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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.
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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.
Thomas Baekdal / Baekdal:
Affiliate links are no longer an easy revenue source for news publishers, as Google downranks product recommendations from non-specialized outlets — This is an archived version of a Baekdal/Basic newsletter (it's free). It is sent out about once per week and features the latest articles …
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@danackerman, @mediaevan and @risj_oxford
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The NYT tech guild of 600+ staff, the largest US union of tech workers with bargaining rights, authorizes a strike after over two years of talks and no contract — - The Wirecutter union held a five-day walkout over the Black Friday holiday weekend in 2021 and struck a deal with management days later.
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.
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Game Developer, Forbes, Games Press news and KED Global
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
A former News Corp executive testifies in Google's ad antitrust trial that News Corp weighed switching from Google ad tools in 2017 but would have lost $9M — News Corp considered switching away from Google's advertising products in 2017 - but decided against it after determining it would cost …
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Reuters, Adweek, Marketing Brew, The Verge, New York Times and Reuters
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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”
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Digiday, @vidushi_law, @vidushi_law, @vidushi_law, @vidushi_law, @vidushi_law, @vidushi_law, @vidushi_law, @adamkovac, MEDIANAMA, New York Post and City A.M., more at Techmeme »
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 …
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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, @leftcoastbabe, @shadowhaxor, @bishplsok, News/Media Alliance, Raptive and Axios
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.
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Vox Media, @pkafka, @jakesherman, @cgates123, TVNewsCheck, @sarafischer, @pkafka, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, Nieman Lab, @pkafka@threads.net and Talking Biz News
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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r/Journalism
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.
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Reuters, Techdirt, Technology & …, The Verge, Utah Political Watch, @keir_lamont, Bloomberg Law and KSL-TV, more at Techmeme »
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Pact: UK TV production sector revenue fell by £392M to £3.61B in 2023; the amount spent on commissioning programs by UK broadcasters fell from £1.99B to £1.78B — Revenue plunges as cash-strapped broadcasters spend less on commissioning amid ad slump and shift to streaming
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WORLD SCREEN, C21Media, Broadcast, Pact, Deadline and Daily Mail
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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Adam Epstein on LinkedIn and Jeremy Dodge on LinkedIn
Oliver Darcy / Status:
As part of a News Media Alliance lobbying effort, 100+ news executives are visiting Washington, DC, on September 11 to warn lawmakers about AI's impact on media — More than 100 news executives will descend on Capitol Hill to warn lawmakers about the threats A.I. poses to the industry.
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News/Media Alliance, @newsalliance and Washington Post
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