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Pew Research Center:
News influencers survey: 21% of US adults say they get news from social media influencers, 85% of influencers are on X and 27% identify as right-wing, and more — The creators and consumers in the world of news and information on social media — Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Bloomberg:
Pew: 77% of news influencers have no links or background with news outlets, 63% of news influencers are men, and 37% of adults under 30 rely on news influencers — Pew Research found 40% of young adults rely on social media influencers without formal journalism training
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Brendan Carr promises to “enforce” broadcast media's “public interest obligation” as FCC chair and has recently singled out NewsGuard for “censorship” — New York CNN — — President-elect Donald Trump's pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Q&A with The Verge EIC Nilay Patel on a likely FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Elon Musk's alliance with Donald Trump and how it threatens the First Amendment, and more
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski face criticism after revealing they went to Mar-a-Lago to meet President-elect Donald Trump — New York CNN — — The news was so shocking that some “Morning Joe” viewers probably spit out their coffee.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says it is “vital” to have a “free, fair, and open media” and he has “an obligation” to be “open and available to the press” — 'I am not looking for retribution, grandstanding or to destroy people who treated me very unfairly …
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New York Times:
How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023 — The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars.
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@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social, @jtes, @rob_abiera, @bigmeaninternet, @eugene_scott, @simonowens, @shannonrwatts.bsky.social, @anecdotal, @samsteindc.bsky.social, @sapna.bsky.social, @venkat.bsky.social, @ernie.tedium.co, @kateconger.bsky.social, @heathenqueen76.bsky.social, @dannygroner.bsky.social, TVNewsCheck and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Aditi Agrawal / Hindustan Times:
In a lawsuit, Indian news agency ANI accuses OpenAI of exploiting its news content in an unauthorized manner for commercial gain — Multiple news publications across the world have sued OpenAI and other AI firms including Microsoft and Perplexity for violating their copyright
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Anushree Rauta on LinkedIn, @refsrc and SpicyIP
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph calls for a change in UK law after police accuse journalist Allison Pearson of a breach of the Public Order Act over an old, deleted X post — Year-old deleted Allison Pearson message on X has surfaced via the internet archive. — Essex Police has said it is investigating …
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@allisonpearson, @jasonmackenzie, HotAir, @jonsopel, Press Gazette, @polblonde, @markhiggie1, GB News, Telegraph and The Guardian
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sunday Express Editor David Wooding becomes the latest top Reach executive to leave, as the Express moves to create a seven-day operation amid Reach layoffs — Wooding left as part of a move to dismantle the remaining dedicated Sunday Express editorial team to create a seven-day operation
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Writers Guild of America East members who work at PBS member stations threaten a strike if a deal isn't reached by the end of their contract on November 21 — Writers at members stations WGBH, THIRTEEN and PBS SoCal are threatening a work stoppage if a deal isn't reached by the end of their current contract on Nov. 21.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
IAC documents show OpenAI is paying Dotdash Meredith at least ~$16M per year to license its content — The figure is a minimum and does not include payment for the ‘variable’ component — The artificial intelligence firm OpenAI is paying the digital media company Dotdash Meredith a minimum …
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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
HarperCollins confirms it has an agreement with an AI company to train AI models on some nonfiction books, giving authors the choice to opt in — HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the world, made a deal with an “artificial intelligence technology company” …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Q&A with Emily Sundberg, whose Feed Me newsletter on business and culture has over 50K subscribers and ranks sixth on Substack's paid leaderboard — The News — One of the most talked-about writers in business and culture journalism last year wasn't employed by The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal or Bloomberg.
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