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Business Insider names Jamie Heller, the business editor of The Wall Street Journal, to lead its newsroom as its next editor in chief — Ms. Heller spent two decades at The Wall Street Journal, most recently leading corporate coverage. — Business Insider is expected to name Jamie Heller …
Washington Post:
The US DOJ's case against Google's ad business may benefit Meta, Amazon, and news organizations that pay Google a cut of revenue for brokering their website ads — Federal prosecutors are seeking a divestment of Google's multibillion-dollar online advertising business, saying its monopoly power harms advertisers and publishers.
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Jody Godoy / Reuters:
In the first day of the antitrust trial focused on ads, US prosecutors allege Google abused its size to dominate the sector through acquisitions and more — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google sought to dominate all sides of online advertising technology by controlling competitors and customers …
Financial Times:
GB News and UnHerd owner Paul Marshall acquires The Spectator for £100M, plans overseas expansion and online growth for the magazine — Acquisition bolsters hedge fund boss's position as one of UK's most influential right-leaning media barons — Hedge fund boss Paul Marshall …
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Press Gazette, Press Gazette, Spectator, The Guardian, @twlldun, London Evening Standard, Reuters, @danielthomasldn and Guido Fawkes
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Former SI and The Players' Tribune executives launch OffBall, a site, newsletter, and social feed with curated sports news from social media and other sources — The Scoop — A new brand is hoping to provide a hub for the booming conversation around the culture of sports.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Audible plans to invite some US-based audiobook narrators to train AI on their voices, to clone the voices for recordings through a royalty-sharing model — The audiobook service is inviting some US-based narrators to train artificial intelligence on their voices
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TechCrunch and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy is considering mutualizing the BBC, giving direct ownership to license-fee payers, as part of a review of funding options — Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘nothing off table’ as government and broadcaster prepare for talks over funding
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London Evening Standard
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The WSJ offers advertisers a performance guarantee between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15 to dissuade them from pausing ad campaigns during the US presidential election — Some brands are going dark for the presidential election. WSJ has data to convince them otherwise.
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Ofcom: internet replaced TV as UK's most popular news source; 71% of adults get news online, vs. 70% via TV; 52% use social media for news, up from 47% in 2023 — Media regulator describes change as a ‘generational shift in the balance of news media’ — Online platforms have overtaken TV channels …
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Advanced Television, Press Gazette, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Deadline, London Evening Standard and City A.M., more at Techmeme »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
An interview with Brian Stelter about Reliable Sources, which will now publish each weekday morning “in beta mode”, with a shorter and “sharper” format — Starting Monday, “RS” will publish each weekday morning, Monday through Friday, and the next edition …
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@brianstelter@threads.net, Adweek, @brianstelter, @bristei, The Wrap and @brianstelter@threads.net
Jack Apollo George / The Guardian:
A writer who works for a tech company describes how he helps train AI models how to write, by making up pretend responses to hypothetical chatbot questions — Journalists and other writers are employed to improve the quality of chatbot replies. The irony of working for an industry …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
The Washington Post launched a redesigned homepage last week and plans “several” enhancements; reporters and editors have long complained about its dated nature — New York CNN — — The Washington Post is trying to fix one of its biggest problems: an outdated homepage loathed by its own staff.
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@fletchtopper, @brianstelter, @jakewilkns and @patrickdehahn
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