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12:40 PM ET, August 22, 2023

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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 …
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube and Universal Music Group partner to explore new products, using music in AI tools, and paying artists whose work is used to make AI-generated content  —  Universal Music artists and songwriters plan to explore the future of royalties and content-creation tools in the age of generative AI.
Maria Heeter / The Information:
Memo: Bloomberg LP names Vlad Kliatchko as CEO, JP Zammitt as President, and plans to form a new board chaired by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney  —  Bloomberg LP made a sweeping overhaul of its top ranks, putting in place a new CEO, president and chief financial officer …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tucker Carlson plans to post an ad-free interview with Donald Trump on X during Wednesday's GOP debate, which Trump plans to skip, citing poll numbers  —  The former Fox News host plans to stream pretaped conversation with the former president on X during Wednesday's Republican presidential debate.
Alex Cooper / Advocate:
Wellness company For Them acquires queer online magazine Autostraddle in an all-equity deal  —  Iconic queer online magazine Autostraddle has been acquired by wellness company For Them, the companies announced Tuesday.  The site will now become Autostraddle by For Them.
Discussion: Axios, Autostraddle and Ad Age
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 …
Discussion: @blackamazon
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple adds Subscription Analytics to Podcasts, adds more hosts to Delegated Delivery, and integrates its podcast analytics into Linkfire's marketing platform  —  Apple announced today several new updates to its podcast creator tools, including, most notably, the addition …
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.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Jezebel EIC Laura Bassett resigns, becoming the seventh EIC to quit G/O Media in eight months; sources detail harsh working conditions under CEO Jim Spanfeller  —  In this week's edition of Confider, we look at how G/O Media just lost its seventh EIC in eight months—a sign of absolute tumult at the private equity-owned media empire.
 
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Mather Economics buys AI tool Sophi, which recommends when publishers should show readers a paywall, from The Globe and Mail; Sophi works with 100 newsrooms
Lacey Rose / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Simmons, Ben Shapiro, Kara Swisher, and other podcast hosts, executives, and agents on how the industry has changed, not reaching “peak podcast”, and more
Discussion: @thr, more at Techmeme »
Catherine Thorbecke / CNN:
Justin Trudeau criticizes Meta for “putting corporate profits ahead of people's safety” as the company continues blocking news content during Canadian wildfires
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
A profile of George Chidi, an Atlanta journalist who writes on Substack and who documented a 2020 meeting of “alternate” Georgia electors favoring Donald Trump
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: on a call this summer, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy told GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to buy more ads if he wants more coverage on the network