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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
Spotify raises UK prices by £1 after previously raising them in April 2024; the Premium individual monthly plan will now cost £12.99 — Spotify is raising subscription prices in the UK for the second time in 18 months. The company is also increasing the price of its Premium plans in Switzerland.
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Variety, Digital Music News, The Independent and Sky News
David Folkenflik / NPR:
In the past two weeks, at least three WaPo editorials have taken on matters in which Jeff Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake — A year ago, in explaining why he had blocked the publication of an endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris …
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American Crisis, @jillgeisler, @jswatz.bsky.social, @pamelafessler, @davidfolkenflik, @mpolymer, @laurelann.bsky.social, @mattgertz, Raw Story, @Professor_Stevens …, @davidsirota, @justinbaragona.bsky.social, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social, Fortune, @craigtimes.bsky.social, @daveweigel, @bgrueskin.bsky.social, @john-b-des-moines.bsky.social, @lisafung.bsky.social, HuffPost and r/Journalism
Adobe Newsroom:
A survey of 16K+ creators in eight countries: 86% use creative GenAI tools, 60% use multiple, 48% use them for ideation, and 52% for creating video and more — - 76 percent of creators say creative generative AI has helped grow their business and personal brand
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B&T, Business Wire and Investor's Business Daily, more at Techmeme »
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Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Adobe partners with YouTube to offer a Create for YouTube Shorts feature in the Premiere mobile app, letting creators instantly publish video, launching soon
Adobe partners with YouTube to offer a Create for YouTube Shorts feature in the Premiere mobile app, letting creators instantly publish video, launching soon
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Adobe Newsroom, Social Media Today, Tubefilter, The Decoder, PCWorld, WinBuzzer, PetaPixel, Unite.AI, Ken Yeung, 9to5Google, Benzinga, Thurrott, Business Wire, Digital Trends, Variety and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
CNN launches its new All Access streaming subscription tier for $6.99 per month, including live channels and on-demand video, after shutting down CNN+ in 2022 — CNN is ushering in a new era today with the launch of its All Access subscription streaming tier.
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CNN, Axios, People, The A.V. Club, TheDesk.net, New Jersey Online, @rlheppner.bsky.social, @johnbull.wtf, The Hollywood Reporter, Barrett Media, @bristei, The Streamable, @cnnpr, @boblevine.us, Twyla Huang-DiSimone on LinkedIn, @mlcalderone, @karlbode.com, Broadband TV News, CNET, @erichaywood.bsky.social, @hayekmg, Cord Cutters News, Advanced Television, Mediaite, The Wrap, CNN, Variety and Business Insider
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Celebrity video shoutout app Cameo sues OpenAI for trademark infringement, alleging Sora's “cameo” feature is likely to cause confusion and dilute its brand — The maker of celebrity video platform Cameo sued OpenAI in a California federal court on Tuesday, arguing that the new …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube will age-restrict more video game content showing “graphic violence” and stop creators from directing users to gambling sites involving digital goods — YouTube will age-gate ‘an additional small subset’ of violent content, even if it's from a video game.
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@loudmouthjulia, @slasher, @slasher, @sophianarwitz, Dexerto and Google Help Center, more at Techmeme »
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Steven.com, owned by Steven Bartlett, host of popular UK podcast Diary of a CEO, raised a “major eight-figure investment” at a $425M valuation — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Social media entrepreneur-turned-podcaster Steven Bartlett …
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Tubefilter, Steven Bartlett, Tech.eu, Tech Funding News, Daily Mail and EU-Startups
American Journalism Project:
The American Journalism Project invests $3.5M into three nonprofit local news outlets: Cardinal News in Virginia, Honolulu Civil Beat, and the Nashville Banner — The American Journalism Project today announced $3.5 million in new support for three nonprofit local news organizations …
John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC's entire primetime lineup on Sundays and Tuesdays is now reserved for sporting events through the spring, a stark example of broadcast TV's focus on live TV — Broadcast TV continues to draw big audiences. And they are increasingly getting special events, award shows and sports — lots of sports.
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@dannygroner.bsky.social and Awful Announcing
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Immediate Media's Olive magazine relaunches as a 148-page “bookazine”, with eight issues per year for £8.99 each, as it broadens its editorial focus beyond food — Newsstand price rises to £8.99 as Olive broadens editorial focus away from food.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV signs a distribution deal with Bloomberg Media, adding Bloomberg TV+, a live 24-hour news channel, and Bloomberg Originals — Google's YouTube TV is adding two channels from Bloomberg Media to its lineup, one with live 24-hour news and the other with the media company's original series and documentaries.
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TheDesk.net, MediaPost, Chris Hampson on LinkedIn, The Wrap, @bsdtectr.bsky.social, Christine C. Cook on LinkedIn and VICE
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Disney executive Sean Bailey launches B5 Studios, backed by RedBird, to use AI, video game engines, and other tech to produce content faster and more cheaply — Sean Bailey's venture pursues Silicon Valley partnerships to speed up TV and movie making and reduce costs
