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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.
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@itsjackcohen, @hypervisible.bsky.social and @benmullin
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
A look at some of the projects looking to raise money from Democratic megadonors as party strategists try to “find the next Joe Rogan” — At private gatherings, strategists and donors are swapping ideas to help the party capture the digital mojo that helped President Trump win.
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Columbia Journalism Review, How Things Work, HotAir, The Information, @bgrueskin.bsky.social, @mobute.bsky.social, @rlarochelle.bsky.social, @chronotope.aramzs.xyz, @steveolson.bsky.social, @charles.littlegreenfootballs …, @morglea.bsky.social, @thembo.bsky.social, @michaelcrawford.com, @joshuaconkel.bsky.social, @allenkenney.bsky.social, @secondaryjess.bsky.social, @itsmattjordan.com, @coolguy.party, @radmad.bsky.social, @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, @poniewozik.bsky.social, @aaronhuertas.bsky.social, RedState, @teddyschleifer.bsky.social, @fishkin.bsky.social, @nickpinto.bsky.social, @billscher.bsky.social and Semafor
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.
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@brianstelter.bsky.social, The Wrap, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
LA mayor Karen Bass issues an executive directive to streamline city processes, lower filming costs, and ease shoots at well-known city-owned locations — With film and TV production in Los Angeles down by roughly one-third in recent years, Mayor Karen Bass took steps to make it easier to shoot at top locations.
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Los Angeles Times, IndieWire, @michaelbishop.me, Deadline, The Wrap, Bloomberg and Variety
Killian Faith-Kelly / Press Gazette:
An interview with Jonathan Nunn, founder of Vittles, a newsletter about food that has 84,000 subscribers, on the decision to launch a biannual print magazine — The first time Vittles founder Jonathan Nunn read a food magazine was in 2015, in a New York cafe whose coffee table was supporting …
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@pressgazette and @mediaevan.bsky.social
The Wrap:
Atlas sues Comscore for allegedly leveraging its monopoly on box office data to “suppress competition” and forcing Atlas to shut down its CinemaCloudWorks app — Atlas claims the measurement company forced it to shutter its CinemaCloudWorks software app and restricted access to essential data
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: under Kristi Noem, the DHS has significantly expanded the use of polygraph exams to identify employees suspected of leaking information to the media — The information that DHS employees are accused of sharing with media often isn't classified — WASHINGTON—In a small interrogation room …
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Talking Points Memo and @whodat35.bsky.social
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a supplement featuring an AI-generated guide to summer books that do not exist — Well, this is embarrassing. The Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer have been caught running an AI-generated guide to summer books that don't exist.
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404 Media, The Hill, Washington Post, NPR, @arkprogressive.bsky.social, Axios, @kashhill.bsky.social, Nieman Lab, LinkedIn, Treasa Edmond on LinkedIn, The Verge, Poynter, @peter@thepit.social, @nxthompson.bsky.social, FOX 32 Chicago, @typofonderie.com, @pourmecoffee, The Guardian, Chicago Sun Times, The Atlantic, Threads, @chicago.suntimes.com, Ars Technica, @harrymccracken.com, @margotfharrison.bsky.social, @seancasten.bsky.social, @bangbangclick.bsky.social, @bradquestionmark.bsky.social, @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social, @cmf406.bsky.social, MediaPost, Chicago Tribune, @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social, Defector, @lynxsey.bsky.social, @sophieburnham.bsky.social, Erika Hall on LinkedIn, @adamkeiper.com, @lindevi.bsky.social, The Present Age, @rachaelking70.bsky.social and @amandamull.bsky.social
CNBC:
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 — Google on Tuesday announced Veo 3, an AI video generator that can also create and incorporate audio. — The artificial intelligence tool competes …
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Music Ally, The Keyword, @skirano, @googledeepmind, @martinnebelong, @nearcyan, @emollick, @nearcyan, @sherveen, The Indian Express, @cokanestudio, @arikuschnir, @emollick, @googledeepmind, @fofrai, @mattshumer_, @pizza_later, @google, @angrytomtweets, The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Verge, TechCrunch and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Channel 4 unveils its Creative Investment Fund to invest in production companies as part 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.
Discussion:
Variety, The Guardian, Advanced Television, Telegraph, The Hollywood Reporter, The Media Leader, Broadband TV News, Televisual and City A.M.
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 — A.I. has yet to upend Hollywood. But it is starting to make big inroads in animation. — The founders of Toonstar …
Saleah Blancaflor / Adweek:
IAB releases its updated Terms for Digital Advertising Agreements and opens a 60-day public comment period until July 21; IAB last updated its T&Cs in 2010 — The public comment period will be open for 60 days until July 21 — The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) …
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TVNewsCheck, IAB, MediaPost, TV Tech, Angelina Eng on LinkedIn, Inside Radio and MarTech
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