Mediagazer: Global Project Oasis study: the number of launches of digital news startups has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)

10:50 PM ET, July 31, 2024

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Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:

In a letter to ex-prime minister Gordon Brown, the UK's Met police say a special team is examining claims that Will Lewis helped cover up phone hacking claims — Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011

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David Folkenflik / NPR:

Lawyers for Prince Harry and others accused WaPo CEO Will Lewis of fabricating a fake security threat 13 years ago in order to delete emails at Murdoch tabloids — LONDON — Attorneys for Prince Harry and prominent U.K. politicians today accused Washington Post chief executive and publisher …

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:

In a Q&A at the NABJ convention, Trump questions Kamala Harris' ethnicity, calls ABC News' Rachel Scott “very rude”, and complains about audio problems — “I've known her for a long time indirectly, directly, very much,” Trump said. “And she was always of Indian heritage and she was promoting Indian heritage.

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Matthew Keys / The Desk:

A press release, now killed, said “Apex Capital Trust” put in a bid for Paramount, prompting multiple news stories, but background info on the org looks sketchy — A $43 billion offer to acquire Paramount Global from a group purporting to be an investment firm appears to be a hoax …

Al Jazeera:

An Israeli airstrike kills Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee in the Gaza Strip — Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Refee killed in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. — Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee …

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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Global Project Oasis study: the number of launches of digital news startups has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America — The number of digital news startup launches has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America, according to the new Global Project Oasis report.

Discussion: Global Project Oasis, @niemanlab, @joao_f_pinto, @mattdpearce, @mattdpearce@threads.net and LatAm Journalism Review

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Sports rights deals are moving money out of Hollywood to leagues: sports make up 40% of Disney's content budget, NBC's NBA deal will replace 150+ hours of shows — The league's $76 billion worth of long-term rights agreements may usher in a massive transfer of wealth from Hollywood …

Discussion: Associated Press, @alexweprin and TVNewsCheck

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Sources: Disney is cutting about 140 jobs at Disney Entertainment Television, or about 2% of staff; cuts will fall hardest on NatGeo, Freeform, and ABC stations — The company is eliminating about 140 jobs, or about 2% of staff at Disney Entertainment Television, said the people …

Discussion: The Wrap, Deadline, New York Post, Quartz, mikemcguff.com, AV Club, Los Angeles Times, The Desk, Adweek, Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn and TVNewsCheck

Anna Washenko / Engadget:

A group of US senators unveils the NO FAKES Act, which would make individuals and companies liable for producing, hosting, or sharing unauthorized AI deepfakes — OpenAI joined several entertainment industry groups in backing the NO FAKES Act. — Today, a group of senators introduced the NO FAKES Act …

Discussion: U.S. Senator Christopher Coons …, Washington Post, @amyklobuchar@threads.net, Publishing Perspectives, Music Business Worldwide, CMU, Digital Music News, Variety, Rolling Stone and Billboard, more at Techmeme »

Kyle Chayka / New Yorker:

Spotify prioritizes what a user has recently listened to and recommended content, encouraging users to become passive listeners, a form of enshittification — The platform interface has gradually made it harder to find the music I want to listen to. With the latest app updates, I'd had enough.

Discussion: Jarrett Fuller on LinkedIn, Jon Goldmann on LinkedIn, Dan Klyn on LinkedIn, Kyle Austin on LinkedIn and Spotify, more at Techmeme »

Meta:

Meta reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $39.07B, net income up 73% YoY to $13.47B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.27B on average for June 2024 — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Discussion: Variety, The Information, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Alex Heath / The Verge:

Reddit CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity need to pay to scrape the site's data, and it has been “a real pain in the ass to block these companies” — After striking deals with Google and OpenAI, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is calling on Microsoft and others to pay if they want to continue scraping the site's data.

Discussion: Engadget, Bloomberg, @jwherrman, Ars Technica, @jwherrman and Prof. Ahmed Banafa on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Guardian Political Media Editor Jim Waterson and several other journalists plan to leave the Guardian after accepting voluntary redundancy packages

Discussion: @alexschristian, @mrianleslie and @jackcarterbenjamin …

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