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Elias Leight / Billboard:
Memo: Spotify's global head of music, Jeremy Erlich, is leaving the company after joining in June 2019; he will advise Spotify until the end of February 2025 — After more than five years at the streamer, the executive is leaving to pursue an “entrepreneurial journey”
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Hits Daily Double!, Digital Music News, Music Business Worldwide and Variety
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Filing: New York Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé, Politico journalist Ryan Lizza, of harassment and blackmail; Lizza denies the accusations — New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz is leaving the newspaper to launch her own publication on Substack called User Mag, to “cover technology from the user side” — Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side …
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User Mag, @taylorlorenz, @dankennedy_nu@threads.net, @jpodhoretz, @justinbaragona, @ericnewcomer, @jeffjarvis, @thekenyeung@mastodon.social, @danprimack, @taylorlorenz@threads.net, @katienotopoulos@threads.net, @drew_benvie@threads.net, @jackcarterbenjamin …, New York Post, Associated Press, DNyuz, Mediaite, The Wrap, Deadline, Talking Biz News, @katienotopoulos@threads.net, @brianstelter@threads.net and @ernie@writing.exchange
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN launches a paywall, asking US website visitors to pay $3.99 per month for access after they consume a certain number of free articles — New York CNN — — CNN, one of the most popular news websites in the world, is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Pink Floyd agrees to sell the rights to their music catalogue, including the band name and the artists' “likeness”, to Sony for about $400M — The deal struck this week marks the end of years of infighting among band members over the sale
Discussion:
@followtheh, @danielthomasldn, Digital Music News and Music Business Worldwide
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Duke Reporters' Lab: the number of fact-checking sites has declined globally; North American active sites have fallen from 94 to 90 from 2020 to 2023 — - In some parts of the world, political pressure has directly impacted the closure of fact-checking operations.
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New Jersey Online, The Wrap, @axios, Associated Press, Truthout, Eric Anderson on LinkedIn, @seangraf, The Hill, Poynter, Adweek, New York Times and Mediaite
Janya Sundar / Fast Company:
A look at Local Lede, an AI tool from AP and startup AppliedXL that helps journalists sift through large datasets from federal agencies to find local news tips — So far the pilot program involves five AP member news organizations, with plans to expand to Alaska later this month.
Katherine Jacobsen / Committee to Protect Journalists:
The US Press Freedom Tracker recorded 68 assaults on journalists in 2024 so far, up from 45 in 2023, and 240 subpoenas for reporters' materials since 2017 — Download PDF … Introduction — In the moments after a would-be assassin's bullet grazed the ear of presidential candidate Donald Trump …
Discussion:
Committee to Protect …, Voice of America, TVNewsCheck, Axios and CNN
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple Podcasts debuts a Top Series chart, Series category, and monthly Series Essentials spotlight for narrative shows with episodes to be listened to in order — Today Apple has announced changes to Apple Podcasts designed to better spotlight a specific type of show: narrative series.
Discussion:
@9to5Mac@mastodon.online and The Hollywood Reporter
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
A look at Google's arguments in the DOJ's ad antitrust case, focusing on Google's definition of the online ads market, which the judge calls “core to the case” — To wrap up its case, Google tried to fit it into a Supreme Court precedent that could undermine the government's argument.
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The Keyword, Digiday, Ars Technica, Search Engine Land, Business Insider, DNyuz, MEDIANAMA, Reuters, MediaPost, MarTech, Digiday and DNyuz
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CBS says Trump backed out of an interview with Scott Pelley for a special 60 Minutes edition on October 7; the show will go forward with a Harris interview — New York CNN — — Former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, according to CBS News.
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Forbes, @60minutes, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, New York Times, @svdate, @jtaylorskinner, @timobrien, @juddlegum, Adweek, @danpfeiffer, @rolandsmartin, DNyuz, NPR, The Hill, The Wrap, Politico, The Hollywood Reporter, Newser, Variety, @joshtpm, TVNewsCheck, @leslieproll, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, CBS News, TVLine and Deadline
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pinterest unveils generative AI tools for advertisers who want to enhance backgrounds on their Product Pins, after similar moves by Google, Amazon, and others — Image inspiration and shopping site Pinterest is the latest tech company to roll out generative AI products to its advertisers …
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The Media Leader and MediaPost
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft plans to pay outlets like Reuters, FT, and Axel Springer for content in Copilot Daily, a new assistant that gives a spoken summary of current events — Microsoft is going to pay publishers for content that will appear in Copilot Daily, a new feature of its Copilot AI-powered, cross-platform assistant.
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