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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An analysis of Google policy dilemmas as YouTube and UMG explore AI licensing, Google scrapes the web to train AI, and lawsuits threaten to upend copyright law — Google has made clear it is going to use the open web to inform and create anything it wants, and nothing can get in its way.
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Kylie Robison / Fortune:
Elon Musk says that X plans to remove preview headlines from posts linking to articles, so that the previews show only the article's lead image and the URL — X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service …
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Whether Wirecutter has deteriorated is difficult to determine given the rise of copycats, changes to the internet since 2011, and falling trust in institutions — Longtime fans have turned on the product-recommendation website. An evolving internet may be to blame.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Four Motherboard alumni, including ex-EIC Jason Koebler, launch tech publication 404 Media to cover hacking and more; subscriptions are $10/month or $100/year — They are joining a recent boom of publications owned and operated by the reporters and editors themselves.
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Klaus Lauer / Reuters:
Axel Springer settles with Julian Reichelt, the former Bild EIC it had sued for sharing internal data with newspaper Berliner Zeitung — German publishing magnate Axel Springer has agreed to an out-of-court settlement in a civil lawsuit against Julian Reichelt, the former editor-in-chief …
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Financial Times
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports podcasting network Blue Wire opens up a community fundraising round, seeking $1M at a $26M valuation; in 2022, it had $8M in revenue and a $5M loss — Blue Wire, a sports podcast company founded in 2018, will open up a community fundraising round on Tuesday, allowing podcasters …
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Front Office Sports, Barrett Media and Awful Announcing
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta is rolling out a Threads web app over the next few days that will let users post, interact with other posts, and look at the feed — Meta is finally launching a much more capable web app for Threads, the company announced on Tuesday. You'll be able to post, interact with other posts …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Prominent media execs and others raise ~$3M to launch the Center for News, Technology & Innovation, which focuses an open internet and independent press — A group of prominent media, tech and research executives have raised nearly $3 million to launch an independent policy research center focused …
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@jimfriedlich, @blackamazon, @craignewmark, @dicktofel and @michellemanafy@journa.host
Kevin Jiang / Toronto Star:
Experts warn that blocking of trusted news outlets in Canada by Meta, and possibly Google, will worsen misinformation as AI-generated “news” sites are surging — As it becomes increasingly difficult to trust what we read online, experts say it's critical to learn how to tell real media from fake — here's how.
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@librarianshipwreck …, Techdirt, @mattdpearce and @sadeghimckenzie
Sean Piccoli / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA members and sympathizers picketed outside of Amazon's and HBO's offices in New York on Tuesday as the Hollywood strikes continue — - Dispatches From The Picket Lines: Latine Writers & Actors In L.A. & NYC; ‘Roseanne’ And ‘The Conners’ Teams Reunite At Radford
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The Wrap, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Vox and WGN-TV
Bianet:
Turkey's media regulator gives VOA's digital outlet in Turkey 72 hours to apply for a broadcasting license, or access to its website VOA Türkçe will be blocked — The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) gave VOA Türkçe 72 hours to make an application for a license.
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@w7voa@journa.host and Voice of America
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Cox launches streaming service Neighborhood TV, aiming to serve small audiences of 400-500K per zone and include original and licensed local news content — Local broadcast company Cox Media Group is launching a hyper-local streaming network called Neighborhood TV, in partnership with McClatchy …
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