letter to Joe Kahn, criticizing the paper's top editor over comments they said were dismissive of young reporters.
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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 …
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?
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Washington Post:
Eight TikTok creators sued the US government over the law forcing a sale or ban of TikTok, arguing it violates their First Amendment rights — The lawsuit is the second legal challenge to the new law, which creators say violates their First Amendment rights.
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Anthony DePalma / New York Times:
Canadian author Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 and was referred to as “a master of the contemporary short story”, dies at 92 — Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
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Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
YouTube says it will comply with a Hong Kong court order to block 32 video links, after the government sought to ban the Glory to Hong Kong protest anthem — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube on Tuesday said it will comply with a Hong Kong court decision and block access to 32 video links deemed to be prohibited content.
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Ty Pendlebury / CNET:
Google unveils Music AI Sandbox, a suite of music tools that include the ability to create loops via text, without disclosing when it will be publicly available — Producers say the AI-generated loops can make music sound ‘more human.’ — Google has unveiled a new music-making tool …
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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.
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.
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Reddit's stock closed up 7.13% today, amid a meme stocks rally driven in part by posts on r/WallStreetBets; GameStop closed up 60.10% and AMC up 31.98% — Reddit shares popped 7% on Tuesday, climbing for a second straight day after retail traders kicked off a buying frenzy of so-called meme stocks.