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12:40 AM ET, May 19, 2024

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CNN:
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, dies at 58  —  Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died.  She was 58.
The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut  —  News avatars are proliferating on social media and experts say they will spread as the technology becomes more accessible
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Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel  —  Fresh revelations suggest that the scandalous behaviour at London-based Murdoch newspapers was wider and deeper than previously believed
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
How bots monopolizing DeviantArt's promotional and revenue apparatuses and the platform's unwillingness to address the issue are driving artists to abandon it  —  Once a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great.
Discussion: elena, more at Techmeme »
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: WBD continues to hold talks with the NBA about keeping the rights, but it's more likely the league signs papers with NBCUniversal, forcing WBD to match  —  Whether it's two people in a marriage or a company and a sports league, it's not easy to break up a 40-year partnership.
BBC:
Tony O'Reilly, one of Ireland's leading businessmen, who had owned the Independent, Belfast Telegraph, and over 100 newspapers, dies at 88 after a short illness  —  Tony O'Reilly, the former owner of the Independent and Belfast Telegraph newspapers, has died in Dublin following a short illness.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A profile of Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, who led the company's successful crackdown on password sharing and is now pushing a focus on live programming  —  Now all he's got to figure out is live programming, sports, gaming, pricing and, oh, advertising.  —  In mid-February, Greg Peters …
New York Times:
Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs  —  The two companies have expressed interest in acquiring the media conglomerate, but are backing away from their $26 billion all-cash offer.
Hayley Wong / South China Morning Post:
The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release  —  - Zhang Zhan, arrested in 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date, advocates say
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more  —  “So much of the media coverage — and the trial itself — started at the point at which we've determined that [Lucy] …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries  —  Reddit announced on Wednesday that it is reintroducing its awards system after shutting down the program last year.
Discussion: The Verge and r/reddit
Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before  —  Major League Baseball's Sunday morning package on Roku, called “Sunday Leadoff,” is worth a total of $30 million over three years …
Discussion: @tvgrimreaper and Awful Announcing
 
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts
Emily Tomasik / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views
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CNN's Reliable Sources:
Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released
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
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to OpenAI tools including ChatGPT via Reddit's Data API and to add AI features to Reddit; RDDT is up 12%+
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
 

 
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Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico:
Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades

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