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4:20 AM ET, July 31, 2024

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Axios:
NABJ faces backlash after announcing Trump will be interviewed at its convention by ABC News' Rachel Scott, Fox News' Harris Faulkner, and Semafor's Kadia Goba  —  - President Biden addressed a joint NABJ and NAHJ conference virtually in 2020.  — Hillary Clinton spoke at a joint conference between …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Internal memo: Norah O'Donnell plans to step down as CBS Evening News' anchor after the 2024 US presidential election and become a senior correspondent  —  Norah O'Donnell will cede the reins of the venerable “CBS Evening News” after the 2024 presidential election in favor of a new role …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Comcast's NBCU expects to surpass $1.25B in ad sales tied to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, setting a record in the history of the games  —  The Comcast-backed media conglomerate expects to win more than $1.25 billion in advertising tied to the big athletic extravaganza, a new high in terms of Madison Avenue backing.
Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World:
A profile of Bengaluru-based Pocket FM, which has 2,000+ audio shows with 10- to 15-minute episodes and is working with ElevenLabs to convert scripts into audio  —  Pocket FM is teaming up with U.S. text-to-speech app ElevenLabs to produce more shows for less time and money.  —  • MUMBAI, INDIA
ProPublica:
A look at Trump Media and Technology Group's potential conflict of interest involving a deal with a little-known streaming TV company tied to a big GOP donor  —  This month, former President Donald Trump's media company announced it was making its first major purchase: technology to help stream TV …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Alt-weeklies Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Riverfront Times are running seemingly AI-generated listicles about OnlyFans performers; OF says it's not involved  —  Beloved alt-weeklies like the Village Voice have started publishing what appears to be AI-generated clickbait about OnlyFans.
Rachel Cooke / The Guardian:
A profile of Joshi Herrmann and his outlet Mill Media, which publishes local longform journalism in four UK cities via newsletters with 100K subscribers overall  —  Local newspapers in the UK are disappearing fast, creating news deserts and leaving councils unscrutinised.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix files to raise $1.8B in a new debt offering, its first since the company was elevated to investment-grade status by Moody's and S&P Global in 2023  —  The raise would be the company's first debt offering since being elevated to investment-grade status last year.
Wall Street Journal:
How Elon Musk and X's division of labor stymied some of Linda Yaccarino's plans, like a Visa deal; internal figures show X had 250.8M DAUs in Q2, up 1.56% YoY  —  Tensions over the division of labor with Musk have stymied some of Yaccarino's initiatives  —  X Corp. Chief Executive Linda …
Kate Bartlett / Nieman Lab:
A look at South African investigative nonprofit amaBhungane, which helped oust the country's ex-president in 2018, and its efforts in a hostile media landscape  —  “I think the level of corruption and dysfunction and organized crime has grown.  It's much harder to decide — given our limited resources — where we put our efforts."
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with partners such as Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and WordPress.com, after weeks of plagiarism accusations  —  Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with publishing partners following weeks of plagiarism accusations.
 
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The K-pop industry is betting on an internationalized business model to expand its appeal; ~50% of the K-pop songs released in 2024 had majority English lyrics
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An interview with and profile of CNBC media and entertainment reporter Alex Sherman, who is helping build the new CNBC Sport vertical to reach younger audiences
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Scammers are using Meta's copyright protection tools to target Middle East influencers; creators see their Instagram content removed if they don't pay ransoms
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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