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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An analysis of Google's policy dilemma as YouTube and UMG explore AI licensing, Google scrapes the web to train its AI, and lawsuits could 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 become less reliable is hard to say 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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@bradbarrish@mastodon.social, @nxthompson, @yappelbaum, @cwarzel, @matthewkassel, @lrhodes@merveilles.town and Longreads
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports podcasting network Blue Wire opens a community fundraising round, seeking $1M+ at a $26M valuation; in 2022, Blue Wire 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 …
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Front Office Sports, Barrett Media, Awful Announcing and RADIO ONLINE
Klaus Lauer / Reuters:
Axel Springer settles with Julian Reichelt, the former Bild EIC that the publisher had sued for sharing internal company 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 …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Fandom CEO Perkins Miller on the wiki hosting service's origin as Wikipedia's sister company, Pottermore, acquiring TV Guide, ads, FanDNA, AI, and more — Today, I'm talking with Perkins Miller. He's the CEO of Fandom, which runs thousands of wikis for everything from Disney …
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@verge, more at Techmeme »
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Three Motherboard alumni and former EIC Jason Koebler launch 404 Media to cover tech, hacking, sex work, 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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404 Media, @lmatsakis, @bcmerchant, @jason_koebler, @mat, @adfichter@chaos.social, @crumbler@threads.net, @dnvolz, @josephfcox, @patrickklepek, @jason_koebler, @lorenzofb, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, The Wrap, @film_girl, @glennf@twit.social, @emanuelmaiberg, @discourse_blog, @kevincollier, @josephfcox, @pblest, Boing Boing, @samleecole, The Daily Beast, @ryansingel@writing.exchange, @bourgwick@heads.social, @ernie@writing.exchange, @ernie@writing.exchange and bookforum.com, more at Techmeme »
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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Kevin Jiang / Toronto Star:
Experts warn that Meta, and possibly Google, blocking trusted news outlets in Canada will worsen misinformation as the world nears a “precipice” of AI content — 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 and WGA members and sympathizers picketed outside of Amazon's and HBO's offices in NYC on August 22 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, WGN-TV and Collider
Bianet:
Turkey's media regulator threatens to block VOA Türkçe's website in the country if the digital outlet doesn't apply for a broadcasting license within 72 hours — 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:
Prominent media executives and others raise ~$3M to launch the Center for News, Technology & Innovation, for fostering an open internet and an independent press — A group of prominent media, tech and research executives have raised nearly $3 million to launch an independent policy …
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@blackamazon, @jimfriedlich, @craignewmark, @dicktofel and @michellemanafy@journa.host
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