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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk tried to repair his often strained relationship with the ad industry through an appearance at the Cannes Lions, after Twitter skipped 2023's event — Elon Musk attempted to repair his often strained relationship with the advertising industry with an appearance at the Cannes Lions conference in France on Wednesday.
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
At Cannes, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says the platform is in conversations with sports leagues about producing more docuseries, like the NWSL series The Offseason — - About 70% of the conversation ahead of the Paris Olympics this summer is about women's teams, she added.
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The Guardian:
Sources: WaPo's Will Lewis advised Boris Johnson and others to “clean up” their phones during UK's COVID-era Partygate scandal in December 2021 and January 2022 — Sources' claim suggests advice by Will Lewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff
Wired:
Analysis: Perplexity seems to scrape sites using surreptitious methods, ignoring robots.txt, with a Perplexity-tied machine doing so on Wired and other sites — A WIRED investigation shows that the AI-powered search startup Forbes has accused of stealing its content is surreptitiously scraping—and making things up out of thin air.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Interviews with Ethiopian journalists who fled the country due to civil war and conflict and who remain in exile, sometimes struggling to afford food and rent — When Belete Kassa's friend and news show co-host Belaye Manaye was arrested in November 2023 and taken to the remote Awash Arba military camp known …
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
Netflix ramps up local production in Southeast Asia to attract new subscribers as US rivals pull back; Asia Pacific accounted for just ~11% of its 2023 revenue — - Streaming giant is backing big-budget shows in Indonesia — Thai production rises to 10 titles this year, from six in 2023
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@lucas_shaw, Sohee Kim on LinkedIn and The Hollywood Reporter
Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
A look at Talking Points Memo's origins, its revenue models over the years, and why “both-sides” framing is due to political journalism's economic structure — The book I'm working on now is about how the last 25 years of American politics brought our democratic republic to the brink of collapse.
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@lolgop, @bjkeefe, @joshtpm, @texmexelsa, @theprospect, @joshtpm and @jalefkowit@vmst.io
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Media:
How generative AI model providers can create business models that reward copyright holders and content creators, much like what has happened on the web — Last month, The New York Times claimed that tech giants OpenAI and Google have waded into a copyright gray area by transcribing …
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@ainemacdermot.bsky.social and Tim O'Reilly on LinkedIn
WBEZ:
Unionized journalists at WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times voted overwhelmingly for Chicago Public Media CEO Matt Moog's immediate removal, after layoffs in April — Unions for the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ criticized Matt Moog, who announced he planned to leave last year but later oversaw layoffs.
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Radio Ink, @artsjournalnews, @markjacobnews@threads.net, @laphilip and @naderdissa
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
MoffettNathanson: Q1 2024 was the worst quarter the pay-TV business has ever seen, losing 2.37M subscribers, down 6.9%, and even YouTube TV slightly shrank — - Pay TV just suffered its worst quarter in history — a stunning 6.9% drop. — The TV industry used to hope digital services …
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Nielsen, Next TV, @chrifamouamo1, @chrifamouamo1, @pkafka, @penenberg, The Overspill, @pkafka, @thatniggaephy, @nicksologist, Cord Cutters News and Awful Announcing
Lara Korte / Politico:
Snap agrees to a $15M settlement with California after a three-year probe into employees' allegations of discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment — Women who worked for the company in the last decade may be eligible for compensation. — SACRAMENTO, California …
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
London-based sports content studio C15 Studio emerges from stealth to launch FAST channels in partnership with Formula 1, Triton Poker, and others — The developer of free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels dedicated to programming from Formula 1, Triton Poker and professional squash …
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Advanced Television, Matthew Keys on LinkedIn and Sportico
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