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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
A bankruptcy judge throws out The Gateway Pundit's case, saying the company is solvent; the outlet faces significant defamation cases over false election claims — Bankruptcy judge dismisses case filed by Gateway Pundit, which faces defamation cases over false election claims
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI says it partnered with publishers including WSJ and The Atlantic to build its search engine SearchGPT; publishers can manage how their content appears — Built with input from publishers, SearchGPT will summarize real-time information on websites — OpenAI is launching a test version …
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Carl Sullivan / Flipboard:
Flipboard adds feeds for 60+ US-based local and regional publications to the fediverse, including Texas Monthly, Honolulu Civil Beat, and CalMatters — BYCARL SULLIVAN — Has local news ever been more important? Journalists who live in the communities they serve don't just keep residents informed …
Kendra Barnett / The Drum:
Publicis Groupe announces it will acquire Influential, the world's largest influencer agency by measure of revenue; Influential has a network of 3.5M+ creators — News of the acquisition comes just one week after the holding company posted impressive Q2 results.
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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Source and doc: Runway scraped thousands of videos from YouTube creators and brands, including Disney and VICE News, to train its Gen-3 AI video generation tool — A leaked internal document shows Runway's celebrated Gen-3 AI video generator collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated movies for training data.
The Marshall Project:
The Marshall Project launches Investigate This!, an effort to share data and tools with local newsrooms to support strong, original stories on criminal justice — Our toolkits will offer data, storytelling and engagement resources to empower more criminal justice reporting in local communities
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
The AP removed a fact check debunking the claim that JD Vance admitted he had sex with a couch; AP said the post didn't go through its standard editing process — The Associated Press removed its fact-check debunking the claim that former President Donald Trump's running mate Senator JD Vance …
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Bloomberg:
A look at Joe Rogan's comedy club in Austin, called The Mothership, and the network of comedians and podcast hosts he has supported and attracted to the city — The world's most controversial podcaster opened a comedy club there, snatched the stand-up title from Los Angeles and shook up an entire industry.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Mail Online, The Independent, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express roll out “consent or pay” walls charging users £1.99 to £4 per month for cookie-less access — Mail Online, The Independent and the websites of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express have begun requiring readers …
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Washington Post:
A look at the flood of “fancam” videos and memes about Kamala Harris on short-form video platforms, echoing “meme armies” that have supported Donald Trump — A grassroots network of TikTok creators, energized by the new likely Democratic nominee …
Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg:
Russia says it will throttle YouTube download speeds on computers by 70% by the end of next week, as “a consequence of the anti-Russian policy of the host” — - Download speeds to be slowed by 70% by the end of next week — YouTube one of last US social media sites available in Russia
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Sarah Parvini / Associated Press:
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting Friday against major video game companies, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections — Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage …
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