Mediagazer: Q&A with New York Magazine EIC David Haskell on Olivia Nuzzi, optimism in the media business, print's power, how journalists traffic in secrets, and more (Mel Ottenberg/Interview Magazine)

11:50 AM ET, December 16, 2024

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ABC News apologizes and will give $15M to Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over George Stephanopoulos' comments about Trump and E. Jean Carroll — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George …

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David Enrich / New York Times:

How Trump and his allies are using actual or threatened lawsuits to crack down on unfavorable media coverage, even before Trump moves back into the White House — The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised …

Max Tani / Semafor:

Internal memo: Axios' senior counsel says the outlet anticipates the Trump admin will try to force reporters to out their sources, ramp up lawsuits, and more — The News — News organizations are bracing for the incoming Trump administration to go after journalists' sources and take legal action against them.

Discussion: @cdarwin@c.im

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

An interview with Patrick Soon-Shiong, who has spent ~$1B on the LA Times, on his non-endorsement in the presidential race, adding a “bias meter”, and more — Patrick Soon-Shiong had become accustomed to making the news. — He was the doctor and medical technology innovator …

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

The Creative Rights in AI Coalition, representing nearly 40 UK creative groups, urges the UK government to protect copyright rules ahead of an AI consultation — Coalition of publishers, authors and musicians says it wants to be paid fairly and retain control of its work

Discussion: Sebastian Cuttill on LinkedIn and The Bookseller

Financial Times:
Sources: the UK is launching a consultation into updating copyright rules to govern tech companies' scraping of voice, image, or material of famous individuals

Discussion: Michael Clohisy on LinkedIn, @paularmstrongtbd.bsky.social and Politico

Mark Caro / Local News Initiative:

A deep look at the emergence of local news startups in Massachusetts, as some “ghost newspapers” owned by Gannett still publish but without original reporting — PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Mark Pothier was wrapping up the young-adult phase of his music career, including a 1983 stint …

Discussion: Plymouth Independent, @michaelkruse.bsky.social, @jmalewitz.bsky.social, Tim Franklin on LinkedIn and Media Nation

John Towfighi / CNN:

How Sony turned itself around by innovating its games business beyond consoles and making acquisitions to expand its IP and original entertainment content — The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves.

Discussion: Screen Rant

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Two unidentified people shot and killed Daily Khabrain reporter Malik Zafar Iqbal Naich in Pakistan on December 12, the 11th Pakistani journalist killed in 2024 — Two unidentified persons shot and killed Malik Zafar Iqbal Naich, a reporter for Daily Khabrain newspaper, on Thursday …

Discussion: Al Jazeera, Reporters Without Borders and The News International

Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:

CNN says it is investigating after Syrian fact-checking group Verify-Sy said a man CNN reporter Clarissa Ward freed from a Syrian prison was an Assad officer — CNN says it is investigating the identity of a Syrian man who may have given the network a “false identity” during a segment depicting …

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic's merger shows how the industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval, which is squeezing out creative talent — Two advertisers are combining into a $30 billion behemoth to harness the data, tech and AI expertise now dominating Madison Avenue—and all the marketing you see

Discussion: Jeremy Baka on LinkedIn, @jonkimball.bsky.social, Digiday, Anne-Marie Marcus on LinkedIn, Ad Age, The Times and PRWeek, more at Techmeme »

Mia Sato / The Verge:

Snapchat plans to roll out a unified monetization program to pay influencers for ads placed in eligible Stories and Spotlight posts starting February 1, 2025 — Snapchat is tweaking how people earn money on the platform by introducing a new, unified monetization program.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Snap Newsroom and The Hollywood Reporter

Max Tani / Semafor:

Kamala Harris' deputy campaign manager and digital chief says the campaign tried to book Harris on sports shows and podcasts but was rejected by the top names — The News — Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty turned his attention to sports.

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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Major news outlets like Fox, MSNBC, and CBS are leveraging their reporters' personal TikTok accounts rather than the companies' own to reach younger audiences

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, Freddy Tran Nager on LinkedIn, @melissakorn and Kerry Flynn on LinkedIn

Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:
The success of independent, politically moderate podcasts shows listeners are tired of an artificial, scripted, carefully stage-managed version of reality

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Mel Ottenberg / Interview Magazine:
Q&A with New York Magazine EIC David Haskell on Olivia Nuzzi, optimism in the media business, print's power, how journalists traffic in secrets, and more

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Jakob Rodgers / Mercury News:
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused the company of copyright violations in October, was found dead by suicide on November 26 in San Francisco

Devan Cole / CNN:
A US appeals court declines to temporarily block a ban on TikTok; TikTok had indicated it would ask SCOTUS to step in on an emergency basis to block the law

Discussion: PR Daily, MediaPost, KVIA-TV, Mercury News, The Hill, Reclaim The Net, Financial Times, Raw Story, The Information, Forbes, MSNBC, New York Times, Bloomberg, CBS News and Freedom of the Press …

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Shutterstock launches a “research license” for AI companies, starting with Lightricks, which will train its video model LTXV on Shutterstock's video library

Discussion: Music Ally, @baekdal.bsky.social and Shutterstock on LinkedIn

Michael Wilner / Miami Herald:
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Graham Fraser / BBC:
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Samantha Subin / CNBC:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple plans to send more iPhones to the US from India to offset the China tariffs, but the situation is too uncertain to upend supply chain investments

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta VP of Generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle denies a rumor that the company trained Llama 4 Maverick and Scout on test sets, saying that Meta “would never do that”

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