Mediagazer: YouTube now lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don't violate the same policy for 90 days (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Disney, Bloomberg, WaPo, The Atlantic, Axios, ABC, ESPN, Condé Nast, Hearst, Vox, and others join the NYT and Reuters in blocking OpenAI's GPTBot web crawler — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.

Bart Barnes / Washington Post:

Douglas Feaver, an Online News Association founder and a Washington Post reporter who retired as WashingtonPost.com's executive editor in 2005, dies at 84 — As a reporter in the 1970s and 1980s, he specialized in writing about transportation. He also was assistant Metropolitan editor and a business desk editor.

Discussion: @jimbrady, @jimbrady, @jimbrady, @jimbrady, @ignatiuspost, @danbalz, @edokeefe, @dleonhardt, @dleonhardt, @dleonhardt, @peterbakernyt and @ona

Reuters:

Similarweb and Data.ai: Meta blocking news in Canada barely impacted Canadians' Facebook usage, backing Meta's claim that news has little value for the company — Meta's (META.O) decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook …

Discussion: Gizmodo, @mgeist, @mgeist and Michael Geist, more at Techmeme »

Matt Bors / Bors Comics:

The Nib, a 10-year-old site and print magazine for political cartoons and non-fiction comics, ends publication with a special edition on September 1 — After ten years, the comics publication I founded shuts down this Friday. — This week is the final week of The Nib.

Discussion: @mattbors, @joshksky.bsky.social, @hrm-kristin-i.bsky.social and @iboudreau.bsky.social

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:

Letter: the UFC, the NBA, and the NFL tell the USPTO that the DMCA needs to be updated so live content can be removed “instantaneously or near-instantaneously” — The UFC, NBA and NFL are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world.

Discussion: Engadget, UFC-NBA-NFL, Front Office Sports, The Verge and Ars Technica

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

The Texas Tribune blames its first-ever layoffs on a budget shortfall after institutions pulled sponsorships and revenue fell 5% YoY; some blame its leadership — Frustration over a lack of transparency has been amplified by the newsroom's status as “the gold standard of nonprofit journalism” …

Discussion: @hanaatameez, @mattdpearce, @jayrosen_nyu, @neenareports and Talking Biz News

Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:

MSNBC is drawing in major ratings, having emerged as the go-to network for coverage of Donald Trump's criminal charges just as Fox News and CNN face instability — The network's mix of weighty reflection, analysis, and schadenfreude is drawing in major ratings, surpassing Fox News and CNN …

Discussion: Mediaite, Deadline, @dannygroner, @wajahatali, @charlottetklein, @jayrosen_nyu, Poynter, Adweek and The Wrap

Sara Fischer / Axios:

The Daily Wire plans to debut the first episode of Convicting a Murderer, its 10-part docuseries, for free on X on September 8 and spend six figures on X ads — The Daily Wire, a conservative media and entertainment company, will debut its first full-length docuseries Sept. 8 on X …

Discussion: @sarafischer

Sara Fischer / Axios:

TechCrunch acquires Connie Loizos' media startup StrictlyVC, which has 60K newsletter subscribers, and appoints Loizos as editor-in-chief and general manager — TechCrunch, the digital tech and business publication owned by Yahoo, has acquired StrictlyVC, a media startup, from longtime Silicon Valley journalist Connie Lozois.

Discussion: MediaPost, TechCrunch, @om, @panzer, @sarafischer, @katie_roof, @thekenyeung, @danprimack, Talking Biz News, @arrington, Business Wire, @propllrhead, @alexrkonrad, @cookie and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Max Tani / Semafor:

Source: on August 22, The Washington Post quietly laid off several top marketing staff, program managers, and product designers at Arc XP, its technology arm — The Scoop — The Washington Post has quietly laid off staff from Arc XP, the technology arm of the paper that Post leadership …

Discussion: @semaforben and @mediaevan

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

UK-based The Independent names Managing Director Christian Broughton as its CEO, succeeding Zach Leonard, who will work on growing the US business as global COO — The Independent has appointed Christian Broughton, its managing director and former editor, as its next chief executive as it seeks …

Discussion: The Independent

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube now lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don't violate the same policy for 90 days — YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules.

Discussion: YouTube Official Blog, Social Media Today, Engadget, @nealmohan, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Tubefilter and The Verge, more at Techmeme »