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David Rutz / Fox News:
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox Corp and News Corp, transitioning to a new role of Chairman Emeritus; Lachlan becomes sole chairman of both companies — ‘For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change’
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
The way Rupert Murdoch structured ownership of his companies means Lachlan's ascension doesn't necessarily mark the end of a control fight for the family empire — The way outgoing patriarch Rupert has structured ownership of his assets means the story is not yet over
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils YouTube Studio AI features coming in 2024 and lets select creators test Aloud, a dubbing tool that creates AI-generated dubs in other languages — YouTube is expanding its Creator Music Studio, announced last year, with new AI features in addition to the launch of an AI-dubbing tool.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces Dream Screen, a Shorts feature that lets users create an AI-generated video or image background using text prompts, rolling out in early 2024 — YouTube today announced a new feature coming to its short-form video platform Shorts that will allow users to leverage AI tools to create videos.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts YouTube Create, an app that lets creators edit videos, adding effects, GIFs, royalty-free tracks, and more, in beta on Android in eight markets — YouTube this morning introduced a new app for creators, YouTube Create, that will offer a suite of easy-to-use and free tools …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WWE's “SmackDown” will move from Fox to NBCUniversal's USA Network in fall 2024; sources say the five year deal is valued at $1.4B, up 40% from what Fox paid — Premier WWE television-rights package to get a new home next fall — NBCUniversal's USA Network has pinned down the rights for “SmackDown,” the
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Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Amazon limits the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material — The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ publishers will be affected
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@quinnypig, more at Techmeme »
Louise Story:
AI can help reporters, publishers, and readers with tools for tasks including querying big data files, alerting potential stories, and personalizing content — Today, understanding artificial intelligence is an essential skill for a media leader. This is not simply because you need …
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@louisestory, @louisestory, @louisestory, Yogesh's Substack and Rappler
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
A snapshot of discounted subscriptions tactics at 60 publishers in the UK and Europe, as publishers try to build regular reading habits among consumers — Consumers have come to expect discounted trials and introductory offers when signing up to news brands.
Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
Snap says Snapchat+ now has 5M+ subscribers, up from 3M in April 2023; the $3.99 per month tier launched in June 2022, after an industry slowdown in ad revenue — Snap Inc. has gained more than 5 million subscribers for its paid service, an offering that gives users early access to new features …
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Christopher Beha resigns as editor of Harper's Magazine; Christopher Carroll, who joined Harper's as senior editor in 2018, will become editor on September 25 — Inbox: Christopher Beha Resigns from Harper's Magazine; Christopher Carroll Appointed Editor [image]
Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
Data-labeling firms like Scale AI and Appen are hiring poets and writers with humanities backgrounds to improve the literary quality of their AI writing tools — Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.
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Futurism, @johnshirley2024 … and @oisinmcgann@mastodon.ie, more at Techmeme »
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Deezer plans to raise its monthly subscription price by €1 to €12 across several countries in Europe — Move comes as industry increases fees and era of cheap entertainment comes to an end — Deezer is set to raise its monthly subscription price by €1 …
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
After talks on September 20, the WGA and AMPTP release a joint statement saying negotiations will continue on September 21, a first during the strike — The union met with four top CEOs, including David Zaslav, Ted Sarandos, Bob Iger and Donna Langley, in their latest negotiations session on Wednesday.
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