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Reddit's API pricing changes stem from LLMs driving up the value of the site's data, an upcoming IPO, and third-party apps generating no revenue for the company — As it moves to shut down third-party apps, the site's self-governing ethos comes back to haunt it — I.
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Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode — / ‘More is needed for Reddit to act.’ — Moderators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely.
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A group of Insider employees confronted EIC Nicholas Carlson on a Brooklyn street as he pulled down pro-union flyers from lampposts; some flyers showed his face — The top editor of the Insider news site was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters as a labor strike dragged into its second week.
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Paul McCartney says a sound editor used AI to “extricate” John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create “the final Beatles record”, slated for release in 2023 — Sir Paul McCartney says he has employed artificial intelligence to help create what he calls “the final Beatles record”.
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Internal memo: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tells employees that the platform is “on a mission to become the world's most accurate real-time information source” — Linda Yaccarino, who joined company last week, describes her mission to employees
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Reuters' 2023 Digital News Report finds fragmentation in users' social media choices yet more reliance on the platforms for news; Facebook drops, TikTok grows — This year's report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world.
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US-based creator startups have raised $8.6B+ since 2021, but at least seven have shut down since 2022 as they were solving irrelevant problems for most creators — Two years ago, Dmitry Shapiro and Sean Thielen were so optimistic about the booming creator economy that they pivoted their startup …
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Memo: Southern California Public Radio plans to cut 10%+ of its staff in response to a revenue shortfall primarily due to a fall in Hollywood studio advertising — Support your source for local news! — The local news you read here every day is crafted for you, but right now, we need your help to keep it going.
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How the New York Times Book Review changed under editor Gilbert Cruz, including publishing different kinds of features and no longer running “double-reviews” — When Pamela Paul stepped down as editor of the New York Times Book Review in April 2022, the news came as a shock to many of her colleagues.
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Source: the latest Fox News layoffs total less than 3% of the workforce, affecting a double-digit number of employees; SVP Amy Sohnen is leaving this month — New from me in tonight's Confider: Fox News has quietly been laying off veteran journalists and longtime staffers in recent months, totaling about 3% of its workforce. This includes Miami-based correspondent Phil Keating, who was let go earlier this year. [image]
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Penske Media plans to launch Flow, a women's health focused media brand that includes a website and a digital magazine, on Wednesday, as part of She Media — Penske Media Corporation plans to launch a new media brand Wednesday under its She Media portfolio that's focused on women's health.
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New Zealand public broadcaster RNZ put an editor on leave after finding 22 articles by Reuters and the BBC were published on its site with “pro-Kremlin” edits — A web editor for RNZ has been put on leave and the station has apologized for changes to articles by Reuters and the BBC that had been published on its website.
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