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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta begins testing full-text search on Threads in Australia and New Zealand and plans a rollout to more English-speaking countries before adding more languages — Threads launched one of the most anticipated features, a web version of the platform, last week.
Chris Willman / Variety:
Taylor Swift plans to release her concert film in AMC theaters on October 13 in the US; in a first, AMC will also act as a distributor to unaffiliated theaters — Anyone who couldn't procure tickets for Taylor Swift's record-breaking stadium tour in the U.S. may be about to have their wounded …
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Times-Shamrock Communications is selling its four PA daily newspapers to Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group; the papers' founding family criticizes the sale — The sale includes four local daily papers and several weekly and periodic publications. — SCRANTON, Pa. …
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Morning Call and The Shenandoah Sentinel
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Gannett pauses the use of an AI tool, Lede AI, to write high school sports stories after several major flubs appeared in articles in at least one of its papers — New York CNN — — Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube Music redesigns its Now Playing screen on Android and iOS with larger cover art and a comments section, after launching real-time lyrics last week — After pulling a variant at the start of this year, YouTube Music is rolling out the latest redesign of Now Playing on Android and iOS, adding a comments section.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Variety SVP Tim Gray, who has worked at the outlet for 42 years, is leaving to become EVP of the Golden Globes, overseeing its new membership board of directors — Variety legend Tim Gray, who first joined Hollywood's dominant trade publication in 1981, has departed after 42 years to start …
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Billboard, IndieWire, The Wrap, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Maria Bustillos / The Nation:
In the ebook copyright fight, authors should join forces to demand that contracts stipulate ebooks must be offered to libraries on the same terms as paper books — But corporate mega-publishers want purchasing a book to be like renting a movie or streaming an album. — Pocket
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Mark Thompson, who helped reinvent the NYT for the digital age while showing a solid understanding of the newsroom's mission, is a good bet for a beleagured CNN — As New York Times public editor, I worried about his time running the BBC — n late 2012, I was the newly minted public editor …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Substack launches AI-powered tools to let podcasters create a transcript of their podcast episodes and generate a video “audiogram” to share on social media — Substack is introducing new AI-powered tools that are designed to make podcasting on the platform easier, the company announced on Wednesday.
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On Substack and Convince & Convert
Bloomberg:
Sources: French billionaire François-Henri Pinault is close to a $7B deal to buy a majority stake in CAA from TPG; Temasek may also increase its CAA stake — - Company's lineup runs from actor Brad Pitt to NBA's Chris Paul — Singapore's Temasek is expected to increase its stake as well
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK Publishers Association calls on the government to ensure IP law “be respected when any content is ingested by AI systems”, ahead of a UK AI Safety Summit — Trade body calls on prime minister to ensure developing technology is trained ‘transparently’
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The Bookseller
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
IAC Chairman Barry Diller says traditional Hollywood studios should negotiate directly with unions, splitting from Amazon and the studios' “enemy”, Netflix — The mogul argues that the traditional studios should go to the guilds and cut their own deals: “We are your natural allies, not your enemies.”
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@blackamazon and @tvgrimreaper
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