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2:45 PM ET, September 7, 2023

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The MacArthur Foundation and 20+ non-profits announce Press Forward, an initiative to invest $500M over five years in local news, eventually rising to $1B  —  The effort, spearheaded by the MacArthur Foundation, will give grants to support newsrooms and start-ups as concern grows over the rapid disappearance of local news outlets.
Krystie Lee Yandoli / Rolling Stone:
Interviews with 16 current and former staffers describe a toxic workplace at The Tonight Show, starting at the top with Fallon's outbursts and erratic behavior  —  Sixteen current and former staffers say Fallon's erratic behavior spoiled their “dream” of working on The Tonight Show  —  I
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: Andrew Golis, WNYC's chief content officer and formerly VP of network development for Vox Media, is leaving WNYC  —  Per an internal memo to staff today, chief content officer Andrew Golis is leaving WNYC.
Discussion: @maxwelltani
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google releases its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox in general availability, making them available in Chrome without browser flags or trials  —  Google's Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
An interview with Jonathan Knight, head of games at the NYT, on the paper's new game Connections, creating a “news plus games” daily habit for readers, and more  —  “Come for the news, stay for the games.”  —  Jonathan Knight, head of games for The New York Times, has a few rules for new games.
Discussion: Media Voices, USA Today and PC Gamer
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snapchat adds new safety features for minors, including making it harder for strangers to contact teens and removing accounts marketing inappropriate content  —  Snapchat today is announcing a series of new safeguards for its app, aimed at better protecting teen users, similar …
Discussion: CNN and Snapchat
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Patreon adds Discord-like group chats, with support for up to four chats and letting creators restrict access based on subscriber tiers, starting on mobile  —  Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats.
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
How Paramount Network reversing the release order of 1883 and Yellowstone on streaming and broadcast helped grow viewers, a tactic other companies could adopt  —  The 2010s USA Network drama Suits might have been the hottest thing on Netflix this summer, but over on cable …
Discussion: TVLine
 
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator who used AI to mimic Drake and The Weeknd, has met with record labels, Grammy organizers, and more, and releases a new song
Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
Google plans a November policy update requiring election advertisers to prominently disclose when their ads contain generative AI-based images, video, or audio
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD plans to add live sports to Max at no extra cost for a limited time later in 2023, and start charging a sports fee likely in February or March 2024
Deadline:
A look at Netflix's success-based residuals in France, Germany, and Scandinavia, driven by laws about authors' rights, as some in the US debate such metrics
David Pierce / The Verge:
Spotify tests making song lyrics a Premium-only feature, currently “with a limited number of users in a pair of markets”, as the company seeks to boost revenue
Lane Brown / Vulture:
How Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, an important metric in entertainment, became erratic and reductive as some PR firms hack its score by paying obscure “critics”
Jeff Jarvis / Whither news?:
Jeff Jarvis plans to “technically” retire from CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at this term's end; Jarvis joined as its first professor in 2005
 

 
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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
A look at 01.AI, which is launching Wanzhi, a free generative AI assistant focused on the Chinese market; CEO Kai-Fu Lee says 01.AI is nearing profitability

Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the rise and fall of 2U, which provides online degree programs for top US universities, and is valued at ~$30M today, down from $5B+ in 2018
 
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