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Sources: a text message from Tucker Carlson showing inflammatory views on violence and race contributed to his firing and Fox's decision to settle with Dominion — The discovery of the text message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Tucker Carlson's firing.
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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Striking WGA writers have two main worries on AI: they don't want their work used as training data and don't want to just fix AI-generated “sloppy first drafts” — WGA writers don't want to train AI or clean up AI-generated “sloppy first drafts.”
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Industry executives say the Hollywood writers strike could drag on, favoring Netflix, Apple TV+, and HBO Max, which make content far in advance — Industry executives point to clauses that let parties sidestep contractual obligations in extraordinary circumstances
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Deadline:
Film and TV writers' unions across the globe share their support for striking Hollywood writers as WGA members picket in NYC, Los Angeles, and other US cities
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Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
World Press Freedom Index 2023: an unprecedented 31 countries are deemed to be in a “very serious situation” as authoritarian leaders become increasingly bold — World Press Freedom Index report warns disinformation and AI pose mounting threats to journalism
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
RSF says the “fake content industry” has increased “volatility” in its press freedom rankings; the US fell three spots to 45 and Russia fell nine places to 164 — RSF's secretary-general said this year's index was characterised by “major falls and unprecedented changes”.
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JC Reindl / Detroit Free Press:
Nicole Avery Nichols has been named the new top editor of the Detroit Free Press, following a two-year stint as editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat — Nicole Avery Nichols, who has reported and edited news in Detroit for more than 25 years, leading coverage that has ranged from culture …
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Unprompted, Elon Musk emailed an NPR reporter to ask if the outlet planned to start posting on Twitter again, “or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” — Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to “another company.” — In a series of emails sent …
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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
IAB: US digital video ad spend, including social video and connected TV, rose 21% YoY in 2022 to $47.1B and is projected to rise 17% in 2023 to $55.2B — U.S. digital video ad spend increased 21% in 2022, to $47.1 billion, and is projected to rise 17% in 2023, to $55.2 billion …
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Elizabeth Nelson / Washington Post:
Ed Sheeran losing a nakedly cynical copyright lawsuit over Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic “Let's Get It On” would have unspeakable ramifications for the industry — Elizabeth Nelson is a singer and songwriter with the D.C.-based band the Paranoid Style. — Imagine a painter in their studio, preparing for an exhibition.
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Bloomberg:
ByteDance plans to discontinue the free tier of its music streaming service Resso in India, Indonesia, and Brazil starting May 11, to focus on profitability — TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is scrapping the free tier of Resso, its music streaming service for emerging markets.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue — New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue
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Matthew Keys / Fierce Video:
Sinclair Broadcast Group says it had revenue of $773M in Q1 2023, down 40% YoY, largely due to problems at Diamond Sports Group and its Bally Sports channels — Sinclair quarterly earnings Diamond Sports regional sports network (RSN) — The bankrupt cluster of regional sports channels operated …
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