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Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits — The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...
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Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
New York's $90M employment tax credit for local news outlets currently excludes publicly traded TV and radio companies as well as nonprofit news outlets — We rely on your support to make local news available to all — Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2024. Donate today
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sony Music sends letters to 700+ AI companies, developers, and music streaming platforms warning over the “unauthorized use” of Sony's content in training AI — Music group representing Adele and Beyoncé contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney, Fox, and WBD unveil the name of their sports streaming venture: Venu Sports, whose debut is planned for fall 2024 — “We are excited to officially introduce Venu Sports, a brand that we feel captures the spirit of an all-new streaming home where sports fans outside …
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries — Gannett, the media company that owns hundreds of newspapers in the US, is launching a new program that adds AI-generated bullet points …
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Lili Bayer / The Guardian:
Some Slovakian ministers and political allies of Prime Minister Robert Fico blame the media for the attempt on Fico's life — Journalists voice concern after senior figures from ruling coalition blame independent outlets and opposition parties for incident
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner — Reddit (RDDT.N) has partnered with OpenAI to bring the social media platform's content to popular chatbot ChatGPT …
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13 — - “We look forward to the Trump campaign accepting one of these dates so that the full debate calendar for this campaign can be set,” the Biden campaign said.
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The Hollywood Reporter:
AI in film is on display at Cannes, as one distributor showcases AI dubbing and the movie Putin uses AI to re-create Putin's face over the body of an actor — Despite the recent labor actions to combat it, Hollywood has already started using artificial intelligence, presenting the industry …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Meta starts testing TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads that are stacked in a column interface on the web, available to selected users — Meta is starting to test a TweetDeck-like experience for Threads today. It will allow Threads users to create customizable feeds that are stacked …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok is testing 60-minute videos, which would let media companies post full TV show episodes and put TikTok in even more direct competition with YouTube — TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday.
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Financial Times:
A look at the competing Paramount bids from David Ellison's Skydance, backed by RedBird and KKR, and Apollo and Sony, a fight over surviving the streaming era — The tussle for the venerable studio has been billed as the money men against the creatives, but the outcome may help decide who survives in the streaming era
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with the NFL to stream two new Christmas Day games this season, and “at least one game” in 2025 and in 2026 — The streaming giant lands the league's two new Christmas Day games, beginning this season. — Netflix will stream live NFL games, beginning this season.
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