Mediagazer: A look at some options for fighting AI companies' scraping, including open-source Anubis' cryptographic JavaScript math challenges and Cloudflare's AI Labyrinth (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Sources: Disney and Hearst put A+E Global Media, home to A&E Network, History, and Lifetime, up for sale; it's unclear if it will be sold entirely or in part — Wells Fargo tapped to handle a sale process for the long-established brands jointly owned by Disney and Hearst

Discussion: The A.V. Club, The Wrap, @tim_bays, Deadline, @theashleyray, Business Insider, Cord Cutters News, The Hollywood Reporter, The Streamable, Bloomberg, TheDesk.net, @jacktweets44, TVNewsCheck and @tvgrimreaper

Nicholas Quah / Vulture:

How the NYT's Opinion section is becoming a pillar of the NYT's podcast strategy, which includes embracing video and brand-name hosts, like Wesley Morris — “Hold on, I'm going to show you something funny,” Wesley Morris says. The New York Times critic and I are deep into a conversation …

Discussion: @simonowens.bsky.social, @alexarriaga.bsky.social, @moorehn, @vulture.com, @langealexandra.bsky.social and @tylercoates.bsky.social

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at the threats and harassment local reporters covering US extremism face and the importance of coverage of how extremists interact with their communities — The extremism beat has gone mainstream—but in local markets, it's still intensely personal.

Discussion: @liamjscott.bsky.social, @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social, @stevanzetti.bsky.social and @stevanzetti.bsky.social

Richard Lawler / The Verge:

Bluesky rolls out Activity Notifications, letting users get push notifications about new posts and replies from specific accounts, as it doubles down on sports — A new update has also added much more control over which notifications users will see, and who can trigger them.

Discussion: Scripting News, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada, Bluesky, Beebom, Thurrott, Tech Times, @caseynewton.bsky.social, Social Media Today, TechCrunch and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Sara Fischer / Axios:

CNN relaunched its FAST channel CNN Headlines, which now features two hours of a new live, original show anchored by Brad Smith, last week — CNN last week quietly relaunched a new and improved version of its free, ad-supported (FAST) streaming channel called CNN Headlines, sources familiar with the effort told Axios.

Discussion: NCS | NewscastStudio, CNN, @davidclinchnews, The Streamable, Media Play News, Barrett Media and Deadline

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Oliver Darcy expands his Status newsletter by launching a podcast and videocast called Power Lines, and says Status is approaching 85,000 paid and non-paid subs — Now he's ready to see if it will translate to podcasting and video. — “Power Lines,” a new podcast and videocast based …

Discussion: The Wrap, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social and Barrett Media

Matt Donnelly / Variety:

Turner Classic Movies will have a co-management structure as WBD plans a split, with creative control under David Zaslav and operations under Gunnar Wiedenfels — As WBD prepares to split, creative control will stay with Zaslav's studio group while operations will continue at global networks

Discussion: @honudan.bsky.social and @kevdgrussing.bsky.social

Michael Schaffer / Politico:

Politics reporters discuss handling reporting on interactions with aging Congress members who don't seem lucid and their spokespeople who edit their comments — A media conundrum for the age of gerontocracy. — A few weeks ago, my POLITICO colleague Nicholas Wu and NBC's Sahil Kapur ran …

Discussion: @amandalitman.bsky.social, @vincentmorris, @ericmgarcia.bsky.social, @thedesk.net, @michaelkruse, @farnoushamiri, @anniekarni, @josephsreed.bsky.social, @pauldemko, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, National Review, Mediaite and NewsMax.com

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:

A look at some options for fighting AI companies' scraping, including open-source Anubis' cryptographic JavaScript math challenges and Cloudflare's AI Labyrinth — For someone who says she is fighting AI bot scrapers just in her free time, Xe Iaso seems to be putting up an impressive fight.

Discussion: The Decoder, @mike@fosstodon.org, @mttaggart@infosec.exchange, @sesmith.lol and @josephcox@infosec.exchange

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:

In a note to staff, Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait announces a major newsroom reorganization, which includes staff layoffs — In a note to staff, Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait announced a major newsroom reorg/cuts, merging credit/finance groups, legal/financial reg groups. “We have sadly had to say goodbye to some colleagues,” but Bloomberg will “end this year with a bigger newsroom than we started

Discussion: New York Post, @fisheri, The Wrap and TVNewsCheck

Andrew R. Chow / Time:

Moonvalley debuts Marey, its licensed AI video model, for $14.99, $34.99, or $149.99 per month; ~80% of its footage is from independent filmmakers and agencies — The relationship between Hollywood and the AI industry is extremely fraught. Many filmmakers and industry workers abhor the idea …

Discussion: The Logic, Forbes, The American Bazaar, Business Wire, Fast Company, TechCrunch and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Fox Nation is expanding to include live sports for the first time through an exclusive Friday night broadcast partnership with Professional Bull Riders — The Fox News-owned streaming service will be the Friday night broadcast partner for PBR's Camping World Team Series.

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, TheDesk.net, Fox News, The Streamable, Media Play News, Fox News Network, LLC, Deadline and Awful Announcing