Mediagazer: Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication” (CNN)

Sources and records: Trump Media has forced out its COO, CPO, and other executives after internal allegations that CEO Devin Nunes is mismanaging the company — Several people involved with the former president's company, operator of Truth Social, believe the departures …

Discussion: @jdluckenbach, @robertfaturechi, @brianstelter and @devincow

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

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, Mediaweek 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: Chris Andrew on LinkedIn, SE Ranking Blog, @dshieldspgh.bsky.social, @mizshellytee.bsky.social, Ad Age, @wagatwe.com, @xodaniwrites.bsky.social, The Information, The Drum, 9to5Google, Adweek, @feralhattie.bsky.social, Search Engine Land, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and Semafor, 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: The Streamable, Randall Williams on LinkedIn, The Desk, Business Insider, Dan Rayburn on LinkedIn and TVNewsCheck

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: The Wrap, The Daily Beast, WXIA-TV, New York Post, DNyuz, @weathersbywi, The Hill, Mediaite, Boing Boing, Metro.co.uk, @joshtpm, @lesliestreeter, @claytravis, @heinendevon@threads.net, @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: KSTP-TV, @tariqpanja, @tariqpanja, The Guardian, @2xaught7.bsky.social, Reuters, Reuters, @tariqpanja and Talking Biz News

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

Spotify launches Offline Backup, which automatically makes recently streamed and now playing queued songs available as an offline playlist for Premium users — Spotify introduced a new feature today called Offline Backup. This feature for premium users is essentially a list of songs …

Discussion: Spotify, Android Authority, PCMag, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, Mikael Bolle on LinkedIn, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Music News, Android Police, Engadget and TechRadar, more at Techmeme »

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.

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

Akash Sriram / Reuters:

Thomson Reuters agrees to sell FindLaw, which provides legal information, to Internet Brands, which owns WebMD and more, in a deal expected to close in Q4 2024 — Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO), (TRI.N) said on Thursday that it was selling its FindLaw business to Internet Brands.

Discussion: Thomson Reuters

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