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Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:
Several women attest to Wesley Lowery's pattern of predatory behavior toward young women in journalism between 2018 and 2024  —  Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker.  Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google tests bringing ads to AI Mode, both below responses as well as “integrated into” them, and expands ads in AI Overviews to desktop in the US  —  Google on Wednesday detailed its plans to bring ads to AI Mode, the company's AI-powered experience in Google Search.
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Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
AI videos from Google's Veo 3, which features synchronized audio as well as crisper, more detailed video, are both impressive and terrifying  —  If the internet wasn't already full of misinformation and general filler content, Veo 3 is going to take it to an entirely new level.
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Google announces new video and image generation models Veo 3 and Imagen 4, alongside a new AI filmmaking tool Flow and expanded access to Lyria 2
Richard Headland / Press Gazette:
The Economist details its new engagement model, assigning different weightings to content types like narrated articles and podcasts, to reduce subscriber churn  —  The Economist has rolled out a new content engagement model designed to build habits and improve retention among its 1.2 million global subscriber base.
Ira Boudway / Bloomberg:
Ampere: sports made up 12% of newly commissioned TV docs in Q2, up from 3% in Q1 2019, as the number of first-run unscripted shows rose from <600 to ~1.3K  —  Customers love them, but streamers are getting choosier in what they say yes to.  —  Last season the Boston Red Sox were the picture …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Every, which runs an online magazine, released an AI-powered word processor, and advises media companies on using AI, raised $2M from Reid Hoffman and others  —  The start-up Every centered its business model on artificial intelligence, and has raised $2 million from backers including Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Epic v. Apple: Spotify says its recent update supporting web payments has resulted in “a significant increase in iOS users upgrading to a Premium subscription”  —  Spotify says its ability to direct its customers to external payment links in its iOS app has already had a positive impact on sales.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Live Nation, which is facing a US DOJ antitrust probe, adds Trump ally and the newly installed President of the Kennedy Center Richard Grenell to its board  —  Amid an antitrust battle with the Justice Department, global entertainment company Live Nation is adding one of President Trump's closest advisors to its board of directors.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Channel 4 unveils its Creative Investment Fund to invest in production companies as part of a move to in-house production; the UK broadcaster has £111M in cash  —  Channel 4 is planning to take majority stakes in third-party production companies as part of its plan to move into in-house production.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
DirecTV and Tribeca Festival partner to launch a streaming hub for films, festival talks, and behind-the-scenes content as one of DirecTV's FAST channels  —  MyFree DirecTV includes 110 FAST channels at no charge and with no subscription commitment.  —  The new initiative comes during …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How animation startup Toonstar uses its AI tools to make animated content up to 90% cheaper than traditional methods; its YouTube series has 30M weekly viewers
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
A profile of Tony Reali as Around the Horn, the ESPN show that he hosts and which showcases sportswriters, draws to an end on May 23
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Bill Adair / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Richard Gingras, Google's longtime global VP for news who announced his retirement last week, on the news industry's decline, AI, local news, and more
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The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a supplement featuring an AI-generated guide to summer books that do not exist
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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