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1:15 PM ET, September 11, 2024

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
How Linsey Davis and David Muir firmly pursued real-time fact-checking to build guardrails around Trump in the ABC News debate between Trump and Harris  —  Calmly and firmly, Linsey Davis and David Muir pursued the kind of real-time fact-checking missing from many previous debates.
Wes Davis / The Verge:
ESPN's AI-generated articles recapping women's soccer games are bland and basic, failing to note key moments like one player's final game and emotional farewell  —  This weekend, ESPN began publishing AI-generated recaps of women's soccer games, with more sports to come.
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
On Day 2 of the US DOJ's antitrust trial focused on ads, a former News Corp executive testifying as a government witness said Google held publishers “hostage”
Marie Dealessandri / GamesIndustry.biz:
Seoul-based Spoon Labs, which operates an audio streamer called Spoon and a short video app called Vigloo, raised ~$89.3M from PUBG publisher Krafton  —  It's the firm's largest investment in a non-gaming area to date  —  PUBG firm Krafton has invested KRW 120 billion ($89.3 million) in streaming company Spoon Labs.
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
A group of Democratic senators asks the FTC and DOJ to probe whether AI tools that summarize online content like news may amount to anticompetitive practices  —  A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Veteran journalist Peter Kafka is reviving his old Recode Media podcast under a new name, Channels, starting September 11 with the Vox Media podcast network  —  - He also worked out an arrangement with Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff where he'll own the podcast, giving him freedom and flexibility.
Keith Campbell / Asheville Watchdog:
An interview with former Washington Post Editor Martin Baron on Jeff Bezos' purchase of the outlet, Trump's election in 2016, and his memoir, Collision of Power  —  Asheville Watchdog hosted a special free public event on Thursday, Sept. 5.  Watchdog political reporter Tom Fiedler interviewed …
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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
A US district judge blocks Utah from enforcing the Minor Protection in Social Media Act, set to take effect on October 1, saying the law likely violates the 1A  —  A federal judge has blocked Utah from enforcing a new law that would have restricted social media platforms' ability to serve content to minors under 18.
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Amazon says it is testing sponsored ads in chats with Rufus, its AI-powered shopping assistant, in the US  —  But ad buyers are cautious about the placements  —  Amazon is starting to plug ads into generative AI.  —  Sponsored ads—Amazon's core search ad format—could start appearing …
 
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 go on strike after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract; the union represents ~250 people
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Los Angeles Local News Initiative, which plans a nonprofit news org to support local newsrooms in LA, raised $15M from media leaders and philanthropists
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Financial Times:
GB News and UnHerd owner Paul Marshall acquires The Spectator for £100M and plans to expand the magazine overseas; Spectator chair Andrew Neil resigns
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Mike Krieger on his new role as chief product officer at Anthropic, co-founding and selling news app Artifact, copyright issues, AI content, and more
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
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Ofcom: the internet has replaced TV as UK adults' most popular news source; 71% get news online, 70% via TV, and 52% via social media, up from 47% in 2023