Mediagazer: Meta streamlines monetization for Facebook creators by merging programs for in-stream ads, Reels ads, and performance bonuses into one invite-only beta program (Sam Gutelle/Tubefilter)

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

Bloomberg:

Sources: the NFL is in talks with Skydance Media and its major investor RedBird Capital Partners that could result in a sale of NFL Media and NFL Network — - Discussions revolve around the league's media assets — Earlier conversations with ESPN are said to have stalled

Discussion: Business Insider, The Desk, TVNewsCheck, The Streamable, Dan Rayburn on LinkedIn and Randall Williams on LinkedIn

Amanda Meade / The Guardian:

A study finds Australia has the second-highest media concentration in the world after Brazil; in the newspaper sector, four companies control 84% of the market — Google and Meta should fund traditional public interest journalism, a new international study reports

Discussion: Caroline James-Garrod on LinkedIn, @simon_rosenberg, @ruthmahalia, @mediamorphis and Global Media …

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: New York Post, Mediaite, @heinendevon@threads.net, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, The Hill, Metro.co.uk, Entertainment Weekly, @weathersbywi, Boing Boing, DNyuz, @joshtpm, @lesliestreeter, @claytravis, @dfriedman33 and @hadas_gold

Martyn Ziegler / The Times:

Reuters withdraws two stories on the World Anti-Doping Agency after it was found that WADA's media head received a Reuters press pass for the Masters golf event — World Anti-Doping Agency media chief James Fitzgerald accredited for golf event via Reuters, who have admitted to ‘a violation of our journalistic standards’

Discussion: The Guardian, KSTP-TV, Talking Biz News, Reuters, Reuters, @tariqpanja, @tariqpanja, @2xaught7.bsky.social and @tariqpanja

Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter:

Meta streamlines monetization for Facebook creators by merging programs for in-stream ads, Reels ads, and performance bonuses into one invite-only beta program — Facebook creators have multiple monetization options to choose from, and Meta is now uniting its revenue streams within a single, centralized program.

Discussion: Meta, PetaPixel, TechCrunch, Digiday and Engadget

Lauren Watson / Columbia Journalism Review:

How Meta's Canada news ban affected the town of Squamish and how outlets are working around the ban, including through paid posts on Meta — Meta's Canadian news ban, as told through my small town — In March of 2021, a set of Facebook pages showed up in the feeds of my neighbors in Squamish …

Discussion: Lauren Watson on LinkedIn, Phaedra de Saint-Rome on LinkedIn and @cjr

Sara Fischer / Axios:

A look at James McDonald's Access Global, which has bought seven local news sites and launched eight in Philadelphia and on the Jersey Shore over the last year — McDonald thinks there's a viable business model for hyper-local sites if they're tied to coverage from a broader region or city.

Discussion: Simon Owens on LinkedIn

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: IndieWire, Engadget, Neowin, Samsung Newsroom, Yong Su Kim on LinkedIn, Media Play News, Streaming Better, Mario Giampaolo on LinkedIn and WORLD SCREEN

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

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