Mediagazer: Samsung TV Plus adds about 4,000 hours of ad-supported, free-to-stream Korean shows and movies, following deals with CJ ENM and others (Patrick Frater/Variety)

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Google rolls out ads in AI Overviews when a user's question has a “commercial angle”, and identifies the ads with a “sponsored” header, on mobile in the US — Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you'll now start seeing products in some of the search engine's AI-generated summaries.

Discussion: SE Ranking Blog, 9to5Google and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Google rolls out AI-organized Search results in the US on mobile, showing users AI-aggregated pages of content from forums, articles, YouTube videos, and more — Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Google Search queries …

Discussion: Adweek, Ad Age, The Drum, Semafor, The Information, @mizshellytee.bsky.social, @xodaniwrites.bsky.social, @feralhattie.bsky.social, @dshieldspgh.bsky.social, Search Engine Land, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, 9to5Google and Android Authority, more at Techmeme »

CNN:

Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication” — Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Wrap, The Hill, Entertainment Weekly, The Daily Beast and Boing Boing

Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:

The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes — Briefing notes mistakenly being sent to ex-PM meant it was ‘not right for the interview to go ahead’, says presenter

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube unveils Shorts updates, including letting creators upload three-minute videos, updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and a new trends page — YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts.

Discussion: The Verge, @kennysmith.bsky.social, 9to5Google and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:

Russian journalists Antonina Favorskaya, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, and Artem Kriger go on trial in Moscow over their alleged links to Alexei Navalny — Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday on charges of involvement in an “extremist” group after authorities accused …

Discussion: Adweek, Associated Press and DNyuz

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Samsung TV Plus adds about 4,000 hours of ad-supported, free-to-stream Korean shows and movies, following deals with CJ ENM and others — Leading Korean content owners including CJ ENM and NEW ID have struck supply deals with Samsung TV Plus, a U.S. free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel.

Discussion: Neowin, Samsung Newsroom, Streaming Better, Media Play News and WORLD SCREEN

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of “abuse of power, extortion, and greed” — Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic, and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power.

Discussion: Engadget, @cowkitty, @jeffr0, @hashim_warren, @zimm3rmann, The Verge, @ryancduff, @ryancduff, @automattic, @wpengine, @ryancduff, @ctrlaltdwayne, @dwlz, @bgardner, WP Engine, Automattic, TechRadar and The Register, more at Techmeme »

Ben Strauss / Washington Post:

After reporter Christine Brennan asked a WNBA player a question the latter saw as race baiting, the players association says she doesn't “deserve” credentials — In a thrilling but delicate moment for the WNBA, a journalist's focus on Clark is stirring tension among players and the press.

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:

New Yorker union members vote to authorize a strike ahead of the magazine's annual festival as they negotiate a second contract with Condé Nast — More than six months into negotiations over a second labor contract, the magazine's union is asserting that wage floors …

Discussion: @newyorkerunion, @newyorkerunion and NewsGuild of New York

Reuters:

Tanzania suspends the digital content licenses of a local media company for 30 days for allegedly publishing content damaging the country's image — Tanzania's communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company for allegedly publishing restricted content …

Discussion: BBC and The Guardian

James Hale / Tubefilter:

Twitch now includes raids, which lets streamers who are going offline send viewers to others, in its average viewer count, easing the path to becoming a Partner — Twitch's path to partnership is not an easy one. Any streamer who wants to become an official partner of the platform has to meet …

Discussion: @itswoori and The Mozilla Blog, more at Techmeme »