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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
In an email to staff, Telegraph editor Chris Evans says Rob Winnett has decided to stay at Telegraph and will not join the Washington Post — Robert Winnett, hired by Washington Post publisher William Lewis, faced questions about his U.K. work, including stories based on stolen records.
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James Ball / Politico:
The allegations facing Will Lewis and Rob Winnett are not remotely in line with either UK or US journalism ethics; blaming British media culture is wrong — The allegations of journalistic misconduct facing publisher Will Lewis aren't condoned in the U.K. either.
Kate Irwin / PCMag:
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says “some creative jobs maybe will go away” due to AI, “but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place” — OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati isn't worried about AI's impact on creative professions.
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Upwork Research Institute's Kelly Monahan says freelance jobs that require basic writing or translation have been disappearing on Upwork since ChatGPT's debut — There's now data to back up what freelancers have been saying for months — Jennifer Kelly, a freelance copywriter in the picturesque …
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@carnage4life@mas.to and SSRN
Tim Marchman / Wired:
Perplexity closely summarized a Wired story about Perplexity allegedly scraping parts of websites blocked by developers; experts are mixed on the legal impacts — Experts aren't unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup's practices could expose it to legal claims ranging …
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Fast Company, Perplexity AI, @kristileilani, @timmarchman, @kristileilani, @timmarchman, @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @awinston, @robb@social.lol, @SteveThompson@mastodon.social, @katiedrumm@threads.net, Adweek, @couts@mastodon.social, Reuters, MEDIANAMA, Platformer, Business Insider and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts a new Basic streaming plan in the US for $10.99/month, which includes all the benefits of Premium without the monthly audiobook listening time — Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US — Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials …
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US Department of Justice, Engadget, The Guardian, CBS News, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, The Verge, Deadline and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for the feature — The company will charge for a feature that's free on every other major platform. — X will soon be moving the ability to live stream behind its premium paywall, the company announced.
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Neowin and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Issie Lapowsky / Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation releases a report on its $107M+ in funding for digital media research, and how the research has impacted journalists, tech companies, more — Jeff Horwitz was chasing down a tip on Instagram last year when he stumbled on a particularly troubling finding.
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@russellbrandom, @ericfraz@threads.net, @sarahscire, @knightfdn and @sarahscire
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Baltimore Banner launches a new section, Education Hub, and says it now has 49K paid subscribers, as it celebrates its second birthday — The Baltimore Banner celebrated its second birthday this week with a “B” cake, balloons, and a pair of announcements.
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@mskerrygraham, @jessmgallagher, @lizbowie, @baltimorebanner and The Baltimore Banner
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Some users complain that Meta is tagging real photos with the Made with AI label, possibly because AI tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images — Earlier in February, Meta said that it would start labeling photos created with AI tools on its social networks.
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@baekdal and @thebrianpenny@threads.net, more at Techmeme »
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Internal memo: ABC News Executive Editor Stacia Deshishku is leaving the network and her 35-year career in journalism — Deshishku has served as executive editor since 2022, overseeing shows and editorial strategy. — ABC News executive editor Stacia Deshishku has decided to leave …
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New York Post, @dylanbyers, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, @bristei, Deadline and Variety
Alexandra Canal / Yahoo Finance:
An excess of ad supply on streaming video services, after Amazon's Prime Video joined the market in January, means CPM rates have dropped for now — Amazon (AMZN) entered the ad-supported streaming space in January by defaulting all of its Prime Video subscriptions to ads.
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