Top News:


WaPo and The News Movement, in which Will Lewis holds a stake, agreed in recent months to pursue brand partnerships; TNM made two major pitches involving WaPo — William Lewis holds a stake in a start-up that has reached a deal with The Post to collaborate.
RELATED:


Scrutiny of Will Lewis' past is essential because WaPo's credibility has been built upon readers' trust that its reporters don't engage in deceptive practices — The uproar over a publisher's ethics is a matter of survival. — Hours after my Washington Post colleagues and I published …


How local nonprofit newsrooms Mountain State Spotlight, Outlier Media, and Signal Ohio are serving their communities, and what they need to continue their work — These organizations are revolutionizing journalism at every level: how they are funded, how they write their stories and even how they find them.
Discussion:
@nickpozek, @poynter, @poynter and @susanmcp1


Sources detail growing tensions between Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, stemming from her struggle to steady X's financial health a year after being named CEO — Tensions between billionaire and his top executive have been rising as the platform's financial health has struggled


Jamie Kellner, who launched Fox and The WB, created Acme Communications stations group, and ran Turner Broadcasting as chairman and CEO, died on June 21 at 77 — Jamie Kellner, who made his name as the only exec ever to create two broadcast networks — Fox and The WB (both of which also …
Discussion:
The Ankler, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, @sodutw, @jbflint, @kriszellner, @blowryontv, @ourand_puck, @jbflint, @wareinla, @iandrewdiceclay, @jbflint, @foxkidsclub, @mongo_ebooks, @franklinavenue, @jjweiss1, @brianrsolomon, Wall Street Journal, Next TV, Awful Announcing, Adam Ware on LinkedIn, TVLine, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter


Sources: Netflix has discussed creating free versions of its service in some markets, namely in Europe and Asia, but is not considering a free plan in the US — While Netflix is the biggest streaming service in Hollywood, it is barely in the top 10 for advertisers.


Q&A with Don Klees, Acorn TV SVP of programming, and Courtney Thomasma, AMC Networks EVP of streaming, on Acorn TV's success, FAST channel potential, and more — This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
Discussion:
@tvmojoe and Joy Phillips on LinkedIn


An interview with Netflix's senior encoding technology director Anne Aaron about the company's cutting-edge codecs, preparing for livestreaming, and more — How cutting-edge codecs and obsessive tweaks have helped Netflix to stay ahead of the curve — until now. … Anne Aaron just can't help herself.


In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers — The AI search startup Perplexity is in hot water in the wake of a Wired investigation revealing that the startup …
Discussion:
Engadget, @rafat, @parkert@threads.net, @carnage4life, @luke_metro, @glenngabe@threads.net, @camwilsonreporter@threads.net, @camwilson@mastodon.social, @glennf.com, CryptoGlobe, Rafael Brown on LinkedIn, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, @dmarti@federate.social, @bsmall2@mstdn.jp, Reuters, @jenncutter.bsky.social, @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, Business Insider, Anthropic and Talking Biz News, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:

Perplexity closely summarized a Wired story about Perplexity allegedly scraping parts of websites blocked by developers; experts are mixed on the legal impacts
Discussion:
@carnage4life, TechSpot, @jswatz_tx@threads.net, @awinston, @kristileilani, @kristileilani, @timmarchman, @timmarchman, @SteveThompson@mastodon.social, @katiedrumm@threads.net, @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @robb@social.lol, Adweek, @couts@mastodon.social and MEDIANAMA


Iran's Supreme Court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence for supporting anti-government protests and ordered a retrial, his lawyer says — A jailed Iranian rapper sentenced to death for supporting anti-government protests has had his sentence overturned on appeal by the Supreme Court, his lawyer has said.


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.
Discussion:
@miramurati, Eric Marcoullier on LinkedIn, Dartmouth Engineering on YouTube, Jan Rydzak on LinkedIn, @noellemitchell@mstdn.social, @zaphodgjd, @nbababysecret, @andantonius, @perpetualmaniac, @olifranklin, @rahll, @dartmouth, @edzitron, @iamhappytoast, @meganroseruiz, @nealstephenson, @carnage4life, @nickmurftweets, @abebab, @carnage4life, @seamusblackley, @robertfreundlaw, @kevinbparry, @shakeelhashim, @its_adamneely, @thayerschool, @chrisg@fosstodon.org, @cake_of_canola_oil …, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, @moviessilently.bsky.social, @whet.bsky.social, @evacide.bsky.social, @gregpak.bsky.social, @rincewind.run, @cyanogic.com, @brooklynmarie.bsky.social, @jesseltaylor.bsky.social, @brendelbored.bsky.social, @rhymeswithnick.bsky.social, @jann@twit.social, BGR, Know Your Meme, r/singularity and r/Fauxmoi
RELATED:


A history of text games and interactive fiction, from Infocom to 80 Days, and the roles of MUDs, Usenet, and open source in the 50 years of interactive fiction — MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history. — You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.


RedBird IMI kicks off the process to sell the Telegraph and Spectator, as it seeks to recoup the £600M spent on its attempt to take control of them last year — Second auction for newspaper group in a year begins days after publisher reveals £278mn black hole


How the Internet Archive plans to defend its digital lending practices as it appeals a US court's 2023 ruling; IA says it was forced to remove over 500K books — Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library. — As a result of book publishers successfully suing …
Discussion:
@geeknik, @ericaeducator, TechSpot, @tlalexander, @kevin2kelly, @internetarchive, @internetarchive, @gvnzng, @vokabre, Techdirt, @jalcine@todon.eu, @Haste@mastodon.social, @osma@mas.to, Internet Archive Blogs, @KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social, @jackyan@mastodon.social, @BrideOfLinux@mastodon …, @diegopds@bolha.us, Hacker News, r/DataHoarder, r/LibertarianUncensored, r/technews, r/redscarepod, r/AlternativeHistory, r/books, r/france, r/technology and Ars OpenForum