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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: the NYT rushed to publish its story on Zohran Mamdani's Columbia application out of fear of being scooped by other reporters, such as Christopher Rufo — THE SCOOP — The afternoon before a long holiday weekend isn't always the best time to drop a major scoop.
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Patrick Healy / @patrickhealynyt:
[Thread] An NYT standards editor responds to criticism of its recent Zohran Mamdani story, saying the “ultimate source” was Columbia data that Mamdani confirmed
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Sources: TikTok plans to launch a new app version on September 5, ahead of the US' September 17 divest-or-ban enforcement deadline, that US users must switch to — TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the U.S. ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors.
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Reuters:
Reuters says its X account was restored a day after being suspended in India over a “legal demand”; the Indian government denies issuing an order to restrict it — The Reuters News account on X has been inaccessible to users in India since Saturday, when the social media platform suspended …
BBC:
The BBC names Newsbeat Deputy Editor Julian Vaccari as the new editor of Question Time, starting in August ahead of the program's September return — Julian will start this role in August ahead of the programme's return in September … Julian Vaccari has been appointed as the new editor of BBC Question Time.
Semafor:
Fortune told staff that former editor Nick Lichtenberg was returning to “test ways to use AI to deliver breaking news faster” via a Fortune Intelligence section — Media companies are continuing to push the boundaries of how AI can be incorporated into journalism.
Ian Bogost / The Atlantic:
Velvet Sundown, an AI‑created band with ~850,000 monthly Spotify listeners and two recent albums, shows how some listeners are turning to anodyne AI music — “ Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine. — The traffic receded as Chicago withdrew …
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Fortune, Digit, @ibogost.bsky.social, @zsk, @tvs_music, Stereogum, NME and NDTV Profit, more at Techmeme »
Yvonne Condes / Washington Post:
How LA Taco, an independent local media outlet with a six-person news team, became an essential news source covering the recent ICE raids and protests in LA — L.A. Taco has become a formidable media outlet amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the resulting protests. — Summary51
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New York Times:
Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports, on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to May — More than a decade after the platform cracked down on copyright infringement, thousands of unlicensed movies, TV shows and live sports are available.
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TVNewsCheck, XDA Developers and Adalytics, more at Techmeme »
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Punchbowl News plans to launch weekly YouTube show Fly Out Day, aiming to be a “modern political show that is very in the moment” with “sharp interviews” — Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Semafor — The Capitol publication Punchbowl News will launch …
Mishal Husain / Bloomberg:
Q&A with British Library CEO Rebecca Lawrence on dealing with the aftermath of a major October 2023 cyberattack, AI scraping, AI for text analysis, and more — Are you reading books — physical books — as much as you used to? — Few of us are, and it made me wonder about the path ahead for national libraries.
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@mishalhusain and @mishalhusain, more at Techmeme »
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Survey: 47% of UK adults and 81% of UK “decision makers” say they use AI “as part of consuming news and staying up to date with current events” — Nearly half of UK adults have used AI tools to stay up to date with news and current affairs, according to new research by communications agency Portland.
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Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn and @faduda.bsky.social
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Trump tells reporters that “We did a deal for about $16M plus $16M, or maybe more than that in” ads with CBS, which denies PSAs were part of the settlement — Someone's playing fast and loose with the real numbers, and, for once, it may not be Donald Trump …
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@zacestrada.com, @freedom.press, @jeremymbarr, Variety, TV Insider, Mediaite, @allowat3.bsky.social and New York Sun
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