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12:40 PM ET, August 16, 2023

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds AI-powered article summaries for free articles, not paywalled ones, to its Search Generative Experience and says publishers can block the feature  —  Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) …
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Joann Meyer, who worked for nearly 60 years at the The Marion County Record in Kansas, died on August 12, a day after police searched the newspaper's offices  —  She collapsed a day after the police raided her home and the offices of The Marion County Record, a weekly paper in Kansas.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Users of XPro, previously TweetDeck, report encountering X Blue paywalls to use the service; X said on July 3 that “in 30 days” XPro would be subscriber-only  —  X, the social network formally known as Twitter, appears to be finally following through on its promise to make TweetDeck a paid service.
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
X files for dismissal of a copyright lawsuit filed in June by the US National Music Publishers' Association over alleged infringements of ~1,700 works  —  Unlike rivals like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, X - the Elon Musk-owned social media service formerly known as Twitter …
Washington Post:
X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks
Danielle Kaye / NPR:
NPR names Eva Rodriguez as VP and executive editor in charge of its global news operations; Rodriguez was previously the EIC of nonprofit The Fuller Project  —  NPR has named veteran newsroom leader Eva Rodriguez as its next vice president and executive editor, a role that will put her at the helm …
Soraya Amiri / The Walrus:
A female Afghan journalist recounts leaving Kabul after the Taliban regained power in the country in 2021, as she reflects on life as a journalist in exile  —  At 8:30 one August morning two years ago, I was at home in the Pul-e Surkh area of Kabul when my sister called.
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Russia expels Eva Hartog, Politico Europe's reporter in Moscow, after 10 years reporting in the country, without giving any details on how the ruling was made  —  As Putin escalates crackdown on foreign media, longtime correspondent Eva Hartog is forced out by the Kremlin.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon hikes the price of Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers, up $1/month to $9.99 for individual plans and family plans up $1/month to $16.99  —  Amazon previously raised the prime of Amazon Music Unlimited for non-Prime members earlier this year.  —  Amazon Music Unlimited …
 
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 15 in an effort to end the 106-day strike; sources: the sides remain at odds on streaming residuals and other issues
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Telegraph Media Group says the outlet has reached its target of 1M subscriptions, 70%+ of them digital, and that 300K of its subscribers use its app every day
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A lawsuit that threatens to bankrupt a Wisconsin local news website highlights a trend of wealthy and powerful people using defamation law for retribution
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Progressive local news group Courier Newsroom plans to open a Nevada newsroom this week and one in Texas and another one in New Hampshire in the coming months
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN sportscaster Sage Steele plans to leave the network after settling her lawsuit alleging ESPN violated her free speech rights; ESPN suspended Steele in 2021
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: in July, linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV usage, a first in over two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record 38.7% high of TV usage
 

 
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Anna Tong / Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans to announce its AI-powered search product on May 13, a day before the start of Google's annual I/O developer conference

Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games, including Candy Crush Saga, and later opening to other publishers

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Google releases a Chrome security update to fix the fifth zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild in 2024; the vulnerability is in the Visuals component
 
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