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Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
A House committee report claims the Global Alliance for Responsible Media colluded to cut Twitter revenue after Musk's acquisition; GARM guidance is non-binding — Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X's revenue. — After the House of Representatives Committee …
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
After X hyped shows with Paris Hilton, Tucker Carlson, and others in January 2024, the deals have fizzled, a source says due to a lack of advertiser interest — X is having a tough time cracking into the TV business, but first... Promises, promises — Six months ago, executives …
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Sources: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner and KKR are in talks to break Axel Springer in two, separating media assets from its digital classifieds business — Deal would separate group's media assets from its digital classifieds operation — German billionaire Mathias Döpfner …
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Journal Sentinel:
Civic Media says its decision to make two pre-broadcast edits to a Biden interview on Earl Ingram's WAUK show fell short of “journalistic interview standards” — Jessie Opoien Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — MADISON — Civic Media, a Wisconsin-based progressive talk-radio network …
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Phil Lewis / What I'm Reading:
CNN says it has integrated its Race and Equality team of reporters in other areas across its platforms, instead of the team existing in an “organizational silo” — The news comes as CNN leader Mark Thompson announced that the cable news channel will lay off 100 employees as it restructures its newsgathering operations.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
How Ben Faw, co-founder of BestReviews and Advon, allegedly led a scheme to add affiliate links to product reviews that benefited companies Faw had a role in — The man behind the AI gaffes at Sports Illustrated and USA Today has a yearslong history of filling the internet with garbage.
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@miarsato, @dannygroner, @daisandconfused and @miarsato
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A profile of FlowGPT, a Chilean artist who made a hit song using AI to clone Justin Bieber and Bad Bunny's voices and calls his AI songs “demos” — Meet the Chilean artist who made it big using others' voices. … 9 JULY 2024 • SANTIAGO, CHILE
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and former EIC of Wired, on the magazine's two-year OpenAI deal, AI lawsuits, the future of search, and more — CEO Nicholas Thompson discusses the deal: 'AI is coming. It is coming quickly. We want to be part of whatever transition happens.'
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MediaPost and @fionabradley@fediscience.org
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025, as part of a newly announced 12-year partnership with the Olympic Committee — Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025 under an agreement announced Friday by the International Olympic Committee and the kingdom.
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Engadget, Olympics.com and Deadline, more at Techmeme »
The Wrap:
The LAist Union says the nonprofit newsroom lost at least 21 staffers to layoffs and buyouts this week; LAist announced a voluntary buyout program in May — The nonprofit newsroom announced its intended buyouts in May, citing mounting expenses and declining revenue
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@hexpositive, @caitlinherdez, @mybackyardpara1, @rainey_l, @hearinladotcom, @busblog, @hearinladotcom and @laistunion
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: comedian Dax Shepard signs an $80M podcasting deal with Amazon, shifting his Armchair Expert show to Amazon's Wondery service from Spotify — New deal includes video episodes, gives Amazon's Wondery exclusive distribution and ad-sales rights — Comedian Dax Shepard has signed …
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The Hollywood Reporter, @kerrymflynn, Inside Radio, The Wrap, Deadline, Chris Peterson on LinkedIn, Variety and RAIN News
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Audible proposes a new royalties model where Audible pays publishers and authors from a pool of revenue to be divided up among titles users listen to each month — The Amazon subsidiary wants the industry to make more audiobooks available for bottomless consumption — Hello, and welcome back to Soundbite.
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