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Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Scarlett Johansson says she declined an offer to voice ChatGPT and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “so eerily similar” to hers — The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Many outlets have increased reliance on Apple News+; The Daily Beast is set to make $3M-$4M from it in 2024, and Time says it delivers a 7-figure annual revenue — The Scoop — Like many digital publishers, The Daily Beast was struggling at the end of 2023.
Sky News:
UK High Court rules that Julian Assange can appeal against his extradition to the US because judges deemed US assurances insufficient — The US authorities want to put Julian Assange on trial over 18 charges, nearly all under the Espionage Act, with Monday's decision marking the latest chapter …
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Pew Research Center:
About 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are unavailable now and 8% of pages from 2023 are unavailable; 23% of news pages have at least one broken link — 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later — Table of Contents Table of Contents
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
The NFL knows it provides must-see TV, earning $75M/game from Netflix and showing games across Amazon, YouTube, Disney, Comcast, Fox, and Paramount — The two leading suitors for Paramount Global are both offering flawed deals. What will the media mogul decide?
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The Streamable, @lucas_shaw, @benfischersbj, Deadline and The Wrap
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Vox plans to launch a subscription program for $5 per month or $50 per year that gives access to exclusive content, including newsletters and a digital magazine — Vox is preparing to celebrate its 10th birthday — making a major change to its business model that reflects how digital news publishers …
Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal — Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR's CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People
Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
A look at Snap's shift towards investing aggressively in AI and AR after revamping its ad business, as it tries to adapt to changing social media habits — - Messaging app turns attention to improved, personalized tools — Company seeks to adapt to changing social media habits
Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / Reuters Institute:
Studies suggests that media coverage of AI tends to be led by industry sources and often takes their claims about the tech's potential at face value — “Research suggests that reporting tends to be led by industry sources, and often take claims at face value,” our Director Rasmus Nielsen writes
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New York Times:
The trial of Ozy founder Carlos Watson began today with jury selection; Watson is charged with trying to defraud investors to raise money for Ozy — Mr. Watson's lawyer has argued that many other media leaders lured investors with “puffing and bluffing,” and that Mr. Watson is being singled out because he is Black.
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A profile of Charlotte Behrendt, the “inspector general” of NYT's newsroom whose “prosecutorial” style in probing internal matters has rankled some journalists — Charlotte Behrendt's “prosecutorial” style in probing internal Times matters has rankled some journalists …
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@froomkin, @mlcalderone, @charlottetklein, @theferocity.bsky.social, @bgrueskin and @sidhubaba
New York Times:
In a significant shake-up, Penguin Random House dismisses Alfred A. Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon and Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas — The departures of Reagan Arthur, of Alfred A. Knopf, and Lisa Lucas, of Pantheon and Schocken, in a restructuring came as a surprise to many in the company.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Ofcom is considering a statutory sanction against GB News for “serious and repeated” breaches of impartiality rules and aims for a decision within 60 days — Broadcast regulator Ofcom has said it is considering a statutory sanction against GB News for “serious and repeated” breaches of due impartiality rules.
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